UNDP-OHCHR TOOLKIT ANNEX 1: TABLE OF UN INSTRUMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Charter of the United Nations The International Bill of Human Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 ICRMW: International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 18 Dec 1990 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 20 Dec 2006 CRPD: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 13 Dec 2006 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 ICESCR - OP Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 10 Dec 2008 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR-OP1: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 Dec 1966 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty ICCPR-OP2: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 15 Dec 1989 The ten core international human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies OP-CEDAW: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 10 Dec 1999 There are nine core international human rights treaties, one of which – on enforced disappearances – has not entered into force. Each has established an independent committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns or are establishing individual complaints procedures. ICERD: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Dec 1965 ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 Dec 1966 ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 16 Dec 1966 CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 18 Dec 1979 CAT: Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 10 Dec 1984 CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 Nov 1989 14 OP-CRC-AC: Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict 25 May 2000 OP-CRC-SC: Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 25 May 2000 OP-CAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 18 Dec 2002 OP-CRPD: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 12 Dec 2006 Universal Human Rights Instruments In addition to the International Bill of Rights and the core human rights treaties, there are many other universal instruments relating to human rights. A non-exhaustive selection is listed below. The legal status of these instruments varies: declarations, principles, guidelines, standard rules and recommendations have no binding legal effect, but such instruments have an undeniable moral force and provide practical guidance to States in their conduct; covenants, statutes, protocols and conventions are legally-binding for those States that ratify or accede to them. Information on the status of ratification of selected instruments is available here.