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Afghanistan Independent Human
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Afghanistan is a party to the following principle
international Human Rights Treaties
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)
was ratified on 24th April 1983.
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The International covenant on Economics, social and cultural
Rights (CESCR was ratified on 24th April 1983.
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The International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms
of Racial Discrimination (CERD) was ratified on 5th August
1983.
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The convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was ratified on 5th
March 2003.
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The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) was ratified on 26th
June 1987.
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was ratified
on 27th April 1994.
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The Optional Protocol of the Convention of the Rights of the
Child (CRC-OP-SC) on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography was ratified on 19th
October 2002.
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The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CRC-OP-AC) on the involvement of children in armed
conflict was ratified on 24th Sept. 2003
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Copyright � 2002-2009
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Afghanistan, Kabul, Karti se, Pul-e-Surkh
Telephone: +93 (0)20 2500676
Fax: +93 (0)20 2500677
E-mail:
aihrc@aihrc.org.af
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