Action point – Ratification of human rights treaties The General Assembly regularly encourages Member States to consider ratifying human rights instruments with the ultimate goal of achieving universal ratification of all instruments. To check whether your country is a party to the treaties, please consult: http://treaties.un.org/pages/Treaties.aspx?id=4&subid=A&lang=en The Office of Legal Affairs publishes a Treaty Handbook with information on how to complete the formal ratification process which can be downloaded at: http://treaties.un.org/Pages/Publications.aspx?pathpub=Publication/TH/ Page1_en.xml Please contact the Office of Legal Affairs (Treaties Depositary) for specific queries on the ratification of the core human rights treaties and their optional protocols. 27