International Human Rights Law

Pakistan is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 (see Urdu version).

Pakistan has also signed and/or ratified the following international human rights instruments:

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  (ICERD), ratified on 21 December 1966. 

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), ratified on 20 November 1990.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), signed on 12 March 1996.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), ratified on 17 April 2008.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified on 23 June 2010.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, ratified on 23 June 2010.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified on 5 July 2011.