Other UN Human Rights Instruments

• Author: Mark Freeman, Gibran Van Ert
• Pages: 85-99

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1 [1976] CanTS no. 47.

2 [1976] CanTS no. 46.

3 [1970] CanTS no. 28.

4 [1982] CanTS no. 31. Upon ratification, Canada made the following declaration:

The Government of Canada states that the competent legislative authorities

within Canada have addressed the concept of equal pay referred to in article

11(1)(d) by legislation which requires the establishment of rates of remuner-

ation without discrimination on the basis of sex. The competent legislative

authorities within Canada will continue to implement the object and purpose

of article 11(1)(d) and to that end have developed, and where appropriate

will continue to develop, additional legislative and other measures.

5 [1987] CanTS no. 36.

A. Introduction

Since the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political

Rights 1966 (ICCPR)1and the International Covenant on Economic,

Social and Cultural Rights 1966 (ICESCR),2several other important

human rights treaties have come into force. Especially noteworthy are

the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial

Discrimination 1966 (CERD),3the Convention on the Elimination of

All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1979 (CEDAW),4the

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading

Treatment or Punishment 1984 (CAT),5and the Convention on the

OTHER UN HUMAN

RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

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