Culture, history and sport: Human rights treaties | The Brian Mulroney Institute of Government

Ever since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations has continued to evolved its human rights legislation.
Canada has ratified or signed several of the core human rights treaties overseen by the United Nations, which keeps Canada accountable to the United Nations and to other member states on their commitment to upholding human rights.
This publication identifies the covenants and conventions acceded or ratified by Canada over the years, including: the International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination (acceded in 1970), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (acceded in 1976), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ratified in 1976), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (ratified in 1981), the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ratified in 1987), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified in 1991), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ratified in 2010).
As part of Canada's involvement in these conventions and covenants, Canada must submit reports on how it implements these treaties.
This publication also includes the long list of multilateral human rights treaties that Canada is part of.

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