On May 4, 2014, according to a U.N. press release [3], Palestine acceded to five human rights treaties: The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and The Convention on the Rights of the Child. In addition, Palestine will become party to The Convention on the Rights of the Child on May 7 and will join both the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on July 2. Palestine has acceded to all of the treaties without reservations.