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The ratification of international Human Rights treaties
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Reporting status for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

15 Mar 1985

08 Dec 1988

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

26 Jun 2003

10 Dec 2003

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

16 Sep 1968

20 May 1976

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

31 Mar 1999

10 Dec 1999

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

22 Jul 1981

07 Apr 1986

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

11 Oct 1966

07 Mar 1969

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

16 Sep 1968

20 May 1976

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

19 Apr 1990

16 Dec 1991

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

24 Jun 2003

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 Feb 2009

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

08 Jun 2009

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

17 Dec 2004 (a)

Document type	Symbol/Title	Submitted date	Download	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/74/D/126/2018	28 Oct 2019	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CEDAW_C_74_D_126_2018_31233_E.doc	GBR	CEDAW/C/74/D/126/2018	True
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/76/D/141/2019		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CEDAW_C_76_D_141_2019_31831_E.docx	GBR	CEDAW/C/76/D/141/2019	True
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/74/D/106/2016		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CEDAW_C_74_D_106_2016_31835_E.docx	GBR	CEDAW/C/74/D/106/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/74/D/106/2018									GBR	CEDAW/C/74/D/106/2018	False
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/38/D/10/2005		View document	E	S	A	C	R		GBR	CEDAW/C/38/D/10/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/37/D/11/2006		View document	E	S	A	C	R		GBR	CEDAW/C/37/D/11/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CEDAW/C/53/D/38/2012		View document	E	S	A	C	R		GBR	CEDAW/C/53/D/38/2012	True

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 Feb 2009

07 Aug 2009

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
* 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

08 Dec 1988

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

17 Dec 2004

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

07 Aug 2009

Document type	Symbol/Title	Due date	Submitted date	Download	EnglishDraft	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	Country Code
Inquiry	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1/Add.2	9/30/2022 12:00:00 AM	10/30/2022 12:00:00 AM	View document		E	S	A				GBR	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1/Add.2	True
Inquiry	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1/Add.1		10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM	View document		E	S					GBR	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1/Add.1	True
Inquiry	“Information from alternative sources” follow up to inquiry - Alternative Report from civil society Scottish Government		10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM	View document	E						INT_CRPD_ITB_GBR_9003_E.docx	GBR	INT/CRPD/ITB/GBR/9003	True
Inquiry	“Information from alternative sources” follow up to inquiry - Alternative report from civil society UKG and England		10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM	View document	E						INT_CRPD_ITB_GBR_9004_E.docx	GBR	INT/CRPD/ITB/GBR/9004	True
Inquiry	“Information from alternative sources” follow up to inquiry - Alternative Report from civil society Welsh Government		10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM	View document	E						INT_CRPD_ITB_GBR_9005_E.docx	GBR	INT/CRPD/ITB/GBR/9005	True
Inquiry	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1		9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM	View document		E	S			R	CRPD_C_GBR_FIR_1_9161_E.docx	GBR	CRPD/C/GBR/FIR/1	True
Inquiry	CRPD/C/17/R.3		11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM	View document		E	S		C	R		GBR	CRPD/C/17/R.3	True
Inquiry	CRPD/C/15/4		9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM	View document		E	S	A	C	R	CRPD_C_15_R-2_Rev-1_8111_E.doc	GBR	CRPD/C/15/4	True

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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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