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| Instrument | Signed on | Ratified on | Ideals |
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| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | 27 October 1997 | 27 March 2001 | Recognising that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights. |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | 5 October 1998 | Recognising that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political rights as well as his economic, social and cultural rights. | |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) | 31 March 1966 | 29 December 1981 | Considering that all human beings are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law against any discrimination and against any incitement to discrimination. |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) | 17 July 1980 | 4 November 1980 | Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family and makes more difficult the full development of the potentialities of women in the service of their countries and of humanity. |
| Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) | 12 December 1986 | 4 October 1998 | Desiring to make more effective the struggle against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment throughout the world. |
| United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | 29 August 1990 | 2 March 1992 | Considering that the Child should be fully prepared to live an individual life in society, and brought up in the spirit of the ideals proclaimed in the Charter of the UN, and in particular in the spirit of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity. |
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