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International treaties and conventions

(in reverse chronological order)

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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007)

Maternity Protection Convention (No. 183, 2000)

Convention (No. 182) on the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1999)

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)

Convention (No. 169) Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

Second Optional Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty (1989)

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)

Protocol Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) (1977)

Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) (1977)

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) & the 1966 Protocol

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1963)

Convention (No. 105) on Abolition of Forced Labour (1957)

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1950)

Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949)

Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949)

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (1949)

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (1949)

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)

United Nations Charter (1945)

Convention (No. 29) Concerning Forced Labour (1930)