International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Wikipedia International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Parties and signatories of the ICCPR State party Signatory that has not ratified State party that attempted to withdraw Non-state party, non-signatory Type United Nations General Assembly Resolution Drafted 1954 Signed 19 December 1966 Location United Nations Headquarters, New York Effective 23 March 1976 Signatories 74 Parties 170 Depositary Secretary General of the United Nations Languages French, English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish Wikisource International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2200A ( XXI ) on 19 December 1966, and in force from 23 March 1976 in accordance with Article 49 of the covenant. Article 49 allowed that the covenant will enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the thirty - fifth instrument of ratification or accession. The covenant commits its parties to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. As of February 2017, the Covenant has 170 parties and six more signatories without ratification. The ICCPR is part of the International Bill of Human Rights, along with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( ICESCR ) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR ). The ICCPR is monitored by the United Nations Human Rights Committee ( a separate body to the United Nations Human Rights Council ), which reviews regular reports of States parties on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests ( usually every four years ). The Committee normally meets in Geneva and normally holds three sessions per year. Contents 1 History 2 Articles of the Covenant 2.1 Rights to physical integrity 2.2 Liberty and security of person 2.3 Procedural fairness and rights of the accused 2.4 Individual liberties 2.5 Political rights 3 Optional protocols 4 Reservations 5 Implementation and effects 5.1 Australia 5.2 Ireland 5.3 New Zealand 5.4 United States 5.4. 1 Reservations, understandings, and declarations 5.4. 2 Constitutionality 5.4. 3 Non-compliance 6 Parties to the Covenant 7 States not party to the Covenant 7.1 Signatories that have not ratified 7.2 States which are neither signatories nor parties 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links History International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The ICCPR has its roots in the same process that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A `` Declaration on the Essential Rights of Man '' had been proposed at the 1945 San Francisco Conference which led to the founding of the United Nations, and the Economic and Social Council was given the task of drafting it. Early on in the process, the document was split into a declaration setting forth general principles of human rights, and a convention or covenant containing binding commitments. The former evolved into the UDHR and was adopted on 10 December 1948. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration of Non-Self - Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self - determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Drafting continued on the convention, but there remained significant differences between UN members on the relative importance of negative Civil and Political versus positive Economic, Social and Cultural rights. These eventually caused the convention to be split into two separate covenants, `` one to contain civil and political rights and the other to contain economic, social and cultural rights. '' The two covenants were to contain as many similar provisions as possible, and be opened for signature simultaneously. Each would also contain an article on the right of all peoples to self - determination. The first document became the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the second the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The drafts were presented to the UN General Assembly for discussion in 1954, and adopted in 1966. As a result of diplomatic negotiations the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted shortly before the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Together, the UDHR and the two Covenants are considered to be the foundational human rights texts in the contemporary international system of human rights. Articles of the Covenant The Covenant follows the structure of the UDHR and ICESCR, with a preamble and fifty - three articles, divided into six parts. Part 1 ( Article 1 ) recognizes the right of all peoples to self - determination, including the right to `` freely determine their political status '', pursue their economic, social and cultural goals, and manage and dispose of their own resources. It recognises a negative right of a people not to be deprived of its means of subsistence, and imposes an obligation on those parties still responsible for non-self governing and trust territories ( colonies ) to encourage and respect their self - determination. Part 2 ( Articles 2 -- 5 ) obliges parties to legislate where necessary to give effect to the rights recognised in the Covenant, and to provide an effective legal remedy for any violation of those rights. It also requires the rights be recognised `` without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, '' and to ensure that they are enjoyed equally by women. The rights can only be limited `` in time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation, '' and