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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 New Zealand

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

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

Signature Date

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

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
	\|

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

10 Dec 1989

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

26 May 1989 (a)

Document type	Symbol/Title	Submitted date	Download	EnglishDraft	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/139/D/4170/2022	26 Oct 2023	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_139_D_4170_2022_36189_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/139/D/4170/2022	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/138/D/3666/2019	05 Jul 2023	View document		E	S	A		R	CCPR_C_138_D_3666_2019_36203_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/138/D/3666/2019	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/135/D/2793/2016	27 Jul 2022	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_135_D_2793_2016_34998_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/135/D/2793/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/2976/2017	12 Jul 2021	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_2976_2017_33317_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/132/D/2976/2017	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/2976/2017	12 Jul 2021	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_2976_2017_33322_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/132/D/2976/2017	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/3162/2018	02 Jul 2021	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_3162_2018_33244_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/132/D/3162/2018	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/3162/2018	02 Jul 2021	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_3162_2018_33251_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/132/D/3162/2018	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/129/D/2769/2016	24 Jul 2020	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_129_D_2769_2016_32190_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/129/D/2769/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016	24 Oct 2019	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_127_D_2728_2016_31251_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/125/D/2684/2015	29 Mar 2019	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_125_D_2684_2015_28357_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/125/D/2684/2015	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/121/D/2502/2014	07 Nov 2017	View document	E						CCPR_C_121_D_2502_2014_27166_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/121/D/2502/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/121/D/2502/2014	07 Nov 2017	View document	E						CCPR_C_121_D_2502_2014_27631_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/121/D/2502/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/110/D/2197/2012	25 Mar 2014	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_110_D_2197_2012_21825_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/110/D/2197/2012	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/89/D/1368/2005	21 Jun 2007	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/89/D/1368/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/85/D/1279/2004	21 Nov 2005	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/85/D/1279/2004	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/79/D/1090/2002	15 Dec 2003	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/79/D/1090/2002	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/78/D/820/1998	07 Aug 2003	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/78/D/820/1998	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/77/D/893/1999	11 Apr 2003	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/77/D/893/1999	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/75/D/902/1999	30 Jul 2002	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/75/D/902/1999	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/72/D/791/1997	30 Jul 2001	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/72/D/791/1997	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/71/D/952/2000	29 Mar 2001	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/71/D/952/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/70/D/675/1995	22 Nov 2000	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/70/D/675/1995	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/70/D/858/1999	16 Nov 2000	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/70/D/858/1999	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/70/D/547/1993	15 Nov 2000	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/70/D/547/1993	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/68/D/891/1999	18 Apr 2000	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/68/D/891/1999	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/66/D/754/1997	03 Aug 1999	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/66/D/754/1997	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/60/D/632/1995	18 Aug 1997	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/60/D/632/1995	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/59/D/601/1994	29 Apr 1997	View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/59/D/601/1994	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/50/D/475/1991	04 Apr 1994	View document		E	S	A	C	R		NZL	CCPR/C/50/D/475/1991	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/91/D/1385/2005		View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/91/D/1385/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/95/D/1512/2006		View document		E	S	A		R		NZL	CCPR/C/95/D/1512/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/93/D/1492/2006		View document		E	S					NZL	CCPR/C/93/D/1492/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/101/D/1758/2008		View document		E	S	A	C	R		NZL	CCPR/C/101/D/1758/2008	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/119/D/2502/2014		View document		E	S	A	C	R		NZL	CCPR/C/119/D/2502/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/104/D/1752/2008		View document		E	S	A	C	R		NZL	CCPR/C/104/D/1752/2008	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/113/D/2211/2012		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_113_D_2211_2012_23506_E.doc	NZL	CCPR/C/113/D/2211/2012	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/114/D/1909/2009		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_114_D_1909_2009_24007_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/114/D/1909/2009	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/115/D/2072/2011		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_115_D_2072_2011_24343_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/115/D/2072/2011	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/115/D/2631/2015		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_115_D_2631_2015_24347_E.docx	NZL	CCPR/C/115/D/2631/2015	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/118/D/2567/2015		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_118_D_2567_2015_25463_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/118/D/2567/2015	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/119/D/2934/2017		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_119_D_2934_2017_25811_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/119/D/2934/2017	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/119/D/2801/2016		View document		E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_119_D_2801_2016_25812_E.pdf	NZL	CCPR/C/119/D/2801/2016	True

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

07 Sep 2000

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

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

22 Sep 2022 (a)

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

04 Oct 2016 (a)

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
	\|

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
	\|

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

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