This page provides country specific information on :

The ratification of international Human Rights treaties
The reporting cycles
All the documents related to a reporting cycle

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Reporting status for Cyprus

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

09 Oct 1985

18 Jul 1991

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

26 Jul 2004

29 Apr 2009

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

19 Dec 1966

02 Apr 1969

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

10 Sep 1999 (a)

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

06 Feb 2007

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

23 Jul 1985 (a)

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

12 Dec 1966

21 Apr 1967

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

09 Jan 1967

02 Apr 1969

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

05 Oct 1990

07 Feb 1991

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

01 Jul 2008

02 Jul 2010

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

08 Feb 2001

06 Apr 2006

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

27 Jun 2011

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Cyprus

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

08 Apr 1993

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

19 Dec 1966

15 Apr 1992

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

08 Feb 2001

26 Apr 2002

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

30 Dec 1993

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

29 Jan 2021

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

27 Jul 2012

11 Sep 2017

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

27 Jun 2011

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Cyprus
* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

18 Jul 1991

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

26 Apr 2002

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

YES

11 Sep 2017

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

YES

27 Jun 2011

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Cyprus

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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