(1) Whether, in light of the fact that South Africa has signed and ratified the International Convention/Treaty on Civic and Political Rights, including the optional protocol which allows for individual complaints, the Government intends creating legislation for making the rights contained in the Treaty applicable locally; if not, why not, given the Government’s international and constitutional obligations in this regard; if so, (a) by what date and (b) what are the further relevant particulars regarding the process and proposed content; (2) how many of all the international human rights instruments have been signed and ratified by South Africa; (3) in cases where there was no signing or ratification of a convention/treaty, what was the reason for that, seen against the background of the Government’s constitutional obligations regarding human rights; (4) whether there are any plans for signing or ratifying the convention/treaty; Wednesday, 7 December 2016 1097 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 43 - 2016 (5) (a) what are the compulsory dates for handing in the reports, (b) on what dates has the Government actually submitted reports since the signing and ratification of each international human rights instrument, (c) what are the reasons for any default regarding the submission or late submission of the reports in each separate case and (d) whether each of the reports is available?