New York, 6 February 2014 – International Disability Alliance (IDA) chair Mr. Yannis Vardakastanis addressed United Nations (UN) Member States, UN agencies...
Brazil signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 01 August 2008
Brazil has signed and ratified:
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Brazil has ratified but not signed:
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
For more information: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx
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