International Bill of Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
30 Apr 1968 |
18
Mar 1969 |
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|
|
International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights |
30
Apr 1968 |
18
Mar 1969 |
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|
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| Optional Protocol
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
|
|
29 Jun 2011 |
|
|
Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty |
Not
signed |
|
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|
|
Prevention of Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Religion, or Belief; and
Protection of Minorities |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
International Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
12
Apr 1966 |
13
Jan 1967 |
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|
|
Women's Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
24
Jul 1980 |
20
Sep 1985 |
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|
|
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women |
|
|
23 Sept 2008 |
|
|
United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
13
Dec 2000 |
19
Jun 2003 |
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|
|
Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime Preamble, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime |
13
Dec 2000 |
14
Jul 2003 |
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|
|
Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
13 Dec 2000 |
14 Jul 2003 |
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|
|
Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Slavery
Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol
amending the Slavery Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Convention
on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices
Similar to Slavery |
|
|
15
Jul 1966 |
|
|
Convention
for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation
of the Prostitution of Others |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protection from Torture, Ill-Treatment and Disappearance |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
European Convention
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 1 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 2 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or Degrading
Treatment of Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
26
Aug 1987 |
23
Sep 1988 |
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|
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| Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
|
|
29 Jun 2011 |
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| International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
|
29 Jun 2011 |
|
|
|
Rights of the Child |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention on the
Rights of the Child |
26
Feb 1990 |
30
Jan 1992 |
|
|
|
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflicts |
22
Apr 2002 |
2
Jan 2003 |
|
|
|
Convention concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour |
|
28
Feb 2000 |
|
|
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Freedom of Association |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Freedom of Association
and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention |
|
18
Jun 1957 |
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|
|
Right to Organise
and Collective Bargaining Convention |
|
15
May 1957 |
|
|
|
Employment and Forced Labour |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention concerning
Forced or Compulsory Labour |
|
17
Dec 1962 |
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|
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Equal Remuneration
Convention |
|
11
Oct 1968 |
|
|
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Abolition of Forced
Labour Convention |
|
12
Jan 1959 |
|
|
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Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention |
|
14
Sep 1959 |
|
|
|
Employment Policy
Convention |
|
17
Feb 1966 |
|
|
|
Convention concerning
Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Convention
on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Education |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention against
Discrimination in Education |
|
29
August 1969 |
|
|
|
Refugees and Asylum |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
|
24
Oct 1957 |
|
Protocol Relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
16
Oct 1968 |
|
|
Nationality,
Statelessness, and the Rights of Aliens |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Reduction of Statelessness |
|
|
12
May 2000 |
|
|
| Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons |
|
|
29
Jul 1969 |
|
|
War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, and Terrorism |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention on
the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
Against Humanity |
|
|
15
Jun 1972 |
|
|
Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide |
|
|
29
Nov 1956 |
|
|
Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court |
|
|
24 Jun 2011 |
|
|
Law of Armed Conflict |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed
Forces in the Field |
|
4
May 1957 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
|
4
May 1957 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
Geneva Convention
relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
|
4
May 1957 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
|
4
May 1957 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
Protocol Additional
to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection
of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) |
12
Dec 1977 |
9 Aug 1979
|
|
|
|
Protocol Additional
to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection
of Victims on Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) |
12
Dec 1977 |
9 Aug 1979
|
|
|
|
Terrorism and Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages |
|
|
18
Jun 1997 |
|
|
International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing |
|
|
22 Apr 2005 |
|
|
International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism |
2
Nov 2001 |
10
Jun 2003 |
|
|
|
International
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft |
|
|
16
Nov 1981 |
|
|
International
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International
Protected Persons |
15
May 1974 |
21
Jan 1977 |
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|
|
U.N. Activities and Employees |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
Convention
on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
|
|
7
May 1957 |
|
|
Convention
on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel |
22
Dec 1995 |
12
Sep 2000 |
|
|
|
Regional Conventions |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
[European] Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol to the
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.2 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.3 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.4 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.5 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.6 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No.7 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 8 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 9 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 10
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 11
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 12
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
European Convention
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 1 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol No. 2 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or Degrading
Treatment of Punishment |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
African
Regional Conventions |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| African
[Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights |
|
|
16
Mar 1983 |
|
|
Convention
Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in
Africa |
10
Sep 1969 |
17
Nov 1989 |
|
|
|
Protocol
to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the
Rights of Women in Africa
|
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol
to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the
Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
|
9
Jun 1998 |
|
|
|
|
African
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
|
16
Jun 1995 |
|
|
|
|
| African Conventions |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Constitutive Act of the African Union |
14 Dec 2000 |
13 Mar 2001 |
|
|
|
| Phyto-Sanitary Convention for Africa |
25 Oct 1965 |
31 Jan 1973 |
|
|
|
| African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
15 Sept 1968 |
21 Dec 1976 |
|
|
|
| Convention for the Elimination of Mercenariism in Africa |
19 Jul 1985 |
24 Apr 1984 |
|
|
|
| Agreement for the Establishment of the African Rehabilitation Institute (ARI) |
Not Signed |
|
|
|
|
| The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty) |
11 Apr 1996 |
14 Sept 2009 |
|
|
|
| OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism |
14 Jul 1999 |
13 Nov 2001 |
|
|
|
| The Convention of the African Energy Commission |
11 Mar 2002 |
03 Apr 2006 |
|
|
|
| Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union |
|
|
25 Dec 2006 |
|
|
| African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised Version) |
Not Signed |
|
|
|
|
Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union |
|
|
21 Aug 2007 |
|
|
| African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption |
Not Signed |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism |
25 Nov 2004 |
18 Dec 2007 |
|
|
|
| African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) |
Not Signed |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights |
Not Signed |
|
|
|
|
| Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law |
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 2009 |
