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Ratification Status for Canada

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

23 Aug 1985

24 Jun 1987

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

19 May 1976 (a)

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

25 Nov 2005 (a)

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

10 Dec 1981

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

24 Aug 1966

14 Oct 1970

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

19 May 1976 (a)

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

28 May 1990

13 Dec 1991

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

05 Jun 2000

07 Jul 2000

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

10 Nov 2001

14 Sep 2005

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

11 Mar 2010

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Canada

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

YES

13 Nov 1989

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

YES

19 May 1976

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

YES

18 Oct 2002

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

YES

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Canada

* 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

24 Jun 1987

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 2002

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

03 Dec 2018

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Canada

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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