Blackstone's Statutes Series
International
|
Treaty name |
Location |
Date signed |
Date entered into force |
Number of States party |
UK ratified? |
1948 |
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide |
United Nations |
09/12/48 |
12/01/51 |
140 |
Yes |
1949 |
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others |
United Nations |
21/03/50 |
25/07/51 |
80 |
No |
1951 |
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees |
United Nations |
28/07/51 |
22/04/54 |
144 |
Yes |
1967 |
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees |
United Nations |
31/01/67 |
04/10/67 |
144 |
Yes |
1952 |
Convention on the Political Rights of Women |
United Nations |
31/03/53 |
07/07/54 |
120 |
Yes |
1966 |
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
United Nations |
07/03/66 |
04/01/69 |
173 |
Yes |
1966 |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
United Nations |
16/12/66 |
23/03/76 |
160 |
Yes |
1966 |
(First) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
United Nations |
16/12/66 |
23/03/76 |
110 |
No |
1990 |
(Second) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
GA Resolution |
15/12/89 |
11/07/91 |
64 |
Yes |
1966 |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
United Nations |
16/12/66 |
03/01/76 |
157 |
Yes |
1979 |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
United Nations |
18/12/79 |
03/09/81 |
185 |
Yes |
1999 |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Forms of Discrimination against Women |
GA Resolution A/RES/54/4 |
06/10/99 |
22/12/00 |
89 |
Yes |
1984 |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
United Nations |
10/12/84 |
26/06/87 |
145 |
Yes |
2002 |
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture |
GA Resolution A/RES/57/199 |
18/12/02 |
22/06/06 |
34 |
Yes |
1989 |
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child |
United Nations (Vol.1577 p.3) |
20/11/89 |
02/09/90 |
193 |
Yes |
1990 |
International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Their Families |
GA Resolution A/RES/45/158 |
18/12/90 |
01/07/03 |
37 |
No |
1998 |
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court |
United Nations |
17/07/98 |
17/07/98 |
105 |
Yes |
1999 |
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention |
International Labour Organisation (Convention No.182) |
17/06/99 |
19/11/00 |
168 |
Yes |
2000 |
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children |
GA Resolution A/RES/55/25 |
15/11/00 |
25/12/03 |
116 |
Yes |
2000 |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement in Armed Conflict |
GA Resolution A/RES/54/263 |
25/05/00 |
12/02/02 |
119 |
Yes |
2000 |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Pornography |
GA Resolution A/RES/54/263 |
25/05/00 |
18/01/02 |
124 |
S |
2006 |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
Doc. A/61/611 |
13/12/06 |
[Needs 20 States to ratify] |
7 |
S |
2006 |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
Doc. A/61/611 |
13/12/06 |
[Needs 10 States to ratify] |
3 |
No |
2006 |
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
Doc. A/61/488 |
20/12/06 |
[Needs 20 States to ratify] |
1 |
No |
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