Annexes

Annex 2: Selected human rights treaties and their treaty monitoring bodies

For more detailed information on the how international human rights standards apply to abortion, refer to Web annex A: Key international human rights standards on abortion.

Treaty
(in chronological order)
AbbreviationYear of adoptionYear entered into forceTreaty monitoring body (TMB)*Abbreviation
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationICERD19651969Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationCERD
International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsICCPR19661976Human Rights CommitteeHRC
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsICESCR19661976Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsCESCR
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenCEDAW19791981Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenCEDAW
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentCAT19841987Committee against TortureCAT
Convention on the Rights of the ChildCRC19891990Committee on the Rights of the ChildCRC
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their FamiliesICMW19902003Committee on Migrant WorkersCMW
Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesCRPD20062008Committee on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesCRPD
* Also sometimes referred to as “treaty bodies”.
Further information on the Core International Human Rights Instruments and their TMBs is available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CoreInstruments.aspx