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United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités
1976
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT[1] ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
The States Parties to the present Covenant,
Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
- ↑ The Covenant, with the exception of article 41,* came into force on 23 March 1976 in respect of the following States, i.e., three months after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth in strument of ratification or accession, in accordance with article 49 (1):**
State Date of deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession (a) Barbados*** 5 January 1973a Bulgaria*** 21 September 1970 (Signature affixed on 8 October 1968.) Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic*** 12 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 19 March 1968.) Chile 10 February 1972 (Signature affixed on 16 September 1969.) Colombia 29 October 1969 (Signature affixed on 21 December 1966.) Costa Rica 29 November 1968 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Cyprus 2 April 1969 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Czechoslovakia*** 23 December 1975 (Signature affixed on 7 October 1968.) Denmark*** 6 January 1972 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Ecuador 6 March 1969 (Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.) Finland*,*** 19 August 1975 (Signature affixed on 11 October 1967.) German Democratic Republic*** 8 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 27 March 1973.) Germany, Federal Republic of*** 17 December 1973 (With a declaration of application to Berlin (West).)† (Signature affixed on 9 October 1968.) Hungary*** 17 January 1974 (Signature affixed on 25 March 1969.) Iran 24 June 1975 (Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.) Iraq*** 25 January 1971 (Signature affixed on 18 February 1969.) Jamaica 3 October 1975 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Jordan 28 May 1975 (Signature affixed on 30 June 1972.) Kenya 1 May 1972a Lebanon 3 November 1972a Libyan Arab Republic*** 15 May 1970a Madagascar 21 June 1971 (Signature affixed on 17 September 1969.) Mali 16 July 1974a Mauritius 12 December 1973a Mongolia*** 18 November 1974 (Signature affixed on 5 June 1968.) Norway*,*** 13 September 1972 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Romania*** 9 December 1974 Rwanda 16 April 1975a Sweden*,*** 6 December 1971 (Signature affixed on 29 September 1967.) Syrian Arab Republic*** 21 April 1969a Tunisia 18 March 1969 (Signature affixed on 30 April 1968.) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic*** 12 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*** 16 October 1973 (Signature affixed on 18 March 1968.) Uruguay 1 April 1970 (Signature affixed on 21 February 1967.) Yugoslavia 2 June 1971 (Signature affixed on 8 August 1967.) - See p. 300 of this volume for the texts of the declarations recognizing the competence of the Human Rights Committee under article 41.
- Several of the 35 instruments deposited were accompanied by reservations, about which the Covenant is silent. In this regard, the Secretary-General, on the basis of the consultations that he held in the same circumstances with respect to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (see No. I-14531 of volume 993), has considered that the States concerned did not object to the entry into force of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 23 March 1976.
- See p. 288 of this volume for the texts of the declarations and reservations made upon ratification or accession.
†The following countries made declarations regarding the declaration made upon ratification by the Federal Re public of Germany: France, German Democratic Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America. For the texts of the said declarations, see No. I-14531 in volume 993.
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