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 Iceland

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

04 Feb 1985

23 Oct 1996

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

24 Sep 2003

20 Feb 2019

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

30 Dec 1968

22 Aug 1979

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

30 Jan 1991

02 Apr 1991

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

01 Oct 2008

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

24 Jul 1980

18 Jun 1985

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

14 Nov 1966

13 Mar 1967

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

30 Dec 1968

22 Aug 1979

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

26 Jan 1990

28 Oct 1992

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

01 Oct 2001

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

09 Jul 2001

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

23 Sep 2016

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Iceland

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

23 Oct 1996

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

22 Aug 1979 (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

10 Dec 1999

06 Mar 2001

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

10 Aug 1981

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

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Iceland
* 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

23 Oct 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

YES

06 Mar 2001

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 Iceland

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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