even then no derogation is permitted from the rights to life, freedom from torture and slavery, the freedom from retrospective law, the right to personhood, and freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Part 3 ( Articles 6 -- 27 ) lists the rights themselves. These include rights to : physical integrity, in the form of the right to life and freedom from torture and slavery ( Articles 6, 7, and 8 ) ; liberty and security of the person, in the form of freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention and the right to habeas corpus ( Articles 9 -- 11 ) ; procedural fairness in law, in the form of rights to due process, a fair and impartial trial, the presumption of innocence, and recognition as a person before the law ( Articles 14, 15, and 16 ) ; individual liberty, in the form of the freedoms of movement, thought, conscience and religion, speech, association and assembly, family rights, the right to a nationality, and the right to privacy ( Articles 12, 13, 17 -- 24 ) ; prohibition of any propaganda for war as well as any advocacy of national or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence by law ( Article 20 ) ; political participation, including the right to the right to vote ( Article 25 ) ; Non-discrimination, minority rights and equality before the law ( Articles 26 and 27 ). Many of these rights include specific actions which must be undertaken to realise them. Part 4 ( Articles 28 -- 45 ) governs the establishment and operation of the Human Rights Committee and the reporting and monitoring of the Covenant. It also allows parties to recognise the competence of the Committee to resolve disputes between parties on the implementation of the Covenant ( Articles 41 and 42 ). Part 5 ( Articles 46 -- 47 ) clarifies that the Covenant shall not be interpreted as interfering with the operation of the United Nations or `` the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy and utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources ''. Part 6 ( Articles 48 -- 53 ) governs ratification, entry into force, and amendment of the Covenant. Rights to physical integrity Main articles : Right to life, Torture, and Slavery Article 6 of the Covenant recognises the individual 's `` inherent right to life '' and requires it to be protected by law. It is a `` supreme right '' from which no derogation can be permitted, and must be interpreted widely. It therefore requires parties to take positive measures to reduce infant mortality and increase life expectancy, as well as forbidding arbitrary killings by security forces. While Article 6 does not prohibit the death penalty, it restricts its application to the `` most serious crimes '' and forbids it to be used on children and pregnant women or in a manner contrary to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The UN Human Rights Committee interprets the Article as `` strongly suggest ( ing ) that abolition is desirable '', and regards any progress towards abolition of the death penalty as advancing this right. The Second Optional Protocol commits its signatories to the abolition of the death penalty within their borders. Article 7 prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. As with Article 6, it can not be derogated from under any circumstances. The article is now interpreted to impose similar obligations to those required by the United Nations Convention Against Torture, including not just prohibition of torture, but active measures to prevent its use and a prohibition on refoulement. In response to Nazi human experimentation during WW2 this article explicitly includes a prohibition on medical and scientific experimentation without consent. Article 8 prohibits slavery and enforced servitude in all situations. The article also prohibits forced labour, with exceptions for criminal punishment, military service and civil obligations. Liberty and security of person Main article : Habeas corpus Article 9 recognises the rights to liberty and security of the person. It prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, requires any deprivation of liberty to be according to law, and obliges parties to allow those deprived of their liberty to challenge their imprisonment through the courts. These provisions apply not just to those imprisoned as part of the criminal process, but also to those detained due to mental illness, drug addiction, or for educational or immigration purposes. Articles 9.3 and 9.4 impose procedural safeguards around arrest, requiring anyone arrested to be promptly informed of the charges against them, and to be brought promptly before a judge. It also restricts the use of pre-trial detention, requiring that it not be ' the general rule '. Article 10 requires anyone deprived of liberty to be treated with dignity and humanity. This applies not just to prisoners, but also to those detained for immigration purposes or psychiatric care. The right complements the Article 7 prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The article also imposes specific obligations around criminal justice, requiring prisoners in pretrial detention to be separated from convicted prisoners, and children to be separated from adults. It requires prisons to be focused on reform and rehabilitation rather than punishment. Article 11 prohibits the use of imprisonment as a punishment for breach of contract. Procedural fairness and Rights of the accused Main