HUMAN RIGHTS · IV-3

Canada and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Canada became bound on 1976-05-19, by accession, the 34th state to do so.

Treaty

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

State

Canada

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1976-05-19 — by accession

Treaty in force since

3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27. 1

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 34 in order of becoming party
• 174 states bound in total
• New treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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