HUMAN RIGHTS

Treaties

Signed on In force on Title
14 June 1869 14 June 1869 Declaration between Great Britain and Denmark, for the Exemption of British Subjects in Denmark, and Danish Subjects in Great Britain, from Forced Loans and Compulsory Military Service
8 September 1870 Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands relative to the treatment of British Subjects in the Kingdom of Siak Sree Indrapoora, in the Island of Sumatra
6 July 1906 Final Protocol Of The Conference For The Revision Of The Geneva Convention
15 June 1910 Declaration modifying Paragraph 5 of the Declaration annexed to the General Act signed at Brussels, July 2, 1890
1 July 1913 Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and Germany concerning the Repatriation of Pauper Lunatics
30 September 1921 International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
6 February 1922 Treaty concerning the Protection of neutrals and non-combatants in naval warfare and the prevention of the use of poisonous gas and chemicals
11 October 1933 24 August 1934 Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women of Full Age
11 February 1945 Agreement regarding Treatment of Liberated Soviet Citizens in the United Kingdom with 2 Annexes and Exchange of Notes
12 November 1947 12 November 1947 Protocol on the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children
10 September 1948 Declaration of Human Rights
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War
21 March 1950 Final Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others
25 September 1950 1 October 1950 Protocol relating to the International Commission on Civil Status
4 November 1950 3 September 1953 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 005]
20 March 1952 18 May 1954 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 9] [Protocol No.1]
25 September 1952 25 September 1952 Additional Protocol to the Protocol Relating to the International Commission on Civil Status signed at Berne on 25 September 1950
31 March 1953 7 July 1954 Convention on the Political Rights of Women
13 December 1955 1 January 1956 Agreement between Member Countries of the Council of Europe on the Exchange of War Cripples with a view to Medical Treatment
18 October 1961 26 February 1965 European Social Charter [ETS No.35]
6 May 1963 21 September 1970 Protocol No. 2 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights competence to give Advisory Opinions
6 May 1963 21 September 1970 Protocol No. 3 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending Articles 29, 30 and 34 of the Convention
16 September 1963 2 May 1968 Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on November 4, 1950
16 September 1963 Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the first Protocol thereto (ETS No 046)
20 January 1966 20 December 1971 Protocol No.5 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending Articles 22 and 40 of the Convention
7 March 1966 4 January 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
19 December 1966 3 January 1976 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
19 December 1966 23 March 1976 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
19 December 1966 23 March 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
24 April 1967 26 April 1968 European Convention on the Adoption of Children [ETS No. 58]
8 March 1968 12 March 1968 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Nations on the United Nations Seminar on Freedom of Association
15 October 1975 11 August 1978 European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock [ETS No. 85]
1 March 1985 Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty [ETS No. 114]
2 September 1990 Convention on the Rights of the Child
11 July 1991 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
22 December 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
22 June 2006 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
23 December 2010 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Amendment to Article 43, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930
Amendments to Article 17 and Article 18 of the Convention Against Torture an Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Opened for signature at New York, 4 February 1985