46/1955 Coll.
The Decree
Minister of Foreign Affairs
of 27 June. July 1955
the Convention on the political rights of women
On The VII. the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations was
on 31 December 2004. in March 1953, negotiated the Convention on the political rights of women.
The Government has approved the Convention on 30. September 1954, the National Assembly with her
reflected the agreement of 27 November. October 1954 and President of the Republic it
ratified on 23 December 2005. in February 1955, and with the reservations made when signing.
Instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General of the Organization of the
United Nations Day 6. April 1955.
The Convention became for the Czechoslovak Republic under its article VI,
the effectiveness of day 5. July 1955.
Convention are in addition to the Czechoslovak Republic up till now bound by these States:
The people's Republic of Albania (with reservations), Byelorussian Soviet
Socialist Republic (with reservations), the people's Republic of Bulgaria (with
reservations), Denmark (subject to), the Dominican Republic, Equador (with
subject to), Iceland, Israel, Yugoslavia, Cuba, the Hungarian people's Republic
(with reservations), Pakistan (subject to), the Polish people's Republic (with
reservations), the Romanian people's Republic (with reservations), Greece, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics (with reservations), Sweden, Thai,
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (with reservations).
Czechoslovak reservations were not accepted Pakistan and Sweden.
Czech translation of the Convention and the reservations when signing on 31 December 2004. March 1953 made
shall be published in an annex to the statute book.
David r.
Convention on the political rights of women
The Contracting Parties,
Desiring to implement the principle of equality between men and women, contained in the
The Charter of the United Nations,
Recognizing that everyone has the right to participate in the Government of his country, directly or
freely elected representatives and that everyone has the right to equal access to
public service in their country, and desiring to equalize the status of men and
women in the enjoyment and the exercise of political rights in accordance with the provisions of
The Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of human rights,
rozhodnuvše will arrange for this purpose, the Convention,
agree on this, as further provided:
Article. (I)
Women will be entitled to vote in all elections on equal terms
as men, without discrimination.
Article II
Women will be optional to all publicly elected bodies established by the
national law, under the same conditions as men, without any
discrimination.
Article. (III)
Women shall be entitled to hold public offices and to exercise all public
the functions established by national law, under the same conditions as men
without any discrimination.
Article IV
(1) this Convention shall be open for signature by any Member Organization
The United Nations and any other State which the General
Assembly of the prompts.
(2) this Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article. In
(1) this Convention shall be open to all States referred to in paragraph
1 of article IV.
(2) Access is made by depositing an instrument of accession with the General
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article VI
(1) this Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following the date
deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession.
(2) for each State, ratifikující Convention or acceding to it after the
deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or of accession, the Convention shall enter into
the effectiveness of the ninetieth day after the deposit by that State of
ratification or accession.
Article. (VII)
If any State shall submit, upon signature, ratification or
access a reservation to any of the articles of this Convention, the
the Secretary-General shall communicate the text of the reservation to all States which are or which are
may become Contracting Parties to this Convention. Any State which has
objection to the reservation may, within ninety days from the date of the said communication from the
(or in the day when it becomes a Contracting Party to the Convention) to notify the General
the Secretary, that the reservation does not accept. In that case, the Convention shall not take
the effectiveness between this State and the State making the reservation.
Article. (VIII)
(1) any State may denounce this Convention by written notice to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Notice of termination
shall take effect one year after the date of the notification by the Secretary General
It receives.
(2) this Convention shall cease to have effect on the date when the denunciation becomes effective,
that reduces the number of parties to less than six.
Article. (IX)
Any dispute arising between any two or more Contracting States
concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which is not settled by negotiation,
will be at the request of any of the parties for judgment to the
International Court of Justice, unless the parties otherwise
resolve.
Article. X
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all members of the
The United Nations and non-Member States referred to in paragraph 1
Article IV of this Convention:
and the signatures and ratification) schedules, which it receives under article IV;
(b)) of the instruments of access, which it receives under article V;
(c)) of the date when this Convention enters into force in accordance with article VI;
(d)) on communications and vyrozuměních, which it receives under article VII;
(e)) of the vyrozuměních of the testimony, that it receives under paragraph 1 of article
(VIII);
(f)) of the cancellation under paragraph 2 of article VIII.
Article. XI
(1) this Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and
the Spanish are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Organization
Of the United Nations.
(2) the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall send a certified fingerprint
all members of the United Nations and non-Member States referred to in
paragraph 1 of article IV.
On the evidence of the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their
by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention, opened the signature in the New
York, the 30th day of March of the year one thousand devítistého
fiftieth third.
In Afghanistan:
In Argentina: with reservations to article IX of the
Rodolfo Muñoz
For Australia:
For the Kingdom of Belgium:
In Bolivia: Carmen s. b. de Lozada
on April 9, 1953
For Brazil:
For the Burmský Association:
For the Soviet Belarus
Socialist Republic: ^ 1) with reservations to article VII and IX
made in the Special
available from when signing
of this Convention.
K. V. Kiselev
For Canada: Rudecindo Ortega
For Chile: Gabriela Mistral
For China:
In Colombia:
For The Costa-Rico: Tattenbach
For Cuba: Dr. Emilio Núñez Portuondo
Czechoslovakia: ^ 2) with reservations to articles VII and
(IX) vytčenými in the log
on the signature:
J. Nosek
For Denmark:
In the Dominican Republic: Joaquin e. Salazar
Minerva Bernardino
Equador: Equadoru for the Government shall be signed by the
Subject to the Convention relating to the
the last part of the article and "without
any discrimination ", since the
Article 22 of the political Constitution
the Republic lays down that
"the vote in the election of the folk
It is mandatory for men and
voluntary for women ".
