Overview of anti-torture legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean Annex 1. Latin American and Caribbean status of ratification Universal Human Rights Treaties127 N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Country Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Country Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago R/A ratification/accession Latin American Countries 128 129 130 CCPR UNCAT OPCAT R/A1968 R/A 1986 R-2004 R/A1982 R/A 1999 R-2006 R/A1992 R/A 1989 R-2007 R/A1972 R/A1988 R-2008 R/A1969 R/A1987 R/A1968 R-1993 R-2005 R/A1969 R-1988 R-2010 R/A1979 R-1996 R/A1992 R-1990 R-2008 R/A1997 R-1996 R-2006 R/A1981 R-1986 R-2005 R/A1980 R/A2005 R/A2009 R/A1977 R-1987 R-2011 R/A1992 R-1990 R-2005 R/A1978 R-1988 R-2006 R/A1970 R-1986 R-2005 R/A1978 R-1991 CEDAW R-1985 R-1990 R-1984 R-1989 R-1982 R-1986 R-1981 R-1981 R-1982 R-1983 R-1981 R/A1981 R-1981 R-1987 R-1982 R-1981 R-1983 Caribbean Countries CCPR UNCAT OPCAT CEDAW R-1993 R-1989 S-2008 R-1993 R-1980 R-1990 R-1980 R-1980 R-2008 R-1973 R-1996 S-2008 R-1993 R-1978 R-1991 R-1977 R-1975 S-2011 R-1981 R-1986 R-1995 R-2012 R-1988 R-2001 R-2015 131 R-1982 R-1990 R-1980 R-1984 R-1982 R-1981 R-1976 R-1993 R-1978 R-1990 S- signature Latin American and Caribbean status of ratification Inter-American Human Rights Treaties132 127 UN, Status of ratification interactive dashboard, (last accessed November 2016). International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 129 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 130 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 131 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 132 IACHR, Annual Report 2015, p.3 (last accessed November 2016). 128 23