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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is the world’s main human rights treaty. As you can see from this map, a large majority of countries in the world have accepted and ratified this treaty (some have signed the treaty but have yet failed to ratify it), which means that they are bound by the rules that it contains. So-called “states-parties” have a legal obligation to respect the human rights mentioned in this treaty. The treaty (or ”covenant”) is, unlike the Universal Declaration which is its origin, a piece of law, and part of the international system of law. See also this post on what is called the normative universality of human rights.
These are the countries that are not yet state-parties (in bold the countries that have signed up but failed to ratify):
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- China
- Comoros
- Cuba
- Fiji
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kiribati
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nauru
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Qatar
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- United Arab Emirates
- Vatican City
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