José Trujillo In.
In Egypt:
For El El Salvador:
For Ethiopia: Ato Zawde Gabre Heywot
For France: subject to vytčenou in ^ 3)
available for signature.
M. H. Lefaucheux
For Greece: Alexis Kyrou
April 1, 1953
For Guetamalu: with the reservations to article IX of the
The Convention, which is in accordance
with the political Constitution of Guatemala
will apply to women
Guatemalan Government
citizenship.
Eduardo Castillo Arriola
For Haiti:
In Honduras:
For Iceland:
For India: with this subject:
"Article 3 of the Convention shall not be
apply to payments to any of the
the ingredients of the Indian army forces
Neither the forces responsible for maintaining
public order in India or
on the conditions of service in them. "
Rajeshwar Dayal
April 29, 1953
In Indonesia: L. N. Palar
For Iran:
In Iraq:
For Israel: Abba Eban
14 April 1953
In Lebanon:
In Liberia:
For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:
For Mexico: subject to vytčenou in
the statement today made. ^ 4)
Rafael de la Colina
For the Kingdom of the Netherlands:
In New Zealand:
For Nicaraguu:
For the Kingdom of Norway:
In Pakistan:
In Panama:
In Paraguay:
In Peru:
For the Philippine Republic:
For Poland: ^ 5) with reservations to articles VII
and (IX) vytčenými in a special
available from when signing
of this Convention.
H. Birecki
In Saudi Arabia:
For Sweden:
For Syria:
For The Thai:
For The Turkey:
For the Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic: with reservations to articles) ^ 6 VII and
(IX) made in the Special
available from when signing
of this Convention.
A. M. Baranovskij
For The Union Of South Africa:
Under the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics: with reservations ^ 7) to articles VII and
(IX) made in the Special
available from when signing
of this Convention.
In A. Zorin
For the United Kingdom of great
Britain and Northern Ireland:
For the United States:
In Uruguay:
In Venezuela:
In Yemen:
In Yugoslavia: Leo Mates
1) these reservations as follows:
"As regards article VII: the Government of the Belarus Soviet Socialist
Republic declares its disagreement with the last sentence of article VII, and
that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State
učinivším reservation and all the other Contracting States of the Convention, the distinction
only the part that relates to the reservation. As regards article IX: Government
The Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic considers to be non-binding for the
each of the provisions of article IX, which provides that the disputes between the Contracting
Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention at the request of any of the
Parties to the dispute shall be submitted for decision to the International Court of Justice, and
declares that, for the submission of any dispute to the decision of the
International Court of Justice in each individual case should be
the agreement of all the parties to the dispute. "
2) these reservations as follows:
"The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic declares its disagreement with the last
sentence of article VII, and it is considered that the legal effects of this reservation is made
The Convention between the State effectively učinivším the reservation and all the other
signatories to the Convention, meet only the part of the paragraph to which the reservation
concerns.
The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic the provisions of vázánu shall not be considered
Article IX, under which any dispute between Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or
on the implementation of this Convention at the request of either of the parties to the dispute
shall be submitted for decision to the International Court of Justice, and declares that the
for the submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice's decision in the
each case should be the agreement of all the parties to the dispute. "
3) this reservation reads as follows:
"The French Government's view of the religious patterns and traditions
ongoing in certain territories, reserves the right to postpone the implementation of this
The Convention, with regard to women who live in these areas and that
those customs and traditions they allege. "
4) Declaration:
"This means specifically that the Mexican Government has not deposited its instrument of ratification,
If the validity of opposes reform of the political Constitution of the United States
Mexico, which is now under discussion and which has Mexican women to provide
civil rights. "
5) these reservations as follows:
"The Government of the Polish people's Republic declares its disagreement with the last
sentence of article VII, and it is considered that the legal effects of this reservation is made
The Convention between the State effectively učinivším the reservation and all the other
signatories to the Convention, meet only the part of the paragraph to which the reservation
concerns.
The Government of the Polish people's Republic shall not be considered vázánu the provisions of the
Article IX, under which any dispute between Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or
the implementation of this Convention at the request of either of the parties to the dispute shall be submitted to
the decision of the International Court of Justice, and States that for
submission of the dispute to the decision of the International Court of Justice is in any
the case of the agreement of all the parties to the dispute. "
6) This reservation reads as follows:
"As regards article VII: the Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic declares its disagreement with the last sentence of article VII, and
that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State
učinivším reservation and all the other Contracting States of the Convention, the distinction
only the part that relates to the reservation. As regards article IX: Government
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic considers to be non-binding for the
each of the provisions of article IX, which provides that the disputes between the Contracting
Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention at the request of any of the
Parties to the dispute shall be submitted for decision to the International Court of Justice, and
declares that, for the submission of any dispute to the decision of the
International Court of Justice in each individual case should be
the agreement of all the parties to the dispute. "
7) This reservation reads as follows:
"As regards article VII: the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
republics declares its disagreement with the last sentence of article VII, and
that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State
učinivším reservation and all the other Contracting States of the Convention, the distinction
only the part that relates to the reservation. As regards article IX: Government
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers it not binding for
each of the provisions of article IX, which provides that the disputes between the Contracting
Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention at the request of any of the
Parties to the dispute shall be submitted for decision to the International Court of Justice, and
declares that, for the submission of any dispute to the decision of the
International Court of Justice in each individual case should be
the agreement of all the parties to the dispute. "
