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1976
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT 1 ON CIVIL
AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
The States Parties to the present Covenant,
Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of
the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalien
able rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice
and peace in the world,
1 The Covenant, with the exception of article 41,* came into force on 23 March 1976 in respect of the following
States, i.e., three months after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth in
strument of ratification or accession, in accordance with article 49 (1):**
Date of deposit of the in
strument of ratification or
State
accession (a.)
Barbados*** .................... 5 January 1973o
Bulgaria*** ..................... 21 September 1970
(Signature affixed on 8 October
1968.)
Byelorussian
Soviet
Socialist
Republic*** ................... 12 November 1973
(Signature affixed on 19 March
1968.)
Chile ........................... 10 February 1972
(Signature affixed on 16 September
1969.)
Colombia ....................... 29 October 1969
(Signature affixed on 21 December
1966.)
Costa Rica ...................... 29 November 1968
(Signature affixed on 19 December
1966.)
Cyprus ......................... 2April
1969
(Signature affixed on 19 December
1966.)
Czechoslovakia*** ............... 23 December 1975
(Signature affixed on 7 October
1968.)
Denmark***..................... 6 January 1972
(Signature affixed on 20 March
1968.)
Ecuador ........................ 6 March
1969
(Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.)
Finland*.***..................... 19 August
1975
(Signature affixed on 11 October
1967.)
German Democratic Republic*** ... 8 November 1973
(Signature affixed on 27 March
1973.)
Germany, Federal Republic of***... 17 December 1973
(With a declaration of application
to Berlin (West).)t
(Signature affixed on 9 October
1968.)
Hungary*** ..................... 17 January 1974
(Signature affixed on 25 March
1969.)
Iran ............................ 24 June
1975
(Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.)
Date of deposit of the in
strument of ratification or
accession (a)
State
Iraq*** ......................... 25 January 1971
(Signature affixed on 18 February
1969.)
Jamaica......................... 3 October
1975
(Signature affixed on 19 December
1966.)
Jordan.......................... 28 May
1975
(Signature affixed on 30 June 1972.)
Kenya .......................... 1 May
1972a
Lebanon ........................ 3 November 1972o
Libyan Arab Republic***.......... 15 May
1970»
Madagascar ..................... 21 June
1971
(Signature affixed on 17 September
1969.)
Mali............................ 16 July
1974a
Mauritius ....................... 12 December 1973a
Mongolia*** .................... 18 November 1974
(Signature affixed on 5 June 1968.)
Norway*'*** .................... 13 September 1972
(Signature affixed on 20 March
1968.)
Romania*** ..................... 9 December 1974
Rwanda......................... 16 April
1975a
Sweden*'*** .................... 6 December 1971
(Signature affixed on 29 September
1967.)
Syrian Arab Republic*** .......... 21 April
1969a
Tunisia ......................... 18 March
1969
(Signature affixed on 30 April
1968.)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Re
public*** ..................... 12 November 1973
(Signature affixed on 20 March
1968.)
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics*** .................. 16 October 1973
(Signature affixed on 18 March
1968.)
Uruguay ........................ 1 April
1970
(Signature affixed on 21 February
1967.)
Yugoslavia ...................... 2 June
1971
(Signature affixed on 8 August
1967.)
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