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1 Unless indicated otherwise, the status of ratifications of instruments listed in the table may be found in Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General: Status as at 31 December 2006 (ST/LEG/SER.E.25), supplemented by the official website of the United Nations Treaty Collection database, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, http://treaties.un.org/. 2 The following abbreviations have been used for this document: ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights OP-ICESCR Optional Protocol to ICESCR ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR-OP 1 Optional Protocol to ICCPR ICCPR-OP 2 Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women OP-CEDAW Optional Protocol to CEDAW CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment OP-CAT Optional Protocol to CAT CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child OP-CRC-AC Optional Protocol to CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict OP-CRC-SC Optional Protocol to CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography ICRMW International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CED International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 3 The United States also made an understanding and a declaration upon ratification. 4 The United States made understandings and declarations upon ratification. Understandings: arts. 2, para. 1; 26; 4, para. 1; 9, para. 5; 14, para. 6; 10, paras. 2 (a) and 3; 14, para. 3 (b) and (d); 3 (e); 14, para. 7; and 50; declarations: arts. 27, para. 1; 5, para. 2; 19, para. 3; and 47. 5 The United States also made understandings of arts. 1, 3, 10 to 14, and 16, as well as a declaration. 6 The United States also made understandings of arts. 1, 3 and 4. 7 The United States also made understandings of art. 2 (c) and art. 3, para. 1 (a) (i) and (ii) and para. 5. 8 Adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 63/117 of 10 December 2008. Article 17, paragraph 1, of OP-ICESCR states that The present Protocol is open for signature by any State that has signed, ratified or acceded to the Covenant. 9 Information relating to other relevant international human rights instruments, including regional instruments, may be found in the pledges and commitments undertaken by the United States before the Human Rights Council, as contained in the letter dated 22 April 2009 sent by the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly (A/63/831). 10 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. 11 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, 1954 Convention relating to the status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 12 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (First Convention); Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of GE.10-15415 15

Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (Second Convention); Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Third Convention); Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Convention); Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I); Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II); Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III). For the official status of ratifications, see the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, at www.eda.admin.ch/eda/fr/home/topics/intla/intrea/chdep/warvic.html. 13 International Labour Organization Convention No. 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour; Convention No. 105 concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, Convention No. 87 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize; Convention No. 98 concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Bargain Collectively; Convention No. 100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value; Convention No. 111 concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation; Convention No. 138 concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment; Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour. 14 Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1), para. 34; CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 23. 15 A/HRC/15/18, para. 81. 16 A/HRC/7/12/Add.2, para. 126. 17 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 24 (a) and (b). 18 Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture (CAT/C/USA/CO/2), para. 39. 19 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 25. 20 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 14. 21 Ibid., para. 15. 22 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 5. 23 Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/C/USA/CO/6), para. 11; CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 40. 24 A/HRC/15/18, para. 9. 25 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 10. 26 CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO 1, para. 33 (a). 27 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 16. 28 Ibid., para. 22 (a) and (b). 29 For the list of national human rights institutions with accreditation status granted by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC), see A/HRC/13/45, annex I. 30 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 12. 31 CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1, para. 19. 32 A/HRC/15/18, para. 88. 33 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 13. 34 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 4. 35 CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1, para. 13. 36 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 23. 37 UN-Habitat submission to the UPR on the United States, pp. 3-4. 38 Ibid., p. 3. 39 The following abbreviations have been used for this document: CERD HR Committee CAT CRC Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Human Rights Committee Committee against Torture Committee on the Rights of the Child 16 GE.10-15415

40 CAT/C/USA/CO/2,para. 11. 41 Ibid., para. 38. 42 E/CN.4/2006/120, para. 3. 43 The questionnaires referred to are those reflected in an official report by a special procedure mandate holder issued between 1 January 2006 and 30 June 2010. Responses counted for the purposes of this section are those received within the relevant deadlines, and referred to in the following documents: (a) E/CN.4/2006/62, para. 24, and E/CN.4/2006/67, para. 22; (b) A/HRC/4/23, para. 14; (c) A/HRC/4/24, para. 9; (d) A/HRC/4/29, para. 47; (e) A/HRC/4/31, para. 24; (f) A/HRC/4/35/Add.3, para. 7; (g) A/HRC/6/15, para. 7; (h) A/HRC/7/6, annex; (i) A/HRC/7/8, para. 35; (j) A/HRC/8/10, para. 120, footnote 48; (k) A/62/301, paras. 27, 32, 38, 44 and 51; (l) A/HRC/10/16 and Corr.1, footnote 29; (m) A/HRC/11/6, annex; (n) A/HRC/11/8, para. 56; (o) A/HRC/11/9, para. 8, footnote 1; (p) A/HRC/12/21, para. 2, footnote 1; (q) A/HRC/12/23, para. 12; (r) A/HRC/12/31, para. 1, footnote 2; (s) A/HRC/13/22/Add.4; (t) A/HRC/13/30, para. 49; (u) A/HRC/13/42, annex I; (v) A/HRC/14/25, para. 6, footnote 1; (w) A/HRC/14/31, para. 5, footnote 2. 44 OHCHR 2009 Annual Report, Activities and Results, pp. 192, 195, 196 and 216. 45 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 28. 46 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 23. 47 A/HRC/11/36/Add.3, para. 103. 48 A/HRC/15/18, para. 81. 49 A/HRC/11/36/Add.3, para. 97. 50 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 15. 51 A/HRC/15/18, para. 82. 52 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 20. 53 Ibid., para. 14. 54 See CERD/C/USA/CO/6/Add.1, paras. 3-17. 55 A/HRC/11/36/Add.3, para. 101. 56 Ibid., para. 100. 57 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 17. 58 Ibid., para. 18. 59 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 23. 60 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 7. 61 Ibid., para. 29. 62 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 31. 63 General Assembly resolution 62/149. 64 OHCHR, Press Briefing Note, 8 August 2008. Available from www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=9218&langid=e. 65 A/HRC/4/20/Add.1, pp. 358-361. 66 Ibid., pp. 361-363. 67 A/HRC/11/2/Add.5, para. 56. 68 Ibid., para. 83. 69 S/2008/19, para. 54. 70 A/64/311, para. 34. 71 A/HRC/10/14/Add.1, paras. 39-41. 72 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 25 73 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 30. 74 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 37. 75 A/HRC/11/2/Add.5, para. 75. 76 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 16. 77 See CAT/C/USA/CO/2/Add.1, paras. 2-3. 78 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 18. 79 Ibid., para. 13. 80 Ibid., para. 19. 81 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 13. GE.10-15415 17

