PART 1: Overview of the Human Rights Committee and the Committee Against Torture iv v vi Canada 19 May 1976 13 November 1989 Chile 27 May 1992 15 March 2004 Colombia 29 October 1969 – Costa Rica 29 November 1968 27 February 2002 Dominican Republic 4 January 1978 – Ecuador 6 March 1969 6 September 1988 El Salvador 6 June 1995 – Guatemala 28 November 2000 25 September 2003 Guyana 10 May 1993iv – Honduras 7 June 2005 – Jamaica V – Mexico 15 March 2002 15 March 2002 Nicaragua 12 March 1980 – Panama 8 March 1977 – Paraguay 10 January 1995 29 May 2002 Peru 3 October 1980 7 July 1988 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 November 1981 – Suriname 28 December 1976 – Trinidad and Tobago vi – Uruguay 1 April 1970 27 July 1988 Venezuela 10 May 1978 26 April 1994 ASIA Optional Protocol to the ICCPR Article 22 of the CAT Aunstralia 25 September 1991 28 January 1993 Maldives 19 September 2006 – Mauritius 12 December 1973 – Mongolia 16 April 1991 – Nepal 14 May 1991 – The Government of Guyana had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 10 May 1993. On 5 January 1999, the Government of Guyana informed the Secretary-General that it had decided to denounce the Optional Protocol. However, on the same date, the Government of Guyana re-acceded to the Optional Protocol with a reservation that the HRC will not be competent to receive and consider complaints from any prisoner who is under sentence of death. The Government of Jamaica had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 3 October 1975. On 23 October 1997, the Government of Jamaica notified the Secretary-General of its denunciation of the Protocol. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 14 November 1980. On 26 May 1998, the Government informed the Secretary-General that it denounced the Optional Protocol with effect from 26 August 1998. On 26 August 1998, the Government decided to re-acceded to the Optional Protocol with a reservation. However, on 27 March 2000, the Government informed the Secretary-General of its decision to denounce the Optional Protocol with effect from 27 June 2000. 43