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Swaziland: International treaty status

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The following table sets out the status of a range of international treaties in Swaziland as of 12 June 2014.

Ratification accession or succession
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 26 March 2004
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights  No signature or ratification
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty No signature or ratification
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights 26 March 2004
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights No signature or ratification
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 26 March 2004
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment No signature or ratification
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance  25 September 2007 (signature only)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 April 1969
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 26 March 2004
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women  No signature or ratification
Convention on the Rights of the Child 7 September 1995
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict 24 September 2012
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 24 September 2012
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure No signature or ratification
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families No signature or ratification
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 24 September 2012
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 24 September 2012
Ratification accession or succession
Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 28 June 1973
Geneva Convention II for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 28 June 1973
Geneva Convention III relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 28 June 1973
Geneva Convention IV relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 28 June 1973
Additional Protocol I relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts 2 November 1995
Additional Protocol II relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts 2 November 1995
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court No signature or ratification
Convention against Corruption  24 September 2012
Ratification accession or succession
African Charter on Human and People's Rights 15 September 1995

At the Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record in March 2012, Swaziland found the recommendations to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to be acceptable.[1] It also accepted recommendations to put in place human rights training programmes for members of the judiciary and law enforcement officials, and to take concrete and immediate measures to guarantee the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.[2]

 

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