articles : Rights of the accused and Right to a fair trial Article 14 recognizes and protects a right to justice and a fair trial. Article 14.1 establishes the ground rules : everyone must be equal before the courts, and any hearing must take place in open court before a competent, independent and impartial tribunal, with any judgment or ruling made public. Closed hearings are only permitted for reasons of privacy, justice, or national security, and judgments may only be suppressed in divorce cases or to protect the interests of children. These obligations apply to both criminal and civil hearings, and to all courts and tribunals. The rest of the article imposes specific and detailed obligations around the process of criminal trials in order to protect the rights of the accused and the right to a fair trial. It establishes the Presumption of innocence and forbids double jeopardy. It requires that those convicted of a crime be allowed to appeal to a higher tribunal, and requires victims of a Miscarriage of justice to be compensated. It establishes rights to a speedy trial, to counsel, against self - incrimination, and for the accused to be present and call and examine witnesses. Article 15 prohibits prosecutions under Ex post facto law and the imposition of retrospective criminal penalties, and requires the imposition of the lesser penalty where criminal sentences have changed between the offence and conviction. But except the criminal according to general principles of law recognized by international community. ( jus cogens ) Article 16 requires states to recognize everyone as a person before the law. Individual liberties Main articles : Freedom of movement, Freedom of religion, Freedom of thought, Freedom of speech, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of association, and Right of Return Article 12 guarantees freedom of movement, including the right of persons to choose their residence, to leave and return to a country. These rights apply to legal aliens as well as citizens of a state, and can be restricted only where necessary to protect national security, public order or health, and the rights and freedoms of others. The article also recognises a right of people to enter their own country ; the Right of return. The Human Rights Committee interprets this right broadly as applying not just to citizens, but also to those stripped of or denied their nationality. They also regard it as near - absolute ; `` there are few, if any, circumstances in which deprivation of the right to enter one 's own country could be reasonable ''. Article 13 forbids the arbitrary expulsion of resident aliens and requires such decisions to be able to be appealed and reviewed. Article 17 mandates the right of privacy. This provision, specifically article 17 ( 1 ), protects private adult consensual sexual activity, thereby nullifying prohibitions on homosexual behaviour, however, the wording of this covenant 's marriage right ( Article 23 ) excludes the extrapolation of a same - sex marriage right from this provision. Article 17 also protects people against unlawful attacks to their honor and reputation. Article 17 ( 2 ) grants the protection of the Law against such attacks Article 18 mandates freedom of religion or belief. Article 19 mandates freedom of expression. Article 20 mandates sanctions against inciting hatred. Articles 21 and 22 mandate freedom of association. These provisions guarantee the right to freedom of association, the right to trade unions and also defines the International Labour Organisation. Article 23 mandates the right of marriage. The wording of this provision neither requires nor prohibits same - sex marriage. Article 24 mandates special protection, the right to a name, and the right to a nationality for every child. Article 27 mandates the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minority to enjoy their own culture, to profess their own religion, and to use their own language. Political Rights Article 3 provides an accessory non-discrimination principle. Accessory in the way that it can not be used independently and can only be relied upon in relation to another right protected by the ICCPR. In contrast, Article 26 contains a revolutionary norm by providing an autonomous equality principle which is not dependent upon another right under the convention being infringed. This has the effect of widening the scope of the non-discrimination principle beyond the scope of ICCPR. Optional Protocols There are two Optional Protocols to the Covenant. The First Optional Protocol establishes an individual complaints mechanism, allowing individuals to complain to the Human Rights Committee about violations of the Covenant. This has led to the creation of a complex jurisprudence on the interpretation and implementation of the Covenant. As of July 2013, the First Optional Protocol has 116 parties. The Second Optional Protocol abolishes the death penalty ; however, countries were permitted to make a reservation allowing for use of death penalty for the most serious crimes of a military nature, committed during wartime. As of December 2017, the Second Optional Protocol had 85 parties. Reservations This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( June 2010 ) A number of parties have made reservations and interpretative declarations to their application of the Covenant. Argentina will apply the fair trial rights guaranteed in its constitution to the prosecution