UNITED

NATIONS

International

Human Rights

Instruments	Distr.

GENERAL

HRI/MC/1995/3

15 August 1995

Original: ENGLISH

Sixth Meeting of Chairpersons

of Treaty Bodies

Geneva, 18-22 September 1995

Item 6 of the provisional agenda

STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

AND THE GENERAL SITUATION OF OVERDUE REPORTS

Report of the Secretary-General

1.	The present report contains updated information on the status of the international human rights instruments and the general situation of overdue reports as at 30 June 1995 in regard to the following six instruments:

(a)	The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on 3 January 1976;

(b)	The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on 23 March 1976;

(c)	The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 and entered into force on 4 January 1969;

(d)	The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 1979 and entered into force on 3 September 1981;

(e)	The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1984 and entered into force on 26 June 1987; and

(f)	The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and entered into force on 2 September 1990.

GE.95-18382 (E)

Table 1

Changes in the number of States parties and overdue reports by treaty

1994-1995

International instrument	30 June 1995	30 June 1994
States

parties	Overdue	reports	States

parties	Overdue	reports
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

131

129

129

105
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

129

107

127

98
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

143

376

139

381
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

139*

163*

133

117
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

89

54

82

47
Convention on the Rights of the Child	174	86	160	79

* As of 3 February 1995.

Table 2

Overdue reports by States parties and by treaty

(as of 30 June 1995)

STATE PARTIES