ICCPR Guide for Ratification

Published on 30 Nov 2017, 05:54 AM

NEW! A Guide for ICCPR Ratification and Implementation

In the framework of its project to assist national efforts of Myanmar to join ICCPR and facilitate domestic processes for signature and ratification, the Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR-Centre) has published "ICCPR A Guide for Ratification and Implementation" in English and Burmese, with the support of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

As of November 2017, a total of 169 States are parties to the Covenant, while 6 countries have only signed it (China, Comoros, Cuba, Nauru, Palau and Saint Lucia) and other 22 UN members States are yet to take any action either sign or join it (Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cook Islands, Fiji, Holy See, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshal Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Niue, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tonga, Tuvalu, and United Arab Emirates). 

Having one of its purposes on the promotion of universal ratification of ICCPR for more comprehensive protection and promotion of fundamental human rights and freedoms, CCPR-Centre hopes that this guide helps those actors involved in the process and efforts towards ratification (or accession) of ICCPR overcome political, legal and administrative challenges by identifying, at earliest possible timing, where changes are needed for ratification of ICCPR. It should, however, also be stressed that provisions of ICCPR do not have to be realised in a country prior to the ratification, but the ratification is the start of long-term and incremental process for the full implementation of ICCPR, in which various assistance is offered by different stakeholders including the UN HR Committee.

The guide seeks to provide practical information to State actors intending or considering ratification (or accession) of ICCPR in a simple and concise manner. It focuses on the information and issues that deem particularly useful for the representatives of State bodies and agencies to consider and take actual steps towards ratification of ICCPR. For this purpose, it intends to avoid duplication of information already available or provided by other sources and materials. As such, please refer to the “UN Human Rights Committee- Participation in the Reporting Process: Guidelines for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)”, another publication of the CCPR-Centre, for more general and comprehensive information on ICCPR and the system how the implementation of the Covenant is facilitated and monitored including the UN Human Rights Committee (monitoring body of ICCPR) and possibilities of civil society participation. 

This guide can also be used, possibly in combination with the aforementioned guidelines, to train State officials, Members of Parliament as well as civil society actors. 

"A ratification is not an end in itself but rather a starting point for a full implementation of the rights and obligations flowing from the ICCPR."

- Judge Krister Thelin, former member of the UN HR Committee

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