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 Malta

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

13 Sep 1990 (a)

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

24 Sep 2003

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

13 Sep 1990 (a)

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

29 Dec 1994 (a)

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

06 Feb 2007

27 Mar 2015

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

08 Mar 1991 (a)

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

05 Sep 1968

27 May 1971

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

22 Oct 1968

13 Sep 1990

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

30 Sep 1990

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

09 May 2002

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

28 Sep 2010

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

10 Oct 2012

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Malta

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

13 Sep 1990

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

13 Sep 1990 (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

14 Mar 2019 (a)

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

16 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

18 Apr 2012

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

10 Oct 2012

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Malta
* 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

13 Sep 1990

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

08 Mar 1991

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

10 Oct 2012

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Malta

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

27 Mar 2007

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