ICCPR First Optional Protocol First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- The present Protocol is open for signature by any State which has signed the Covenant.
- The present Protocol is subject to ratification by any State which has ratified or acceded to the Covenant. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State which has ratified or acceded to the Covenant.
- Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States which have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.
Quelle: United Nations - Human Rights
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