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List of Countries Who Have Signed, Ratified/Adhered to the African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights
(as of January 7, 2005)*

 

 

 NO.

COUNTRY

 DATE OF SIGNATURE

 DATE OF RATIFICATION/ACCESSION

 DATE DEPOSITED

 1.

 Algeria

10/04/86

01/03/87

20/03/87

 2.

Angola
  

02/03/90

 09/10/90

 3.

 Benin

  20/01/86

 25/02/86

 4.

  Botswana

 17/07/86

  22/07/86

 5.

 Burkina Faso

  05/03/84

  06/07/84

 21/09/84

 6.

 Burundi
  

 28/07/89

 30/08/89

 7.

 Cameroon

  23/07/87

  20/06/89

  18/09/89

 8.

 Cape Verde

 31/03/86

 02/06/87

  06/08/87

 9.

 Central African Republic
  

 26/04/86

 27/07/86

 10.

 Comoros

 01/06/86

  18/07/86

 11.

 Congo

  27/11/81

  09/12/82

  28/07/87

 12.

 Congo (RD)

 23/07/87

  20/07/87

  28/07/87

 13.

 Côte d'Ivoire

 06/01/92

 31/03/92

 14.

 Djibouti

  20/12/91

  11/11/91

  31/03/92

 15.

 Egypt

  16/11/81

 20/03/84

 03/04/84

 16.

 Equatorial Guinea

  18/08/86

 07/04/86

  18/08/86

 17.

  Eritrea

 14/01/99

 15/03/99

 18.

 Ethiopia

 15/06/98

  22/06/98

 19.

 Gabon

 26/02/82

 20/02/86

 26/06/86

 20.

 Gambia

 11/02/83

  08/06/83

 13/06/83

 21.

 Ghana
  

 24/01/89

 01/03/89

 22.

 Guinea

  09/12/81

 16/02/82

  13/05/82

 23.

 Guinea Bissau

  04/12/85

 06/03/86

 24.

 Kenya

  23/01/92

  10/02/92

 25.

 Lesotho

  07/03/84

 10/02/92

  27/02/92

 26.

 Liberia

  31/01/83

 04/08/82

  29/12/82

 27.

 Libya

  30/05/85

 19/07/86

 26/03/87

 28.

 Madagascar

 09/03/92

 19/03/92

 29.

  Malawi

 13/11/81

  17/11/89

  23/02/90

 30.

  Mali

  13/11/81

 21/12/81

  22/01/82

 31.

 Mauritania

  25/02/82

 14/06/86

  26/06/86

 32.

  Mauritius

  27/02/92

  19/06/92

  01/07/92

 33.

 Mozambique

 22/02/89

  07/03/90

 34.

 Namibia

 30/07/92

 16/09/92

 35.

 Niger

  09/07/86

 15/07/86

  21/07/86

 36.

 Nigeria

  31/08/82

 22/06/83

  22/07/83

 37.

  Uganda

 18/08/86

  10/05/86

  27/05/86

 38.

 Rwanda

  11/11/81

  15/07/83

 22/07/83

 39.

 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

  10/04/86

 02/05/86

  23/05/86

 40.

 Sao Tome & Principe

  23/05/86

 28/07/86

 41.

 Senegal

 23/09/81

 13/08/82

 25/10/82

 42.

 Seychelles

 13/04/92

 30/04/92

 43.

 Sierra Leone

  27/08/81

  21/09/83

 27/01/84

 44.

 Somalia

  26/02/82

  31/07/85

 20/03/86

 45.

  South Africa

  09/07/96

 09/07/96

 09/07/96

 46.

 Sudan

 03/09/82

  11/03/86

 47.

  Swaziland

 15/09/95

 09/10/95

 48.

  Tanzania

 31/05/82

 18/02/84

  09/03/84

 49.

 Chad

 29/05/86

  09/10/86

  11/11/86

 50.

 Togo

 26/02/82

 05/11/82

  22/11/82

 51.

 Tunisia

 16/03/83

  22/04/83

 52.

 Zambia

 17/01/83

  10/01/84

 02/02/84

 53.

 Zimbabwe

  20/02/86

  30/05/86

 12/06/86



*ADOPTED: by the eighteenth session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, June 1981.

*REQUIRES: ratification/adherence of a simple majority of Member States to come into force.

*ENTERED : into force on 21st October, 1986.

Registered with the United Nations on 10/09/1991, No. 26363.

 

 

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