of those accused of violating the general law of nations. Australia reserves the right to progressively implement the prison standards of Article 10, to compensate for miscarriages of justice by administrative means rather than through the courts, and interprets the prohibition on racial incitement as being subject to the freedoms of expression, association and assembly. It also declares that its implementation will be effected at each level of its federal system. Austria reserves the right to continue to exile members of the House of Habsburg, and limits the rights of the accused and the right to a fair trial to those already existing in its legal system. Bahamas, due to problems with implementation, reserves the right not to compensate for miscarriages of justice. Bahrain interprets Articles 3 ( no sexual discrimination ), 18 ( freedom of religion ) and 23 ( family rights ) within the context of Islamic Sharia law. Bangladesh reserves the right to try people in absentia where they are fugitives from justice and declares that resource constraints mean that it can not necessarily segregate prisons or provide counsel for accused persons. Barbados reserves the right not to provide free counsel for accused persons due to resource constraints. Belgium interprets the freedoms of speech, assembly and association in a manner consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights. It does not consider itself obliged to ban war propaganda as required by Article 20, and interprets that article in light of the freedom of expression in the UDHR. Belize reserves the right not to compensate for miscarriages of justice, due to problems with implementation, and does not plan to provide free legal counsel for the same reasons as above. It also refuses to ensure the right to free travel at any time, due to a law requiring those travelling abroad to provide tax clearance certificates. Congo, as per the Congolese Code of Civil, Commercial, Administrative and Financial Procedure, in matters of private law, decisions or orders emanating from conciliation proceedings may be enforced through imprisonment for debt. Denmark reserves the right to exclude the press and the public from trials as per its own laws. Reservation is further made to Article 20, paragraph 1. This reservation is in accordance with the vote cast by Denmark in the XVI General Assembly of the United Nations in 1961 when the Danish Delegation, referring to the preceding article concerning freedom of expression, voted against the prohibition against propaganda for war. The Gambia, as per its constitution, will provide free legal assistance for accused persons charged with capital offences only. Pakistan, has made several reservations to the articles in the Convention ; `` the provisions of Articles 3, 6, 7, 18 and 19 shall be so applied to the extent that they are not repugnant to the Provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan and the Sharia laws '', `` the provisions of Article 12 shall be so applied as to be in conformity with the Provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan '', `` With respect to Article 13, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan reserves its right to apply its law relating to foreigners '', `` the provisions of Article 25 shall be so applied to the extent that they are not repugnant to the Provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan '' and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan `` does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in Article 40 of the Covenant ''. The United States has made reservations that none of the articles should restrict the right of free speech and association ; that the US government may impose capital punishment on any person other than a pregnant woman, including persons below the age of 18 ; that `` cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment '' refers to those treatments or punishments prohibited by one or more of the fifth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments to the US Constitution ; that Paragraph 1, Article 15 will not apply ; and that, notwithstanding paragraphs 2 ( b ) and 3 of Article 10 and paragraph 4 of Article 14, the US government may treat juveniles as adults, and accept volunteers to the military prior to the age of 18. The United States also submitted five `` understandings '', and four `` declarations ''. Implementation and effects The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has 167 states parties, 67 by signature and ratification, and the remainder by accession or succession. Another five states have signed but have yet to ratify the treaty. Australia The Covenant is not directly enforceable in Australia, but its provisions support a number of domestic laws, which confer enforceable rights on individuals. For example, Article 17 of the Convention has been implemented by the Australian Privacy Act 1988. Likewise, the Covenant 's equality and anti-discrimination provisions support the federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Finally, the Covenant is one of the major sources of ' human rights ' listed in the Human Rights ( Parliamentary Scrutiny ) Act 2011. This law requires most new legislation and administrative instruments ( such as delegated / subordinate legislation ) to be tabled in parliament with a statement outlining the proposed law 's compatibility with the listed human rights A Joint Committee on