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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the

thirtieth day following the date of deposit with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth

instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention

after

the

deposit

of

the

twentieth

instrument

of

ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into

force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State

of its instrument of ratification or accession.

ARTICLE 50

1. Any State Party may propose an amendment and file it

with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The

Secretary-General

shall

thereupon

communicate

the

proposed amendment to States Parties, with a request

that they indicate whether they favour a conference of

States Parties for the purpose of considering and voting

upon the proposals. In the event that, within four months

from the date of such communication, at least one third

of the States Parties favour such a conference, the

Secretary-General shall convene the conference under

the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment

adopted by a majority of States Parties present and

voting at the conference shall be submitted to the

General Assembly for approval.

2. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph

1 of the present article shall enter into force when it has

been approved by the General Assembly of the United

Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of States

Parties.

3. When an amendment enters into force, it shall be

binding on those States Parties which have accepted it,

other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of

the present Convention and any earlier amendments

which they have accepted.

ARTICLE 51

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall

receive and circulate to all States the text of reservations

made by States at the time of ratification or accession.

2.

A

reservation

incompatible

with

the

object

and

purpose

of

the

present

Convention

shall

not

be

permitted.

3.

Reservations

may

be

withdrawn

at any time by

notification

to

that

effect

addressed

to

the

Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall then

inform all States. Such notification shall take effect on the

date on which it is received by the Secretary-General

ARTICLE 52

A State Party may denounce the present Convention by

written

notification

to

the

Secretary-General

of

the

United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year

after the date of receipt of the notification by the

Secretary-General.

ARTICLE 53

The

Secretary-General

of

the

United

Nations

is

designated as the depositary of the present Convention.

ARTICLE 54

The original of the present Convention, of which the

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations. IN WITNESS

THEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly

authorized thereto by their respective governments, have

signed the present Convention.

(Convention on the Rights of the Child, [September 2,

1990])

Convention on the Political Rights of

Women

March 27, 1953

CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN *

The Contracting Parties,

Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights

for men and women contained in the Charter of the

United Nations,

Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in

the government of his country, directly or indirectly

through freely chosen representatives, and has the right

to equal access to public service in his country, and

desiring to equalize the status of men and women in the

enjoyment and exercise of political rights, in accordance

with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations

and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Having

resolved

to

conclude

a

Convention

for

this

purpose,

Hereby agree as hereinafter provided:

ARTICLE I

Women shall be entitled to vote in all elections on equal

terms with men, without any discrimination.

ARTICLE II

Women shall be eligible for election to all publicly elected

bodies, established by national law, on equal terms with

men, without any discrimination.

ARTICLE III

Women shall be entitled to hold public office and to

exercise all public functions, established by national law,

on equal terms with men, without any discrimination.

ARTICLE IV

1. This Convention shall be open for signature on behalf of

any Member of the United Nations and also on behalf of

any

other

State

to

which

an

invitation

has

been

addressed by the General Assembly.

2. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of

ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General

of the United Nations.

ARTICLE V

1. This Convention shall be open for accession to all States

referred to in paragraph 1 of article IV.

2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an

instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the

United Nations.

ARTICLE VI

1. This Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth

day following the date of deposit of the sixth instrument

of ratification. or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention

after the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or

accession the Convention shall enter into force on the

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