82 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 24. 83 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 13. 84 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 24. 85 E/CN.4/2006/120, para. 96. 86 See CAT/C/USA/CO/2/Add.1, paras. 19-22. 87 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1. 88 E/CN.4/2006/120, annex II. 89 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 26. 90 A/HRC/6/17/Add.3, para. 61. 91 Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council, 4 March 2010. 92 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 17 93 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 12. 94 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 17. 95 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 12. 96 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1. 97 A/HRC/6/17/Add.3, para. 63. 98 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 20. 99 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 16. 100 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 24. 101 See CAT/C/USA/CO/2/Add.1, paras. 4-5. 102 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1. 103 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 32. 104 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 32. 105 E/CN.4/2006/7/Add.1, Opinion No. 19/2005, para. 32. 106 Ibid., para. 33. 107 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 26. 108 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 25. 109 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1, para. 28. 110 Ibid., para. 30 (a) and (e). 111 CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1, para. 20. 112 Ibid., paras. 23 and 27. 113 ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Individual Observation concerning Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (No. 182), 2010, Geneva, doc. No. (ILOLEX) 062010USA182, eighth paragraph. 114 OHCHR, UN human rights chief welcomes decision to close Guantanamo, press release, 22 January 2009. Available from www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=9171&langid=e. 115 OHCHR, press release, 12 June 2008. Available from www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/0c5153e06db3765ac1257466005d6bdb?opendocument. 116 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 22. 117 E/CN.4/2006/120, paras. 95-96. 118 OHCHR, press release, 21 July 2010. Available from www.ohchr.org/en/newsevents/pages/displaynews.aspx?newsid=10224&langid=e. 119 See CAT/C/USA/CO/2/Add. 1, paras. 10-18. 120 E/CN.4/2006/120, annex II. 121 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 1. 122 A/HRC/11/2/Add.5, para. 81. 123 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1. 124 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 27. 125 Ibid., para. 28. 126 E/CN.4/2006/120, para. 100. 127 Ibid., annex II. 18 GE.10-15415

128 A/HRC/11/2/Add.5, para. 39. 129 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 18. 130 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 30. 131 A/HRC/6/17/Add.3, para. 55. 132 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 24. 133 ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Individual Direct Request concerning Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), 2010, Geneva, doc. No. (ILOLEX) 092010USA105, first paragraph. 134 A/HRC/15/18, para. 77. 135 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 21. 136 A/HRC/4/27/Add.1, paras. 696-698. 137 A/HRC/7/14/Add.1, para. 706. 138 A/HRC/11/4/Add.1, para. 2541. 139 A/HRC/15/18, para. 8. 140 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 28. 141 Ibid., para. 33. 142 UN-Habitat submission to the UPR on the United States, p. 4. The Advisory Group on Forced Evictions Report on New Orleans is available from UN-Habitat upon request. 143 A/HRC/13/20/Add.4, para. 87. 144 Ibid., para. 105. 145 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 16. 146 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 22. 147 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 17. 148 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 23. 149 General Assembly resolution 61/295, annex. 150 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 29. 151 UNHCR submission to the UPR on the United States, pp. 5-6. 152 Ibid., p. 3. 153 Ibid., pp. 3-4. 154 A/HRC/7/12/Add.2, para. 114. 155 Ibid., para. 121. 156 Ibid., para. 118. 157 UNHCR submission to the UPR on the United States, pp. 5-6. 158 A/63/286, para. 49. 159 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 31. 160 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 26. 161 See CERD/C/USA/CO/6/Add.1, paras. 27-33. 162 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1, pp. 12-13. 163 A/HRC/6/17/Add.3, para. 64. 164 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 11. 165 UNHCR submission to the UPR on the United States, pp. 5-6. 166 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 19. 167 Ibid., para. 20. 168 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1, pp. 11-12. 169 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 4. 170 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 9. 171 A/HRC/6/17/Add.3, para. 53. 172 UN-Habitat submission to the UPR on the United States, p. 6. 173 Pledges and commitments undertaken by the United States before the Human Rights Council, as contained in the letter dated 22 April 2009 sent by the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly (A/63/831), available from www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=a/63/831&lang=e. GE.10-15415 19

174 See CAT/C/USA/CO/2/Add. 1. 175 See CERD/C/USA/CO/6/Add.1. 176 See CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1/Add.1 and Add.2. 177 CAT/C/USA/CO/2, para. 43. 178 CERD/C/USA/CO/6, para. 45. 179 CCPR/C/USA/CO/3/Rev.1, para. 39. 20 GE.10-15415