Human Rights scrutinises all new legislation and statements of compatibility. The findings of the Joint Committee are not legally binding. Legislation also establishes the Australian Human Rights Commission which allows the Australian Human Rights Commission ( AHRC ) to examine enacted legislation ( to suggest remedial enactments ), its administration ( to suggest avoidance of practices ) and general compliance with the covenant which is schedule to the AHRC legislation. In Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, the Convention can be used by a plaintiff or defendant who invokes those jurisdiction 's human rights charters. While the Convention can not be used to overturn a Victorian or ACT law, a Court can issue a ' declaration of incompatibility ' that requires the relevant Attorney - General to respond in Parliament within a set time period. Courts in Victoria and the ACT are also directed by the legislation to interpret the law in a way to give effect to a human right, and new legislation and subordinate legislation must be accompanied by a statement of compatibility. Efforts to implement a similar Charter at the national level have been frustrated and Australia 's Constitution may prevent conferring the ' declaration ' power on federal judges. Ireland Ireland 's use of Special Criminal Courts where juries are replaced by judges and other special procedures apply has been found to not violate the treaty : `` In the Committee 's view, trial before courts other than the ordinary courts is not necessarily, per se, a violation of the entitlement to a fair hearing and the facts of the present case do not show that there has been such a violation. '' New Zealand New Zealand took measures to give effect to many of the rights contained within it by passing the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act in 1990, and formally incorporated the status of protected person into law through the passing of the Immigration Act 2009. United States Reservations, understandings, and declarations The United States Senate ratified the ICCPR in 1992, with five reservations, five understandings, and four declarations. Some have noted that with so many reservations, its implementation has little domestic effect. Included in the Senate 's ratification was the declaration that `` the provisions of Article 1 through 27 of the Covenant are not self - executing '', and in a Senate Executive Report stated that the declaration was meant to `` clarify that the Covenant will not create a private cause of action in U.S. Courts. '' However, `` expressed declarations '' do not affect treaties ( Igartua - De Le Rosa v. US, 417 F. 3d 145, 190 - 191 ( 1st Cir. 2005 ) ) Fleming v US ( 15 - 8425 ) establishes the ICCPR treaty IS SELF - Executing by legal definition of a self - executing treaty, US reports to UN, DOJ and US Ambassador Hamamoto. Where a treaty or covenant is not self - executing, and where Congress has not acted to implement the agreement with legislation, no private right of action within the US judicial system is created by ratification. However, the US Federal Government has held that the ICCPR treaty was only ratified `` after '' it was determined that all the necessary legislation was in place to provide for domestic effect of law, thereby making the ICCPR treaty self - executing by definition. See all four reports by US to UN regarding the ICCPR treaty. It is also important to emphasize that the `` self - executing '' statement was a declaration and the Courts have held that declarations have no effect upon treaty law and the rights of citizens. As a reservation that is `` incompatible with the object and purpose '' of a treaty is void as a matter of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and international law, there is some issue as to whether the non-self - execution declaration is even legal under domestic law. Prominent critics in the human rights community, such as Prof. Louis Henkin ( non-self - execution declaration incompatible with the Supremacy Clause ) and Prof. Jordan Paust ( `` Rarely has a treaty been so abused '' ) have denounced the United States ' ratification subject to the non-self - execution declaration as a blatant fraud upon the international community, especially in light of its subsequent failure to conform domestic law to the minimum human rights standards as established in the Covenant and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights over the last thirty years. Constitutionality It has been argued that Article 20 ( 2 ) of the ICCPR, as well as Article 4 of the ICERD, may be unconstitutional according to Supreme Court precedent, which is the reason behind the Senate reservations. Non-compliance In 1994, the United Nations ' Human Rights Committee expressed concerns with compliance : Of particular concern are widely formulated reservations which essentially render ineffective all Covenant rights which would require any change in national law to ensure compliance with Covenant obligations. No real international rights or obligations have thus been accepted. And when there is an absence of provisions to ensure that Covenant rights may be sued on in domestic courts, and, further, a failure to allow individual complaints to be brought to the Committee under the first Optional Protocol, all the essential elements of the Covenant guarantees have been removed. Indeed, the United States has not accepted a single international