| International
Bill of Human Rights
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Signature
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Ratification
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Accession
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Succession
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Entry into Force
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| International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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19 Feb 1968
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8 Aug 1986
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| International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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19 Feb 1968
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8 Aug 1986
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| Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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8 Aug 1986
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| Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
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20 Dec 2006
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2 Sep 2008
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| Prevention of Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Religion,
or Belief; and Protection of Minorities
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Signature
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Ratification
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Accession
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Succession
|
Entry into Force
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| International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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13 Jul 1967
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2 Oct 1968
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| Women's Human Rights
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Signature
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Ratification
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Accession
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Succession
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Entry into Force
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| Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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17 Jul 1980
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15 Jul 1985
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| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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28 Feb 2000
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20 Mar 2007
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| United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
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12 Dec 2000
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19 Nov 2002
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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
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12 Dec 2000
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19 Nov 2002
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| Protocol
against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
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12 Dec 2000
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19 Nov 2002
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| Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices
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Signature
|
Ratification
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Accession
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Succession
|
Entry into Force
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| Slavery Convention
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Not signed
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| Protocol amending the Slavery
Convention
|
Not signed
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| Supplementary
Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and
Practices Similar to Slavery
|
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13 Aug 1964
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| Convention for
the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the
Prostitution of Others
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15 Nov 1957
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| Protection from Torture, Ill-Treatment and Disappearance
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Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| European
Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
|
Not signed
|
|
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| Protocol No. 1
to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
|
Not signed
|
|
|
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|
| Protocol No. 2
to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or
Degrading Treatment of Punishment
|
Not signed
|
|
|
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| Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
|
4 Feb 1985
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24 Sep 1986
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| Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
|
30 Apr 2003
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15 Nov 2004
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| International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance
|
06 Feb 2007
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14 Dec 2007
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| Rights of the Child
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Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention on
the Rights of the Child
|
29 Jun 1990
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4 Dec 1990
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| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflicts
|
15 Jun 2000
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10 Sep 2002
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| Convention
concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labour
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5 Feb 2001
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| Freedom of Association
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Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Freedom of
Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
|
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18 Jan 1960
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| Right to
Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
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24 Sep 1956
|
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| Employment and Forced Labour
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention
concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour
|
|
14 Mar 1950
|
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| Equal
Remuneration Convention
|
|
24 Sep 1956
|
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| Abolition of
Forced Labour Convention
|
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18 Jan 1960
|
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| Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention
|
|
18 Jun 1968
|
|
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| Employment
Policy Convention
|
Not signed
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
10 Aug 2004
|
23 Feb 2007
|
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| Education
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention
against Discrimination in Education
|
|
30 Oct 1963
|
|
|
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| Persons with Disabilities
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
|
30 Mar 2007
|
|
|
|
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| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
|
30 Mar 2007
|
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Refugees and Asylum
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention
relating to the Status of Refugees
|
|
|
15 Nov 1961
|
|
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| Protocol
Relating to the Status of Refugees
|
|
|
6 Dec 1967
|
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| Nationality,
Statelessness, and the Rights of Aliens
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness
|
Not signed
|
|
|
|
|
| Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
|
|
|
1 Jun 1972
|
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| 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
|
|
|
26 Aug 2003
|
|
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| Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
|
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|
5 Jun 1956
|
|
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| Rome Statute
of the International Criminal Court
|
8 Jan 1999
|
8 Feb 2001
|
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| 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
|
8 Dec 1949
|
18 Sep 1956 (rat/acced)
|
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| Geneva
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and
Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
|
8 Dec 1949
|
18 Sep 1956 (rat/acced)
|
|
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| Geneva
Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
|
8 Dec 1949
|
18 Sep 1956 (rat/acced)
|
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|
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| Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
|
8 Dec 1949
|
18 Sep 1956 (rat/acced)
|
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|
|
| Protocol
Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the
Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
|
26 Nov 1986
|
26 Nov 1986 (rat/acced)
|
|
|
|
| Protocol
Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the
Protection of Victims on Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
|
26 Nov 1986
|
26 Nov 1986 (rat/acced)
|
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| Terrorism and Human Rights
|
Signature
|
Ratification
|
Accession
|
Succession
|
Entry into Force
|
| International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
|
|
|
18 Sep 1991
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing
|
2 Sep 1998
|
25 Sep 2003
|
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
|
28 Mar 2001
|
22 Aug 2005
|
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
|
16 Dec 1970
|
11 Sep 1972
|
|
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|
| International
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International
Protected Persons
|
|
|
18 Mar 1982
|
|
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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
|
|
|
12 Oct 1956
|
|
|
| Convention on
the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel
|
15 Dec 1994
|
6 Jan 1997
|
|
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| 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 *
|
Not signed
|
|
|
|
|
| Convention
Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in
Africa *
|
Not signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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 *
|
Not signed
|
|
|
|
|
| African
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child *
|
Not signed
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