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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 Portugal

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

04 Feb 1985

09 Feb 1989

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

15 Feb 2006

15 Jan 2013

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

07 Oct 1976

15 Jun 1978

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

13 Feb 1990

17 Oct 1990

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

06 Feb 2007

27 Jan 2014

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

24 Apr 1980

30 Jul 1980

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

24 Aug 1982 (a)

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

07 Oct 1976

31 Jul 1978

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

26 Jan 1990

21 Sep 1990

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

06 Sep 2000

19 Aug 2003

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

06 Sep 2000

16 May 2003

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

23 Sep 2009

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Portugal

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

09 Feb 1989

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

01 Aug 1978

03 May 1983

Document type	Symbol/Title	Submitted date	Download	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/86/D/1158/2003	24 Apr 2006	View document	E	S				PRT	CCPR/C/86/D/1158/2003	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/86/D/1123/2002	18 Apr 2006	View document	E	S				PRT	CCPR/C/86/D/1123/2002	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/84/D/969/2001	26 Aug 2005	View document	E	S				PRT	CCPR/C/84/D/969/2001	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/73/D/925/2000	08 Feb 2002	View document	E	S				PRT	CCPR/C/73/D/925/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/98/D/1565/2007		View document	E	S	A	C	R	PRT	CCPR/C/98/D/1565/2007	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/92/D/1496/2006		View document	E	S				PRT	CCPR/C/92/D/1496/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/100/D/1783/2008		View document	E	S	A	C	R	PRT	CCPR/C/100/D/1783/2008	True

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

27 Jan 2014

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

16 Feb 2000

26 Apr 2002

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

02 Mar 2000

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

24 Sep 2009

28 Jan 2013

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

28 Feb 2012

24 Sep 2013

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

30 Mar 2007

23 Sep 2009

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Portugal
* 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

09 Feb 1989

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

YES

27 Jan 2014

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

YES

28 Jan 2013

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

YES

24 Sep 2013

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

YES

23 Sep 2009

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Portugal

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

YES

27 Jan 2014

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