Samoa is party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW ) , the Convention on the Rights of the Child ( CRC ) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) , the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) and the eight fundamental human rights conventions of the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) . Samoa signed the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( CPPED ) in 2007 but has yet to ratify it .