African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/24.9/49 (1990), entered into force Nov. 29, 1999, ratification information.



NO. COUNTRY/
PAYS

DATE OF/
DE SIGNATURE

DATE OF/ DE RATIFICATION/
ACCESSION

DATE DEPOSITED/
DATE DE DEPOT
1. Algeria
21/05/99
2. Angola
11/04/92
07/10/99
3. Benin
27/02/92
17/04/97
30/05/97
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
27/02/92
08/06/92
10/07/92
6. Burundi
7. Cameroon
16/09/92
05/09/97
23/06/99
8. Cape Verde
27/02/92
20/07/93
01/09/93
9. Central Afrcian Rep.
10. Chad
30/03/00
04/04/00
11. Comores
12. Congo
28/02/92
13. Cote d'Ivoire
14. Democratic Rep. of Congo
15. Djibouti
28/02/92
16. Egypt
30/06/99
17. Equatorial Guinea
18. Eritrea
22/12/99
25/01/00
19. Ethiopia
20. Gabon
27/02/92
21. Gambia
22. Ghana
18/08/97
23. Guinea
22/05/98
27/05/99
21/01/00
24. Guinea-Bissau
25. Kenya
25/07/00
10/08/00
26. Lesotho
27/09/99
29/10/99
27. Liberia
14/05/92
28. Libya
09/06/98
29. Madagascar
27/02/92
30. Malawi
13/07/99
16/09/99
17/11/99
31. Mali
28/02/96
03/06/98
14/08/98
32. Mauritiana
33. Mauritius
07/11/91
14/02/92
27/02/92
34. Mozambique
15/07/98
22/12/98
35. Namibia
13/07/99
36. Niger
13/07/96
11/12/96
05/03/97
37. Nigeria
38. Rwanda
02/10/91
39. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Rep.
23/10/92
40. Sao Tome & Principe
41. Senegal
18/05/92
29/09/98
30/10/98
42. Seychells
27/02/92
13/02/92
27/02/92
43. Sierra Leone
14/04/92
44. Somalia
01/06/91
45. South Africa
10/10/97
07/01/00
21/01/00
46. Sudan
47. Swaziland
29/06/92
48. Tanzania
23/10/98
49. Togo
27/02/92
05/05/98
18/05/98
50. Tunisia
16/06/95
51. Uganda
26/02/92
17/08/94
21/10/94
52. Zambia
28/02/92
53. Zimbabwe
19/01/95
22/02/95