obligation required under the Covenant. It has not changed its domestic law to conform with the strictures of the Covenant. Its citizens are not permitted to sue to enforce their basic human rights under the Covenant. It has not ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ( OPCAT ). As such, the Covenant has been rendered ineffective, with the bone of contention being United States officials ' insistence upon preserving a vast web of sovereign, judicial, prosecutorial, and executive branch immunities that often deprives its citizens of the `` effective remedy '' under law the Covenant is intended to guarantee. In 2006, the Human Rights Committee expressed concern over what it interprets as material non-compliance, exhorting the United States to take immediate corrective action : The Committee notes with concern the restrictive interpretation made by the State party of its obligations under the Covenant, as a result in particular of ( a ) its position that the Covenant does not apply with respect to individuals under its jurisdiction but outside its territory, nor in time of war, despite the contrary opinions and established jurisprudence of the Committee and the International Court of Justice ; ( b ) its failure to take fully into consideration its obligation under the Covenant not only to respect, but also to ensure the rights prescribed by the Covenant ; and ( c ) its restrictive approach to some substantive provisions of the Covenant, which is not in conformity with the interpretation made by the Committee before and after the State party 's ratification of the Covenant. The State party should review its approach and interpret the Covenant in good faith, in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to its terms in their context, including subsequent practice, and in the light of its object and purpose. The State party should in particular ( a ) acknowledge the applicability of the Covenant with respect to individuals under its jurisdiction but outside its territory, as well as its applicability in time of war ; ( b ) take positive steps, when necessary, to ensure the full implementation of all rights prescribed by the Covenant ; and ( c ) consider in good faith the interpretation of the Covenant provided by the Committee pursuant to its mandate. As of February 2013, the United States is among States scheduled for examination in the 107th ( 11 -- 28 March 2013 ) and 109th ( 14 October -- 1 November 2013 ) sessions of the Committee. Parties to the Covenant There are a total of 170 parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 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The following 27 states have not become party to it, but six states have signed the Covenant but not ratified it. Signatories that have not ratified State Signed China 000000001998 - 10 - 05 - 0000 5 October 1998 Comoros 000000002008 - 09 - 25 - 0000 25 September 2008 Cuba 000000002008 - 02 - 28 - 0000 28 February 2008 Nauru 000000002001 - 11 - 12 - 0000 12 November 2001 Palau 000000002011 - 09 - 20 - 0000 20 September 2011 Saint Lucia 000000002011 - 09 - 22 - 0000 22 September 2011 States which are neither signatories nor parties Antigua and Barbuda Bhutan Brunei Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Malaysia Micronesia Niue Myanmar Oman Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saudi Arabia Singapore Solomon Islands South Sudan Tonga Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vatican City See also United Nations Human Rights Committee United Nations Human Rights Council United Nations list of Non-Self - Governing Territories United Nations General Assembly Resolution 66 ( I ) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 ( XV ) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 ( XV ) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1654 ( XVI ) Notes ^ Jump up to : Yugoslavia signed the Covenant on 8 August 1967 and ratified it on 2 June 1971 ; it entered into force for Yugoslavia on 23 March 1976. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the following states located in the former Yugoslavia made declarations regarding that status of the Covenant with regard to themselves : Bosnia and Herzegovina -- On 1 September 1993, it declared that the Covenant was in force for it since 6 March 1992. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -- On 12 March 2001, it declared that the Covenant was in force for it since 27 April 1992. On 4 February 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro, and on 3 June 2006 Serbia succeeded Serbia and Montenegro. Therefore, for Serbia, the Covenant has been in force since 27 April 1992. Republic of Macedonia -- On 18 January 1994, it declared that the Covenant was in force for it since 17 September 1991. Montenegro -- On 23 October 2006, it declared that the Covenant was in force for it since 3 June 2006. Jump up ^ Although Cambodia signed the Covenant when it was known as Democratic Kampuchea, it filed an instrument of accession, not ratification, on 26 May 1992. ^ Jump up to : Czechoslovakia signed the Covenant on 7 October 1968 and ratified it on 23 December 1975 ; it entered into force for Czechoslovakia on 23 March 1976. