| International Bill of Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
|
|
27
Jun 1984 |
|
|
| International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights |
|
|
27
Jun 1984 |
|
|
| Optional Protocol
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
|
|
27 Jun 1984 |
|
|
| Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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
Dec 1966 |
24
Jun 1971 |
|
|
|
| Women's Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
6
Jun 1983 |
23
Aug 1994 |
|
|
|
| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women |
|
|
7
Jan 2005 |
|
|
| United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
13
Dec 2000 |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
13
Dec 2000 |
|
|
|
|
| Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Slavery
Convention |
|
|
|
7
Mar 1962 |
|
| Protocol
amending the Slavery Convention |
|
|
27
Jun 1984 |
|
|
| Supplementary Convention
on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices
Similar to Slavery |
|
|
27
Jun 1984 |
|
|
| Convention
for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation
of the Prostitution of Others |
|
|
19
Feb 1982 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
19
Dec 1986 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
19 December 1986 |
|
June 26, 1987 |
| Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
15 Dec 2009 |
|
|
|
|
| International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Rights of the Child |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention on the
Rights of the Child |
25
Sep 1990 |
11
Jan 1993 |
|
|
|
| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflicts |
5
Oct 2001 |
4 Feb 2013 |
|
|
|
| Convention concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour |
|
5
Jun 2002 |
|
|
|
| Freedom of Association |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Freedom of Association
and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention |
|
7
Jun 1960 |
|
|
|
| Right to Organise
and Collective Bargaining Convention |
|
3
Sep 1962 |
|
|
|
| Employment and Forced Labour |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention concerning
Forced or Compulsory Labour |
|
7
Jun 1960 |
|
|
|
| Equal Remuneration
Convention |
|
25
May 1970 |
|
|
|
| Abolition of Forced
Labour Convention |
|
3
Sep 1962 |
|
|
|
| Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention |
|
13
May 1988 |
|
|
|
| Employment Policy
Convention |
|
25
May 1970 |
|
|
|
| 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 |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Refugees and Asylum |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
|
23
Oct 1961 |
|
| Protocol Relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
|
19
Sep 1967 |
|
Nationality,
Statelessness, and the Rights of Aliens |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Reduction of Statelessness |
|
|
6
Oct 1972 |
|
|
| Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court |
17
Jul 1998 |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
16
Sep 1963 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
|
16
Sep 1963 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
|
16
Sep 1963 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
|
16
Sep 1963 (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) |
|
16
Sep 1963 (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) |
|
16
Sep 1963 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Terrorism and Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages |
|
|
9
Mar 1988 |
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft |
|
|
14
Apr 1988 |
|
|
| International
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International
Protected Persons |
|
|
8
Jun 1992 |
|
|
| U.N. Activities and Employees |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
|
|
|
20
Oct 1961 |
|
| Convention
on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol
No. 13 to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol
No. 14 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 * |
23
Jul 1987 |
20
Jun 1989 |
|
|
|
Convention
Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in
Africa * |
10
Sep 1969 |
7
Sep 1985 |
|
|
|
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 *
|
16
Sep 1992 |
5
Sep 1997 |
|
|
|
