STATUS OF INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENT
CESCR
1966
CCPR
1966
CCPR-OP1
1966
CEDAW
1979
CEDAW-OP
1999
CRC
1989
CRC-OP-SC
2000
ILO 182
1999
Trafficking Protocol
2000
SAARC
2002
Trafficking Convention
1949
Slavery Convention
1926
Supplementary Slavery
Convention
1956
DATE OF ENTRY
INTO FORCE
1976
STATE
PARTIES
145
SIGNATORIES
1976
148
8
1976
102
5
1981
170
3
2000
42
38
1990
191
2
2002
36
76
2000
132
-
not yet in force
20
110
not yet in force
-
7
1951
74
14
1955
95
-
1957
119
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The Trafficking Protocol 2000 will come into force on the ninetieth day after the date of
deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession,
except that it shall not enter into force before the entry into force of the Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime (Article 17).17
The SAARC Convention will enter into force on the fifteenth day following the day of
the deposit of the seventh Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary-General (Article
XIII).
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The Convention against Transnational Organized Crime shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after
the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. (Article 38
of the Convention). The Convention currently has 27 Parties and 143 Signatories (at Dec 2002).
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