Annex A: Non-exhaustive List of International Human Rights Treaties Signed
and/or Ratified by the Philippines1
International Bill of
Human Rights
International Covenant on
Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Prevention of
Discrimination on the
Basis of Race, Religion, or
Belief; and Protection of
Minorities
International Convention
on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial
Discrimination
Women’s Human Rights
Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against
Women
Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the
Elimination of
Discrimination against
Women
United Nations
Convention against
Transnational Organized
Signature
Ratification
19-Dec-66
7-Jun-74
19-Dec-66
23-Oct-86
19-Dec-66
22-Aug-89
Signature
Ratification
7-Mar-66
15-Sep-67
Signature
Ratification
15-Jul-80
5-Aug-81
21-Mar-00
12-Nov-03
14-Dec-00
28-May-02
Accession
Succession
Entry
into Force
Accession
Succession
Entry into
Force
Accession
Succession
Entry into
Force
1
iHumanRights Project, Ratification of International Human Rights Treaties-Philippines,
http://www.ihumanrights.ph/help-2/ratification-of-international-human-rights-treaties-philippines/ (last
accessed June 23, 2015). “The iHumanRights Project (ihumanrights.ph) is collaborative undertaking
among the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) with the overall objective of improving the human rights condition in the country.”
iHumanRights Project, About the Project, http://www.ihumanrights.ph/ (last accessed June 23, 2015).