DATE OF SIGNATURE S/NO DATE OF ACCESSION/ RATIFICATION REMARKS INTERNATIONAL 70 4 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (objective 3) 5 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (objective 2) 6 Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: A/ RES/53/144 (objective 3) 28 July 1988 20 April 2000 A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 7 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (objective 2) 28 July 1988 28 June 2001 Domesticated through the constitution 8 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (objectives 2 and 3) 16 October 1967 Domesticated through the constitution 9 Convention on the Political Rights of Women (objective 7) 29 July 1993 Domesticated through the constitution Domesticated through the constitution Domesticated through chapter 4 of the 1999 constitution Domesticated through the constitution