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 South Africa

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

29 Jan 1993

10 Dec 1998

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

20 Sep 2006

20 Jun 2019

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

03 Oct 1994

10 Dec 1998

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

28 Aug 2002 (a)

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

14 May 2024 (a)

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 Jan 1993

15 Dec 1995

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

03 Oct 1994

10 Dec 1998

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

03 Oct 1994

12 Jan 2015

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

29 Jan 1993

16 Jun 1995

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

08 Feb 2002

24 Sep 2009

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

30 Jun 2003 (a)

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

30 Nov 2007

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for South Africa

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

10 Dec 1998

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

28 Aug 2002 (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

18 Oct 2005 (a)

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

10 Dec 1998

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

30 Mar 2007

30 Nov 2007

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for South Africa
* 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 1998

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

18 Oct 2005

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

30 Nov 2007

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for South Africa

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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