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic declared on 22 February 1993 that the Covenant was in force for it since 1 January 1993 and Slovakia declared on 28 May 1993 that the Covenant was also in force for it since 1 January 1993. Jump up ^ East Germany signed the Covenant on 23 March 1973 and ratified it on 8 November 1973 ; it entered into force for East Germany on 23 March 1976. Following the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, East Germany ceased to exist. Jump up ^ On 25 August 1997, North Korea notified the Secretary - General of the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Covenant. However, the Secretary - General still considers North Korea a state party to the Covenant because the Covenant does not allow for withdrawal and therefore withdrawal would only be possible if all other states parties allowed it, which has not occurred. ^ Jump up to : Portugal extended the territorial application of the Covenant to Macau on 27 April 1993. On 3 December 1999, China notified the Secretary - General of the United Nations that the Covenant would still be in force for Macau following the transfer of sovereignty on 20 December 1999. ^ Jump up to : Both China and the United Kingdom notified the Secretary - General that the Covenant would continue to remain in force for Hong Kong upon transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997. Jump up ^ Taiwan ( the Republic of China ) lost its United Nations membership on 25 October 1971 ; the Republic of China signed the Covenant on 5 October 1967 but did not ratify it. References ^ Jump up to : `` OHCHR Dashboard ''. Status of ratification Jump up ^ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights ^ Jump up to : `` Fact Sheet No. 2 ( Rev. 1 ), The International Bill of Human Rights ''. UN OHCHR. June 1996. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 02. Jump up ^ Christopher N.J. Roberts. `` William H. Fitzpatrick 's Editorials on Human Rights ( 1949 ) ''. Quellen zur Geschichte der Menschenrechte. Retrieved November 4, 2017. Jump up ^ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Part I, Article 1, paragraph 3. Jump up ^ Sieghart, Paul ( 1983 ). The International Law of Human Rights. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ^ Jump up to : United Nations General Assembly Resolution 543, 5 February 1952. Jump up ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 545, 5 February 1952. Jump up ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2200, 16 December 1966. Jump up ^ Christopher N.J. Roberts. `` William H. Fitzpatrick 's Editorials on Human Rights ( 1949 ) ''. Quellen zur Geschichte der Menschenrechte. Retrieved November 4, 2017. Jump up ^ The following section summarises the text of the Covenant. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 1.1. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 1.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 1.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 2.2, 2.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 2.1. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 4.1. ^ Jump up to : ICCPR, Article 4.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 47. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 6.1. ^ Jump up to : `` CCPR General Comment No. 6 : The right to life ''. UN OHCHR. 30 April 1982. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 6.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 6.5. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 6.3. ^ Jump up to : ICCPR, Article 7. Jump up ^ `` CCPR General Comment No. 20 : Replaces general comment 7 concerning prohibition of torture and cruel treatment or punishment ''. UN OHCHR. 10 March 1992. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Articles 8.1, 8.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 8.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 9.1. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 9.4. ^ Jump up to : `` CCPR General Comment No. 08 : Right to liberty and security of persons ''. UN OHCHR. 30 June 1982. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Articles 9.2, 9.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 9.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 10.1. ^ Jump up to : `` General Comment No. 21 : Replaces general comment 9 concerning humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty ''. UN OHCHR. 10 April 1992. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 10.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 10.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 11. ^ Jump up to : ICCPR, Article 14.1. Jump up ^ `` General Comment No. 13 : Equality before the courts and the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent court established by law ''. UN OHCHR. 13 April 1984. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 14.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 14.7. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 14.5. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 14.6. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 14.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 15. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 15.2. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 16. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 12 ^ Jump up to : `` CCPR : General Comment No. 27 : Freedom of movement ''. UN OHCHR. 2 November 1999. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 12.3. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 12.4. