International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (16 December 1966, New York)
(Signatories: 71; Parties: 169)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16 December 1966)
(Signatories: 74; Parties: 172)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (New York, 9 December 1948)
(Signatories: 39; Parties: 149)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (New York, 10 December 1984)
(Signatories: 83; Parties: 164)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (New York, 18 December 1990)
(As of October 2018, 54 Countries have ratified the Convention; India is not)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (New York, 25 May 2000)
(Signatories: 130; Parties: 168)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (New York, 25 May 2000)
(Signatories: 121; Parties: 175)
The Protocol requires parties to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Article 2 defines the prohibition:
The Convention generally defines a child as any human being under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law. |