Canada acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its First Optional Protocol in May 1976 and to its Second Optional Protocol in November 2005. With respect to the Covenant, in October 1979 Canada made a declaration… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The Covenant ensures the protection of civil and political rights. These rights include the right of peoples to self-determination. Furthermore, State parties must ensure that the rights recognized in the Covenant apply to all individuals “without distinction of any kind,… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
According to a World Health Organization fact sheet, “even before the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948 (at the time a non-legally binding document), broad agreement existed that the rights which were to be enshrined in… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966. It entered into force on 23 March 1976 following ratification/accession of the thirty-fifth state party. The Convention’s monitoring body, the… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Download pdf Canada acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its first Optional Protocol in May 1976 and to its second Optional Protocol in November 2005. Adoption: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Download pdf Canada has not signed or ratified the American Convention on Human Rights. Adoption: The Convention was adopted at San Jose Costa Rica on 22 November 1969. Entry into force: 18 July, 1978. Number of signatories and ratifications/accessions: There… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Download pdf Canada has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as two of the three Optional Protocols to the Convention. Canada has neither signed nor ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Download pdf Canada has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but not the Optional Protocol to the Convention. Adoption: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
download pdf Canada acceded to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in May 1976. It has not signed, ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol. Adoption: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
download pdf Canada has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol to the Convention. Adoption: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by… Continue Reading…