FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS 40. Mauritius has acceded to almost all the core Conventions both at international and regional levels. 41. Mauritius is party to the 7 out of the 9 core conventions of the United Nations. The two conventions that we have not ratified are the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 42. Since the last report, Mauritius acceded to the Maputo Protocol on 16 June 2017 and the Instrument of Accession was deposited on 23 June 2017 subject to the following reservations      The Republic of Mauritius declares that it shall not take any legislative measures under Article 6(b) and 6(c) of the Protocol where these measures would be incompatible with provisions of the laws in force in Mauritius. The Republic of Mauritius declares in relation to Article 9 of the Protocol that it shall not take any legislative measures under Article 9 of the Protocol that it shall use its best endeavours to ensure the equal participation of women in political life, in accordance with its Constitution. The Republic of Mauritius declares that it shall not take any measures under Articles 4(2)(k),10(2)(d) and 11(3) of the Protocol; The Republic of Mauritius declares that it shall use its best endeavours to achieve the aims in Article 12(2) of the Protocol, in accordance with its Constitution, and the accession to the Protocol should not be regarded as an acceptance of positive discrimination by the Republic of Mauritius; and The Republic of Mauritius declares that it shall not take any measures under Article 14(2)(c) of the Protocol in relation to the authorisation of medical abortion in cases of sexual assault, rape and incest where the matter has not been reported to the police or where the pregnancy has exceeded its fourteenth week. 43. We have also deposited the instrument of accession to the amended protocol II and Protocol V of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or Have Indiscriminate Effects on 30 October 2018. 44. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was acceded to by Mauritius on 08 July 2019. 14