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<p>According to the United Nations’ website (<a href="http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx"
target="_blank">http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx</a>
- accessed on 23 July 2014) on the ratification status of the Convention, 65 States
(out of 155 States Parties to the Convention) accepted the right of individual petition
under Article 22; this suggests that 90 States, listed on the website, have not yet
done so. The UK is committed to a strong and effective international human rights
system and we are state party to a number of international human rights treaties including
the UN Convention Against Torture. The UK Government however remains to be convinced
of the added practical value to people in the UK of rights of individual petitions
to the UN, considering that the UK has strong and effective laws under which individuals
may seek remedies in the courts or in tribunals if they feel that their rights have
been breached. To date, the UK's experience under the two optional protocols it has
ratified (in 2004 to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, and in 2009 to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
has not provided sufficient empirical evidence to establish the practical benefits
of becoming a State Party to a further individual petition mechanism to the UN.</p><p>
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