They then become "parties" to the Convention. In general, the steps for joining a convention are as follows: A political consideration of ratification at the national level; A national authorization ...

The push to end violence against women and girls in the country has received a major boost after a new continent-wide convention to end the scourge came into effect on Wednesday, May 28.However, ...

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The UN human rights chief on Wednesday expressed concern over the growing numbers of missing people and urged states to ratify the international convention on forced disappearances. "We need to ...

The EU ratified the UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) on Wednesday, joining a global effort to protect the ...

On 4 November 1950 the members of the Council of Europe signed the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The UK was one of the first members of the Council of Europe to ratify the Convention ...

Indonesia will conduct a comprehensive study before ratifying the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Work in Fishing ...

What is our national position and moral perspective on, say, Israel’s actions in Palestine? And how do these square with our ...

TALLINN - The Estonian parliament on Wednesday passed a law to withdraw from the convention prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines and requiring their ...

The Council of Europe Landscape Convention promotes the protection, management, and planning of landscapes and fosters ...

The Council of the European Union has given the green light for the bloc to ratify the Mauritius Convention on transparency ...