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International Conventions Below are listed a number of relevant international and regional covenants, conventions, agreements etc. Laos is a State Party to those marked in green. ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous Peoples International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) (signed but not ratified) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) (signed but not ratified) Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (accession) Convention on Biodiversity (Party – accession – but not signed) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) Click here to read more about each convention and covenant.		People: Nya Heun Photographer: Christian Erni