Twelfth Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human
and Peoples' Rights, 1998 - 1999, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth
Ordinary Sessions, 26 April - 5 May, 1999, Banjul, Gambia: Annex
I
List of Countries Who Have Signed, Ratified/Adhered to the African
Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights (as of 31st March 1999)*
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.
