| International Bill of Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
27 Oct 1997 |
27 Mar 2001
|
|
|
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| International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights |
5 Oct 1998
|
|
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|
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| Optional Protocol
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Not signed |
|
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|
|
| 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 |
|
|
29 Dec 1981 |
|
|
| Women's Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
17
Jul 1980 |
4
Nov 1980 |
|
|
|
| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women |
Not signed |
|
|
|
|
| United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
12
Dec 2000 |
23
Sep 2003 |
|
|
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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 |
Not signed |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
Not signed |
|
|
|
|
| Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Slavery
Convention |
|
22 Apr 1927
|
|
|
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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 |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Convention
for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation
of the Prostitution of Others |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
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 |
|
|
|
|
| Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
12
Dec 1986 |
4
Oct 1988 |
|
|
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| Rights of the Child |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention on the
Rights of the Child |
29
Aug 1990 |
2
Mar 1992 |
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|
|
| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflicts |
15
Mar 2001 |
|
|
|
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| Convention concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour |
|
8
Aug 2002 |
|
|
|
| Freedom of Association |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Freedom of Association
and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Right to Organise
and Collective Bargaining Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Employment and Forced Labour |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention concerning
Forced or Compulsory Labour |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Equal Remuneration
Convention |
|
2
Nov 1990 |
|
|
|
| Abolition of Forced
Labour Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| Employment Policy
Convention |
|
17
Dec 1997 |
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
Ratified
|
|
|
|
| Refugees and Asylum |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
24
Sep 1982 |
|
|
| Protocol Relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
24
Sep 1982 |
|
|
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 |
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 |
20
Jul 1949 |
18
Apr 1983 |
|
|
|
| Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court |
Not
signed |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
10
Dec 1949 |
28
Dec 1956 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
10
Dec 1949 |
28
Dec 1956 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
10
Dec 1949 |
28
Dec 1956 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
10
Dec 1949 |
28
Dec 1956 (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) |
|
14
Sep 1983 (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) |
|
14
Sep 1983 (rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Terrorism and Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages |
|
|
26
Jan 1993 |
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing |
|
|
13
Nov 2001 |
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism |
13
Nov 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft |
|
10
Sep 1980 |
|
|
|
| International
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International
Protected Persons |
|
|
5
Aug 1987 |
|
|
| U.N. Activities and Employees |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
|
|
11
Sep 1979 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
* No ratification information
available.
