How reporting works for international treaties
Each treaty has a mandatory reporting cycle. During each cycle:
- the Government of Canada gathers information from provincial and territorial governments, including the Government of Yukon;
- Canada submits 1 national report highlighting what our country has done to implement each treaty;
- a specialized committee of human rights experts reviews Canada’s report and provides feedback on what we’re doing well or need to work on; and
- the Government of Canada, provinces and territories then have several years to respond to recommendations before the next report is due.
Treaties and reports on Canada’s implementation
| Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | Read the report from December 21, 2018, concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Canada. |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | Read the report from October 30, 2024, concluding observations on the tenth periodic report of Canada. |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child | Read the report from June 23, 2022, concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Canada. |
| Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | Read the report from April 15, 2025, concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Canada. |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | Read the report from August 13, 2015, concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Canada. |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Read the report from March 23, 2016, concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Canada. |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | Read the report from September 13, 2027, concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports of Canada. |
