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International Instruments

International Instrument / Signature (Yes/No)
Date
Ratification
Date
UN
United Nations
CESCR
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CCPR-OP1
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CCPR-OP2-DP
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CERD
International Covenant on All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW
Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CEDAW-OP
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CAT
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CAT-OP
Optional Protocol of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRC-OP-AC
Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
CRC-OP-SC
Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
CMW
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
CRPD
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UPR – First Cycle
Universal Periodic Review
[Place link for First Cycle English document here] / [Date of First Cycle Review]
UPR – Second Cycle
Universal Periodic Review
[Place link for Second Cycle English document here] / [Date of Second Cycle Review]

International Criminal Court Rome Statute

Not signed/signedDate

Regional Membership (e.g. Organization of American State, African Union, ASEAN, Commonwealth, Arab League/League of Arab States)

Member/Non-member
Date:
Blurb about the regional organization

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR)

Links to the reports on the 1st and 2nd UPR of the country

Resources for Country Backgrounders:

1. International Instruments. Determining which international instruments have been signed/ratified and their respective dates, click here.

2.University Periodic Review. To find the Universal Periodic Review for first and second cycle, and their respective dates, you can do a country search here here. Please make sure you distinguish which is a cycle 1 review and which is a cycle 2 review. Click on the documents proportion and grab the English document link and place in the table.

3. International Criminal Court. To determine whether a country has signed/ratified the Rome Statute click here to check membership status.

4. Regional Membership. Check to see if the country part of a regional agreement by either looking at Wikipedia or searching the relevant regional bodies to see if the country is a member—here’s the list of possible regional bodies: Check to see if part of i.e. African Union (AU), European Union (EU), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Arab League (AL), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and Union of South American Nations (USAN), or others