Convention on the Rights-ofthe Child, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convmtion on the Political Rights of Women, Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, Slavery Convention of 1926, 1953 Protocol amerding the 1926 Convention, Slavery Convention of 1926 as amended, Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutbns and Pradices Similar to Slavery, and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The Commission has daily been refying on these treaties and other international 4.8 instruments in examining Issues before it and the analysis of illustrative cases that are featured in this report trace the influence of some of these treaties and instruments on the Commission's opinions and decisions. 4.9 In this area, as in others relating to human rights law, the views of the Supreme Court have been of stellar importance to the country. While Article 51(c) of the Constitution enjoins the State to endeavour to 'fastar respect for international law and treaty obligationsw,the Supreme Court of India has endeavoured to interpret Indian Statutes in consonance with internationaltreaties and other instruments. Thus,in the case of Visakha vs. State of Rajasthan (1997(6)SCC 241) the Supreme Court held: '..... Any international convention not inconsistent with the fundamental rights and in harmony with its spirit must be read into these provisions to enlarge the meaning and content thereof, to promote the object of the constitutional guarantee. This is implicit for Article 51Ic) and the enabting power of Parliament to enact laws for implementing l i e international conventions and norms by virtue of Article 253 read with Entry 14 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution."