International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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United Nations human rights treaty international human rights instrument multilateral treaty

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a key United Nations human rights treaty that legally binds its member states to respect and ensure a broad range of fundamental civil and political freedoms, such as the rights to life, fair trial, expression, assembly, and participation in public affairs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights canonical	50
ICCPR	2
Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations human rights treaty ⓘ international human rights instrument ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1966-12-16 ⓘ
complements	Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
contains	derogation clauses for public emergencies ⓘ non-derogable rights ⓘ non-discrimination provisions ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1976-03-23 ⓘ
guarantees	equal protection of the law ⓘ equality before the law ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of opinion and expression ⓘ freedom of peaceful assembly ⓘ freedom of thought, conscience and religion ⓘ right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal ⓘ right to liberty and security of person ⓘ right to privacy ⓘ right to recognition as a person before the law ⓘ right to take part in public affairs ⓘ right to vote and to be elected ⓘ
hasOptionalProtocol	First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	legally binding on its States parties ⓘ
monitoredBy	Human Rights Committee ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	1966-12-16 ⓘ
partOf	International Bill of Human Rights ⓘ
prohibits	arbitrary arrest ⓘ arbitrary detention ⓘ cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ servitude ⓘ slavery ⓘ torture ⓘ
requires	respect for freedom of assembly ⓘ respect for freedom of expression ⓘ respect for participation in public affairs ⓘ respect for the right to a fair trial ⓘ respect for the right to life ⓘ
shortName	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ICCPR
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ political rights ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights → influenced → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → relatedInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

A/RES/217 A (III) → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → complements → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → shortName → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ICCPR

International Bill of Human Rights → composedOf → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Bill of Human Rights → hasCoreComponent → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations Commission on Human Rights → contributedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) → influenced → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → includesInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → monitorsImplementationOf → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → legalBasis → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → establishedBy → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → treatyFocus → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families → preambleReferences → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) → adopted → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → relatesTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Charter 77 movement → basedOn → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Charter 77

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → partOf → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → relatedInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → preambleRefersTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

CRC → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Office of International Religious Freedom → usesLegalFramework → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

New Zealand law → hasInternationalObligation → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights → inspiredBy → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 → referencesInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

ICERD → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

General Comments → appliesTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: General Comments (UN Human Rights Committee)

Views on individual communications → basedOn → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

CCPR → monitorsImplementationOf → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

CCPR → treatyShortTitleMonitored → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: ICCPR

CCPR → legalBasis → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

CCPR → establishedBy → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → definedBy → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

ICRMW → preambleReferences → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

CPED → relatedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → appliesLaw → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 → influencedBy → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

General Comment No. 4 on article 3 of the Convention → linkedTo → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

GA res. 2200A (XXI) → establishedInstrument → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems → preambleReferences → International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