This section provides details of the UN core treaties ratified by Pakistan.
Treaty Signature Date Date of Ratification
CAT – Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 17 April 2008 23 June 2010
CAT-OP – Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture Not ratified
CCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 17 April 2008 23 June 2010
CCPR-OP2-DP – Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty Not ratified
CED – Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Not ratified
CED, Art.32 – Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Not ratified
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 12 March 1966 (a)
CERD – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 19 Sep 1966 21 Sep 1966
CESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 03 Nov 2004 17 Apr 2008
CMW – International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Not ratified
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 Sep 1990 12 Nov 1990
CRC-OP-AC – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict 26 Sep 2001 17 Nov 2016
CRC-OP-SC – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography 26 Sep 2001 05 Jul 2011
CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 25 Sep 2008 05 Jul 2011
Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Pakistan
Treaty Acceptance of individual complaints procedures
CAT, Art.22 – Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture NO
CCPR-OP1 – Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights NO
CED, Art.31 – Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance –
CEDAW-OP – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women NO
CERD, Art.14 – Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination N/A
CESCR-OP – Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights NO
CMW, Art.77 – Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families –
CRC-OP-IC – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child NO
CRPD-OP – Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NO
Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Pakistan
Treaty Acceptance of inquiry procedure
CAT, Art.20 – Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture NO
CED, Art.33 – Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance –
CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 – Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women –
CESCR-OP, Art.11 – Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights –
CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 – Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child –
CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 – Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities –
Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Pakistan
Treaty Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure
CED, Art.32 – Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance –