Human Development Report 2016

FIGURE 4.5
Many countries have not ratified or signed various international human rights instruments
State party Signatory No action
International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
6
14
177
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (1966)
7
22
168
International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
6
27
164
Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)
2
6
189
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)
10
27
160
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
1
0
196
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
17
49
132
International Convention for the Protection of all
Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006)
53
51
93
Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (2007)
11
19
168
Source: UNOHCHR 2016.
Legal Aid Service in Georgia is a promising
example that has produced timely and tangible
results (box 4.19). 95
Promoting inclusion
Countries have deployed various political
approaches in dealing with difference and
diversity among their population and within
borders. Societies have dealt with cultural diversity
and heterogeneous populations through
multiple measures that focus on integration,
assimilation and multiculturalism.
These approaches have often required an
evolving notion of citizenship with socio political
features. These features have had varying effects
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