4.12 . India is now a party to sixteen international treaties draibn-up under the auspices of the United Nations. These are the:. , . * International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, .. I.' International Convention on the-Eliminationof AN Farins of Racial Discrimination, International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, * Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, Convention on the Rights of the Chi!d, convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, * Convention on the Political Rights of Women, Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, * Slavery Convention of - 1926, . 1953 Protocol amending the 1926 Convention, Slavery Convention of 1926 as amended, * Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Instihtions and Practices Similar to Slavery, and the Convention for the Suppression of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. Traffic in Person and of the