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Full Title

2008 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Short Title / Abbreviations

2008 Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text UN Doc. A/63/435, UN Doc. A/RES/63/117
Date of Adoption 10/12/2008
Place of Adoption New York, United States of America at the sixty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entry Into Force Status In Force
Date of Entry into Force

05/05/2013

Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

“Article 18 Entry into Force

1. The present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Protocol, after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.”

General Status 26 Parties (As of 23/07/2021)
Links to Current Status/Reservations United Nations Treaty Collection
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Related Instruments
This instrument amends/supersedes

1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Related Instruments

1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

 

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