UN Treaties and India’s Obligations

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

India signed and ratified the Convention on 4th January 1969

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

India signed and ratified the Covenant on 10th July 1979

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

India signed and ratified the Covenant on 10th July 1979

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

India signed and ratified this Convention on 11th January 1993

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

India signed and ratified the Convention on 8th August 1993

Convention against Torture (CAT)

India only signed on this Convention on 14th October 1997

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

India singed on 30 March 2007 and ratified a few months later

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