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Lord Cooke of Thorndon --- "Major United Nations Human Rights Instruments - Summary of New Zealand Commitments" [1999] VUWLawRw 9; (1999) 29(1) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 54

MAJOR UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

SUMMARY OF NEW ZEALAND COMMITMENTS

Instrument

Signed

Ratified[1]

In Force[2]

THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Adopted 1948)
N/A
N/A[3]
N/A
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966
12/11/1968
28/12/1978
28/3/1979
Reservation
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
12/11/1968
28/12/1978
28/3/1979
Reservation
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
-
26/5/1989
26/8/1989
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the Death Penalty 1989
22/2/1990
22/2/1990
11/7/1991

PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION
International Covention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966
25/10/1966
22/11/1972
22/12/1972
Optional Declaration on Communications in Article 14
-
-
-
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 1973
-
-
-
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 1985
-
-
-
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Adopted 1992)
N/A
N/A3
N/A

RIGHTS OF WOMEN
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
1953
-
22/5/1968
Reservation
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979
17/7/1980
10/1/1985
9/2/1985
Reservation

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
1/10/1990
06/4/1993
6/5/1993
Reservation

SLAVERY, SERVITUDE AND FORCED LABOUR
Slavery Convention 1926
18/6/1927
18/6/1927
18/6/1927
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others 1949
-
-
-
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention 1953
16/12/1953
16/12/1953
16/12/1953
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices similar to Slavery 1956
-
26/4/1962
26/4/1962

HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984
14/1/1986
10/12/1989
9/1/1990 Reservation
Optional Declarations under Articles 21.1 and 22.1
10/12/1989
9/1/1990

MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND YOUTH
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 1962
23/12/1963
12/6/1964
9/12/1964

SOCIAL WELFARE, PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 1990
-
-
-

NATIONALITY, STATELESSNESS, ASYLUM AND REFUGEES
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951
-
30/6/1960
28/9/1960
Reservation
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1954
-
-
-
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women 1957
7/7/1958
17/12/1958
17/3/1959
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961
-
-
-
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 1967
-
6/8/1973
6/8/1978

WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948
25/11/1949
28/12/1978
29/3/1979
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity 1968
-
-
-

HUMANITARIAN LAW
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in the Armed Forces in the Field (First Geneva Convention) 1949
11/2/1950
2/5/1959
2/11/1959
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (Second Geneva Convention) 1949
11/2/1950
2/5/1959
2/11/1959
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Third Geneva Convention) 1949
11/2/1950
2/5/1959
2/11/1959
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Geneva Convention) 1949
11/2/1950
2/5/1959
2/11/1959
Reservation
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), and with Annexes I and II 1977
27/11/1978
8/2/1988
8/8/1988
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) 1977
27/11/1978
8/2/1988
8/8/1988

[1] "Ratified" includes acceptance or accession so as to bring the convention into force for New Zealand.
[2] "Reservation" means that New Zealand has lodged a reservation or reservations.
[3] Two declarations have been included. These do not require individual ratification by member states.

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