Summary

The present annual report covers the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008 and the ninety-first, ninety-second and ninety-third sessions of the Human Rights Committee. Since the adoption of the last report, Samoa has become a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Albania and the Republic of Moldova have become parties to the First Optional Protocol [as at 27 May 2008]. Albania, France, Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Ukraine have become parties to the Second Optional Protocol. In total, there are 161 States parties to the Covenant, 111 to the First Optional Protocol and 66 to the Second Optional Protocol.

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