HC Deb 16 February 1978 vol 944 cc369-72W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report those treaties, conventions and protocols relating to human rights: (a)

Title Place and Date UK Position Publication Reference
Council of Europe
Convention for the Protection of Human Right and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe No.5) … … Rome, 4.11.1950 Ratified 8.3.1951 Cmd. 8969
Protocol to the above … … … Paris,20.3.1952 Ratified 3.11.1952 Cmd. 9221
Protocol No.2 … … … … Strasbourg, 6.5.1963 Party by signature Ratification not required. Cmnd. 4551
Protocol No.3 … … … … Strasbourg, 6.5.1963 Party by signature Ratification not required. Cmnd. 4552
Protocol No.4 … … … … Strasbourg, 16.9.1963 Signed but not ratified. Cmnd. 2309
Protocol No.5 … … … … Strasbourg, 20.1.1966 Ratified 24.10.1967 Cmnd. 4963
European Agreement relating to Persons participating in the Proceedings of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights … … … … London, 6.5.1969 Ratified 24.2.1971 Cmnd. 4699

United Nations
International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights … … … … … … New York 19.12.1966 Ratified 20.5.1976 Cmnd. 6702
International Convention on Civil and Political Rights … New York 19.12.1966 Ratified 20.5.1976 Cmnd. 6702
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights … … … … New York 19.12.1966 Not Signed Cmnd. 3220
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide … … … … … New York 9.12.1948 Acceded 30.1.1970 Cmnd. 4421
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to war Crimes and Crimes against Humanity New York 26.11.1968 Not Signed Not Published
International Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination … … … New York 7.3.1966 Ratified 7.3.1969 Cmnd. 4108
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees … … New York 28.7.1951 Ratified 11.3.1954 Cmnd. 9171
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees … … New York 31.7.1967 Ratified 4.9.1968 Cmnd. 3906
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons … New York 28.9.1954 Ratified 16.4.1959 Cmnd. 1098
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness … … New York 30.8.1961 Ratified 29.3.1966 Cmnd. 6364
Convention on the Political Rights of Women … … New York 31.3.1953 Ratified 24.2.1967 Cmnd. 3449
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women … New York 20.2.1957 Ratified 28.8.1957 Cmnd. 601
Convention on Consent to Marrige, Minimum age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages … … New York 10.12.1962 Acceded 9.7.1970 Cmnd. 4538
Convention on the International Right of Correction … New York 31.3.1953 Not signed Not Published
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention of 25.9.1926 New York 7.12.1953 Party by Signature Cmnd. 9797

to which the United Kingdom is a full party, (b) to which the United Kingdom is a signatory but which have not been ratified by the United Kingdom, and (c) to which the United Kingdom is not a party in any way, respectively.

Mr. Tomlinson

The list is as follows. The Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, although not strictly a treaty, and having no legal status, has been added.

Title Place and Date UK Position Publication Reference
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery the Slave Trade, and Institution and Practices Similar to Slavery … … … … … Geneva 7.9.1956 Ratified 30.4.1957 Cmnd. 257
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation on the Prostitution of Others New York 21.3.1950 Not Signed Not Published
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid … … … New York 30.11.1953 Not Signed Not Published

International Labour Organisation
No. 87. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise … San Francisco, 9.7.1948 Ratified 27.6.1949 Cmd. 7638
No. 98. Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and Bargain collectively … … … … Geneva, 1.7.1949 Ratified 30.6.1950 Cmd. 7852
No. 105. Abolition of Forced Labour … Geneva, 25.6.1957 Ratified 30.12.1957 Cmnd. 313
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Convention against Discrimination in Education … … … … Paris, 15.12.1960 Ratified 14.3.1962 Cmnd. 1760
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
Final Act of the Conference at Helsinki Helsinki, 1.8.1975 Signed 1.8.1975 Cmnd. 6198 and 6932