20 S e cti o n ON E – GENERAL Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1960 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 1973 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1972 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1978 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1978 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1978 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1985 Declaration on the Right to Development 1986 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) 1989 First Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1989 Second Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1990 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 1992 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women 1993 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) 1993 Optional Protocol to CEDAW 2000 Optional Protocol to CAT 2007 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 2006 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 2008 of those that remain. The major international treaties to juveniles and adults in prisons, 14(6) on compensation which New Zealand is a party (together with the year of for people pardoned for an offence, 20 on the need for ratification) are listed above, along with some of the most further legislation on national and racial hatred, 22 on important declarations and the year in which they were trade unions and the declaration 26 under Article 41. adopted by the UN General Assembly: New Zealand has reservations against articles in the following treaties: • ICESCR: Article 8 on trade unions. The reservation on 10(2) relating to parental leave was withdrawn in 2003. • ICCPR: Articles 10(2)(b) and 10(3) on the separation of • CAT: Article 14 on compensation to torture victims; declaration under Articles 21 and 22 • UNCROC: general reservation 27and Articles 32(2), on minimum age of employment, and 37(c), on separation of children and adults in detention; general declaration. The reservation on Article 11(2)(b) in CEDAW was 26 A declaration sets out a state’s intentions about how it intends to go about applying the provisions of a treaty – for example, in relation to territories under its control. 27 This reservation reserves the right of the Government to provide different benefits and other protections in the convention “according to the nature of their authority to be in New Zealand”.