Canada is:
- OSCE Participating State since 25 June 1973
- Member State of the United Nations since 9 November 1945
- Observer to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe since 29 May 1996
- Observer to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 28 May 1997
Status of Ratification of the Main International Human Rights Treaties, Conventions and other instruments
02 October 2007
UN Convention against Corruption (2003)
25 November 2005
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty (1991)
13 May 2002
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2003)
13 May 2002
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2003)
13 May 2002
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (2004)
03 April 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (2001)
19 February 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (2002)
07 July 2000
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002)
13 December 1991
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990)
24 June 1987
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987)
04 December 1985
International Convention against Taking of Hostages (1983)
01 September 1985
Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (1985)
10 December 1981
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1981)
14 October 1970
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969)
04 June 1969
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1954)
30 January 1957
Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1954)
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