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The ratification of international Human Rights treaties
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Reporting status for Sao Tome and Principe

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

06 Sep 2000

10 Jan 2017

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

31 Oct 1995

10 Jan 2017

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

06 Sep 2000

10 Jan 2017

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

31 Oct 1995

03 Jun 2003

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

06 Sep 2000

10 Jan 2017

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

31 Oct 1995

10 Jan 2017

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

06 Sep 2000

10 Jan 2017

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

14 May 1991 (a)

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

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

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

05 Nov 2015 (a)

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Sao Tome and Principe

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

06 Sep 2000

23 Mar 2017

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

06 Sep 2000

23 Mar 2017

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

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

26 May 2021 (a)

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Sao Tome and Principe
* 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 Jan 2017

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

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

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Sao Tome and Principe

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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