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 United States of America

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

18 Apr 1988

21 Oct 1994

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

05 Oct 1977

08 Jun 1992

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

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

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

28 Sep 1966

21 Oct 1994

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

05 Oct 1977

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

16 Feb 1995

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

05 Jul 2000

23 Dec 2002

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

05 Jul 2000

23 Dec 2002

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Jul 2009

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for United States of America

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

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

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

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for United States of America
* 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

21 Oct 1994

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

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for United States of America

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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