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 13. ^ Jump up to : ICCPR, Article 17. Jump up ^ `` Toonen v Australia Communication No. 488 / 1992 ( 1994 ) U.N. Doc CCPR / C / 50 / D / 488 / 1992 at ( 8.1 -- 8.6 ) ''. Jump up ^ `` Joslin v New Zealand ( 2002 ) Comm. No. 902 / 1999 U.N. Doc. A / 57 / 40 at 214 ( 2002 ) at ( Appendix ( My Lallah & Mr Scheinen ) ) ''. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 18. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 19. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 20. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 21. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 22. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 23. Jump up ^ Joslin v New Zealand ( 2002 ) Comm. No. 902 / 1999 U.N. Doc. A / 57 / 40 at 214 ( 2002 ) at ( 8.2 -- 9.0 ( majority ) ) & ( 1 ( Lallah & Scheinen JJ ) `` Joslin v New Zealand ( 2002 ) Comm. No. 902 / 1999 U.N. Doc. A / 57 / 40 at 214 ( 2002 ) ''. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Article 24. Jump up ^ ICCPR, Ariticle 27. Jump up ^ OP1 - ICCPR, Article 1. Jump up ^ `` UN Treaty Collection : Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ''. United Nations. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ OP2 - ICCPR, Article 2.1 Jump up ^ `` UN Treaty Collection : Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty ''. United Nations. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2009. Jump up ^ https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4&clang=_en Jump up ^ `` University of Minnesota Human Rights Library ''. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ Act No. 186 of 2011 : Human Rights ( Parliamentary Scrutiny ) Act 2011, ComLaw Jump up ^ Act No. 186 of 2011, Part 3. Jump up ^ Act No. 186 of 2011, Part 2 Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ). Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ) s 11 ( e ). Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ) s 11 ( j ). Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ) s 11 ( f ) ( i ) -- Conciliation & ( ii ) -- Reporting. Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ) s 11 ( n ). Jump up ^ Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ) s 11 ( k ) & ( m ). Jump up ^ `` Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ( Cth ), schedule 2 ''. Jump up ^ Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 ( Vic ) ; Human Rights Act 2004 ( ACT ). ^ Jump up to : Human Rights Act 2004 ( ACT ) Jump up ^ For example, Part 4, Human Rights Act 2004 ( ACT ). Jump up ^ For example, Part 4, Human Rights Act 2004 ( ACT ). Jump up ^ Vines, Timothy and Faunce, Thomas Alured, A Bad Trip for Health - Related Human Rights : Implications of Momcilovic v the Queen ( 2011 ) 85 ALJR 957 ( 2012 ). ( 2012 ) 19 Journal of Law and Medicine 685 < http://ssrn.com/abstract=2257114 > Jump up ^ Joseph Kavanagh v. Ireland, United Nations Human Rights Committee Communication No. 819 / 1998, U.N. Doc. CCPR / C / 71 / D / 819 / 1998 ( 2001 ). Jump up ^ `` Immigration Act 2009 No 51 ( as at 06 May 2016 ), Public Act Part 5 Refugee and protection status determinations -- New Zealand Legislation ''. Jump up ^ `` University of Minnesota Human Rights Library ''. Jump up ^ Black, Allinda ; Hopkins, June, eds. ( 2003 ). `` Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ''. The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. Hyde Park, New York : Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Retrieved 21 February 2009. Jump up ^ 138 Cong. Rec. S4781 - 84 ( 1992 ) Jump up ^ S. Exec. Rep. No. 102 - 23 ( 1992 ) Jump up ^ Sei Fujii v. State 38 Cal. 2d 718, 242 P. 2d 617 ( 1952 ) ; also see Buell v. Mitchell 274 F. 3d 337 Archived 17 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ( 6th Cir., 2001 ) ( discussing ICCPR 's relationship to death penalty cases, citing to other ICCPR cases ) Jump up ^ Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, art. 19, 1155 U.N.T.S. 331 ( entered into force 27 January 1980 ) ( specifying conditions under which signatory States can offer `` reservations '' ) Jump up ^ Yoo, John C. ( 1999 ). `` Globalism and the Constitution : Treaties, Non-Self - Execution, and the Original Understanding ''. Colum. L. Rev. 99 ( 8 ) : 1955 -- 2094. At p. 1959. Jump up ^ Louis Henkin, U.S. Ratification of Human Rights Treaties : The Ghost of Senator Bricker, 89 Am. J. Int'l L. 341, 346 ( 1995 ) Jump up ^ Jordan J. Paust, International Law As Law of the United States 375 ( 2d ed. 2003 ) Jump up ^ Greene, Jamal. `` Hate Speech and the Demos ''. In Herz, Michael ; Molnár, Péter. The Content and Context of Hate Speech : Rethinking Regulation and Responses. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978 - 0 - 521 - 19109 - 8. Jump up ^ Hum. Rts. Comm. General Comment No. 24 ( 52 ), para. 11, 18 -- 19, U.N. Doc. CCPR / C / 21 / Rev. 1 / Add. 6 ( 1994 ) ^ Jump up to : Hain v. Gibson, 287 F. 3d 1224 Archived 17 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ( 10th Cir. 2002 ) ( noting that Congress has not done so ) Jump up ^ Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Comm. : United States of America, U.N. Doc. No. CCPR / C / USA / CO / 3 / Rev. 1, para. 10 ( 2006 ) Jump up ^ `` Human Rights Committee : Sessions ''. ohchr.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ''. United Nations Treaty Collection. 2017 - 01 - 18. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 18. 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Question: when was the international covenant on civil and political rights signed
Answer: 19 December 1966