2. List of International Treaties Concerning to the Prohibition of Torture to Which Viet

ANNEX 8

1. List of the basic international treaties of the United Nations concerning human rights to which Viet Nam is a member[1]

No. / Treaties / Date of approval / Date of enter into force / Date of participation of Viet Nam
1.  / International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) / 21/12/1965 / 4/1/1969 / 9/6/1982
2.  / International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) / 16/12/1966 / 23/3/1976 / 24/9/1982
3.  / International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) / 16/12/1966 / 3/1/1976 / 24/9/1982
4.  / Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 18/12/1979 / 3/9/1981 / 17/12/1982
5.  / Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) / 10/12/1984 / 26/6/1987 / 05/02/2015
6.  / Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 20/11/1989 / 2/9/1990 / 28/2/1990
6.1 / Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC) / 25/5/2000 / 12/2/2002 / 20/12/2001
6.2 / Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC) / 25/5/2000 / 18/1/2002 / 20/12/2001
7.  / Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 13/12/2006 / 3/5/2008 / 05/2/2015

2. List of international treaties concerning to the prohibition of torture to which Viet Nam is a member

Table 1: The multilateral treaties

No. / Convention / Date of adoption;
Date of enter into force / Status of Viet Nam
1. / Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 (UDHR) / 10/12/1948 / Viet Nam joined in the United Nations in 1977
2. / International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) / 16/12/1966;
23/3/1976 / Viet Nam acceded on 24/9/1982
3. / Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 20/11/1989;
2/9/1990 / Viet Nam submitted the instrument of ratification on 28/02/1990
4. / Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 13/12/2006;
3/5/2008 / Viet Nam submitted the instrument of ratification on 05/02/2015
5. / ASEAN Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (signed among Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Viet Nam) / 29/11/2004;
25/10/2005 / Viet Nam submitted the instrument of ratification on 25/10/2005

Table 2: The bilateral treaties

No. / Treaty / Status
Treaties on Mutual Legal Assistance
1.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Socialist Republic of Czech-Slovakia / Signature: 12/10/1982
Ratification: 30/3/1983
Enter into force: 16/4/1984
2.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil, Family, Labor and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Cuba / Signature: 30/11/1984
Ratification: 19/8/1987
Enter into force: 25/9/1987
3.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Bulgaria / Signature: 03/10/1986
Ratification: 16/02/1987
Enter into force: 05/7/1987
4.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Polish / Signature: 22/3/1993
Ratification: 08/3/1994
Enter into force: 18/01/1995
5.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic / Signature: 06/7/1998
Ratification: 03/6/1999
Enter into force: 19/02/2000
6.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Russian Federation / Signature: 25/8/1998
Ratification: 03/6/1999
Enter into force: 27/8/2012
7.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Republic of China / Signature: 19/10/1998
Ratification: 03/6/1999
Enter into force: 25/12/1999
8.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Ukraine / Signature: 06/4/2000
Ratification: 22/6/2000
Enter into force: 19/8/2002
9.  / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Mongolia / Signature: 17/4/2000
Ratification: 05/6/2000
Enter into force: 13/6/2002
10. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil, Family, Labor and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Belarus / Signature: 14/9/2000
Ratification: 29/8/2001
Enter into force: 17/10/2001
11. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Signature: 03/5/2002
Ratification: 26/11/2003
Enter into force: 24/02/2004
12. / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters / Signature: 15/9/2003
Ratification: 27/9/2004
Enter into force: 19/4/2005
13. / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of India on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters / Signature: 08/10/2007
Ratification: 13/3/2008
Enter into force: 17/11/2008
14. / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the United Kingdom on Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters / Signature: 13/01/2009
Ratification: 15/4/2009
Enter into force: 30/9/2009
15. / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters / Signature: 14/4/2010
Ratification: 31/12/2010
Enter into force: 28/3/2014
16. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Indonesia / Signature: 27/6/2013
Ratification: 27/9/2013
Enter into force: 22/01/2016
17. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Australia / Signature: 7/2014
Ratification: 17/01/2017
Enter into force: 05/4/2017
18. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Spain / Signature: 18/9/2015
Ratification: 13/12/2016
Enter into force: 08/7/2017
19. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Hungary / Signature: 16/3/2016
Ratification: 13/12/2016
Enter into force: 30/6/2017
20. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of France / Signature: 06/9/2016
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: not yet
21. / Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Cambodia / Signature: 12/2016
Ratification: not yet
Enter into force: not yet
Treaties on Extradition
1.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea / Signature: 15/9/2003
Ratification: 27/9/2004
Enter into force: 19/4/2005
2.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria / Signature: 14/4/2010
Ratification: 26/3/2013
Enter into force: 28/3/2014
3.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of India / Signature: 12/10/2011
Ratification: 04/3/2013
Enter into force: 12/8/2013
4.  / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Australia on Extradition / Signature: 10/4/2012
Ratification: 3/4/2013
Enter into force: 07/4/2014
5.  / Extradition Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Indonesia / Signature: 27/6/2013
Ratification: 11/11/2013
Enter into force: 26/4/2015
6.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Hungary / Signature: 16/9/2013
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: 30/6/2017
7.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Cambodia / Signature: 23/12/2013
Ratification: 02/4/2014
Enter into force: 09/10/2014
8.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka / Signature: 07/4/2014
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: not yet
9.  / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Spain / Signature: 01/10/2014
Ratification: 13/12/2016
Enter into force: 01/5/2017
10. / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Republic of China / Signature: 07/4/2015
Ratification: not yet
Enter into force: not yet
11. / Treaty on Extradition between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and and the French Republic / Signature: 06/9/2016
Ratification: 06/6/2017
Enter into force: not yet
Treaties on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
1.  / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the United Kingdom on Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 12/9/2008
Ratification: 15/4/2009
Enter into force: 20/9/2009
2.  / Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Australia concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 13/10/2008
Ratification: 13/4/2009
Enter into force: 11/12/2009
3.  / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 29/5/2009
Ratification: 03/10/2009
Enter into force: 30/8/2010
4.  / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Thailand on Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 03/3/2010
Ratification: 24/5/2010
Enter into force: 19/7/2010
5.  / Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and Hungary / Signature: 16/9/2013
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: 30/6/2017
6.  / Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of India on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 01/11/2013
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: not yet
7.  / Treaty between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Russian Federation on Transfer of Sentenced Persons / Signature: 12/11/2013
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: 15/5/2017
8.  / Treaty on Transfer of Sentenced Persons between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka / Signature: 07/4/2014
Ratification: 28/3/2017
Enter into force: 16/5/2017
9.  / Treaty on Transfer of Sentenced Persons between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Kingdom of Spain / Signature: 01/10/2014
Ratification: 13/12/2016
Enter into force: 01/5/2017

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