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 Congo

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

30 Jul 2003 (a)

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

29 Sep 2008

26 Apr 2024

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

05 Oct 1983 (a)

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

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

29 Jul 1980

26 Jul 1982

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

11 Jul 1988 (a)

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

05 Oct 1983 (a)

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

29 Sep 2008

31 Mar 2017

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

14 Oct 1993 (a)

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

24 Sep 2010 (a)

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

27 Oct 2009 (a)

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

02 Sep 2014

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Congo

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

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

05 Oct 1983 (a)

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

29 Sep 2008

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

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

25 Sep 2009

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

30 Mar 2007

02 Sep 2014

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Congo
* 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

30 Jul 2003

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

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

02 Sep 2014

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Congo

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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