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Ratification Status for Malawi

Treaty

Signature Date

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

Denunciation Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

11 Jun 1996 (a)

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

22 Dec 1993 (a)

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

14 Jul 2017 (a)

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

14 Jul 2017

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

12 Mar 1987 (a)

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

11 Jun 1996 (a)

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

22 Dec 1993 (a)

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

23 Sep 2022

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

02 Jan 1991 (a)

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

21 Sep 2010

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

07 Oct 2009

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

27 Sep 2007

27 Aug 2009

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Malawi

Treaty

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

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

N/A

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

YES

11 Jun 1996

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

N/A

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 Malawi

* 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

11 Jun 1996

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 Malawi

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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