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Ratification Status for New Zealand

Treaty

Signature Date

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

Denunciation Date

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

14 Jan 1986

10 Dec 1989

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

23 Sep 2003

14 Mar 2007

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

12 Nov 1968

28 Dec 1978

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

22 Feb 1990

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

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

17 Jul 1980

10 Jan 1985

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

25 Oct 1966

22 Nov 1972

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

12 Nov 1968

28 Dec 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

01 Oct 1990

06 Apr 1993

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

07 Sep 2000

12 Nov 2001

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

07 Sep 2000

20 Sep 2011

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

25 Sep 2008

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for New Zealand

Treaty

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

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

YES

10 Dec 1989

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

YES

26 May 1989

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

YES

07 Sep 2000

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

N/A

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

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

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

YES

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for New Zealand

* 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

10 Dec 1989

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

07 Sep 2000

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

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

YES

04 Oct 2016

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for New Zealand

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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