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TABLE34 Status of major international human rights instrumentsHDI rankInternationalConvention on thePrevention andPunishment of theCrime of Genocide1948InternationalConvention on theElimination of AllForms of RacialDiscrimination1965InternationalCovenanton Civil andPolitical Rights1966InternationalCovenant onEconomic,Social andCultural Rights1966Convention onthe Eliminationof All Forms ofDiscriminationagainst Women1979Conventionagainst Tortureand OtherCruel, Inhumanor DegradingTreatment orPunishment1984Conventionon the Rightsof the Child1989Human development indicators55 Tonga 1972 1972 .. .. .. .. 199556 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1989 1968 1970 1970 1989 1989 199357 Antigua and Barbuda 1988 1988 .. .. 1989 1993 199358 Oman .. 2003 .. .. 2006 .. 199659 Trinidad and Tobago 2002 1973 1978 1978 1990 .. 199160 Romania 1950 1970 1974 1974 1982 1990 199061 Saudi Arabia 1950 1997 .. .. 2000 1997 199662 Panama 1950 1967 1977 1977 1981 1987 199063 Malaysia 1994 .. .. .. 1995 .. 199564 Belarus 1954 1969 1973 1973 1981 1987 199065 Mauritius .. 1972 1973 1973 1984 1992 199066 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 199367 Russian Federation 1954 1969 1973 1973 1981 1987 199068 Albania 1955 1994 1991 1991 1994 1994 199269 Macedonia (TFYR) 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 199370 Brazil 1952 1968 1992 1992 1984 1989 1990MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica .. .. 1993 1993 1980 .. 199172 Saint Lucia .. 1990 .. .. 1982 .. 199373 Kazakhstan 1998 1998 2006 2006 1998 1998 199474 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1960 1967 1978 1978 1983 1991 199075 Colombia 1959 1981 1969 1969 1982 1987 199176 Ukraine 1954 1969 1973 1973 1981 1987 199177 Samoa .. .. .. .. 1992 .. 199478 Thailand .. 2003 1996 1999 1985 .. 199279 Dominican Republic 1948 1983 1978 1978 1982 1985 199180 Belize 1998 2001 1996 2000 1990 1986 199081 China 1983 1981 1998 2001 1980 1988 199282 Grenada .. 1981 1991 1991 1990 .. 199083 Armenia 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 199384 Turkey 1950 2002 2003 2003 1985 1988 199585 Suriname .. 1984 1976 1976 1993 .. 199386 Jordan 1950 1974 1975 1975 1992 1991 199187 Peru 1960 1971 1978 1978 1982 1988 199088 Lebanon 1953 1971 1972 1972 1997 2000 199189 Ecuador 1949 1966 1969 1969 1981 1988 199090 Philippines 1950 1967 1986 1974 1981 1986 199091 Tunisia 1956 1967 1969 1969 1985 1988 199292 Fiji 1973 1973 .. .. 1995 .. 199393 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 2001 199394 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1956 1968 1975 1975 .. .. 199495 Paraguay 2001 2003 1992 1992 1987 1990 199096 Georgia 1993 1999 1994 1994 1994 1994 199497 Guyana .. 1977 1977 1977 1980 1988 199198 Azerbaijan 1996 1996 1992 1992 1995 1996 199299 Sri Lanka 1950 1982 1980 1980 1981 1994 1991100 Maldives 1984 1984 2006 2006 1993 2004 1991101 Jamaica 1968 1971 1975 1975 1984 .. 1991102 Cape Verde .. 1979 1993 1993 1980 1992 1992103 El Salvador 1950 1979 1979 1979 1981 1996 1990104 Algeria 1963 1972 1989 1989 1996 1989 1993105 Viet Nam 1981 1982 1982 1982 1982 .. 1990106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. .. .. .. .. .. ..107 Indonesia .. 1999 2006 2006 1984 1998 1990348 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008