| International Bill of Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
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| International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights |
25 Jun 1969
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11 Dec 1978
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| Optional Protocol
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
25 Jun 1969
|
11 Dec 1978 |
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| Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty |
9
Aug 1990 |
26
Mar 1991 |
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| 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 |
24
Oct 1966 |
10
Dec 1974 |
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|
|
| 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 |
23
Jul 1991 |
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| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women |
10
Dec 1999 |
22
May 2002 |
|
|
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| United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
12
Dec 2000 |
26
May 2004 |
|
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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 |
12
Dec 2000 |
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| Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
12
Dec 2000 |
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| Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Slavery
Convention |
|
7 Jan 1928
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| Protocol
amending the Slavery Convention |
15 Dec 1953 |
7 Jul 1955
(acceptance) |
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| Supplementary Convention
on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices
Similar to Slavery |
7
Sep 1956 |
3
Dec 1957 |
|
|
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| 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 |
26
Nov 1987 |
12
Oct 1988 |
|
|
1
Feb 1989 |
| Protocol No. 1 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment |
5
May 1994 |
23
Feb 1995 |
|
|
1
Mar 2002 |
| Protocol No. 2 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or Degrading
Treatment of Punishment |
5
May 1994 |
23
Feb 1995 |
|
|
1
Mar 2002 |
| Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
4
Feb 1985 |
21
Dec 1988 |
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|
|
| Rights of the Child |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention on the
Rights of the Child |
26
Jan 1990 |
6
Feb 1995
(acceptance) |
|
|
|
| Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflicts |
7
Sep 2000 |
|
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|
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| Convention concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour |
|
14
Feb 2002 |
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|
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| Freedom of Association |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Freedom of Association
and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention |
|
7
Mar 1950 |
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| Right to Organise
and Collective Bargaining Convention |
|
22
Dec 1993 |
|
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| Employment and Forced Labour |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention concerning
Forced or Compulsory Labour |
|
31
Mar 1933 |
|
|
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| Equal Remuneration
Convention |
|
16
Jun 1971 |
|
|
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| Abolition of Forced
Labour Convention |
|
18
Feb 1959 |
|
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| Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention |
|
15
Mar 1973 |
|
|
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| Employment Policy
Convention |
|
9
Jan 1967 |
|
|
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| Convention concerning
Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment |
|
22
May 1991 |
|
|
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| 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 |
28
Jul 1951 |
3
May 1956 |
|
|
|
| Protocol Relating
to the Status of Refugees |
|
|
29
Nov 1968 |
|
|
Nationality,
Statelessness, and the Rights of Aliens |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Reduction of Statelessness |
30 Aug 1961 |
13 May 1985 |
|
|
|
| Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons |
28 Sep 1954 |
12 Apr 1962 |
|
|
|
| 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
Jun 1966 |
|
|
| Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court |
18
Jul 1998 |
17
Jul 2001
(Acceptance) |
|
|
|
| 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 |
3
Aug 1954
(rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
8
Dec 1949 |
3
Aug 1954
(rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
8
Dec 1949 |
3
Aug 1954
(rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
8
Dec 1949 |
3
Aug 1954
(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) |
12
Dec 1977 |
26
Jul 1987
(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) |
12
Dec 1977 |
26
Jul 1987
(rat/acced) |
|
|
|
| Terrorism and Human Rights |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages |
18
Dec 1980 |
6
Dec 1988 |
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing |
12
Mar 1998 |
7
Feb 2002
(Acceptance) |
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism |
10
Jan 2000 |
7
Feb 2002
(Acceptance) |
|
|
|
| International
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft |
16
Dec 1970 |
27
Aug 1973 |
|
|
|
| International
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International
Protected Persons |
|
|
6
Dec 1988 |
|
|
| U.N. Activities and Employees |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| Convention
on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
|
|
19
Apr 1948 |
|
|
| Convention
on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel |
22
Dec 1995 |
7
Feb 2002
(Acceptance) |
|
|
|
| Regional Conventions |
Signature |
Ratification |
Accession |
Succession |
Entry into Force |
| [European] Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
4
Nov 1950 |
31
Aug 1954 |
|
|
31
Aug 1954 |
| Protocol to the
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
20
Mar 1952 |
31
Aug 1954 |
|
|
20
Mar 1952 |
| Protocol No.2 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
6
May 1963 |
11
Oct 1966 |
|
|
21
Sep 1970 |
| Protocol No.3 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
6
May 1963 |
11
Oct 1966 |
|
|
21
Sep 1970 |
| Protocol No.4 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
15
Nov 1963 |
23
Jun 1982 |
|
|
23
Jun 1982 |
| Protocol No.5 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
16
Jun 1970 |
19
May 1971 |
|
|
20
Dec 1971 |
| Protocol No.6 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
28
Apr 1983 |
25
Apr 1986 |
|
|
1
May 1986 |
| Protocol No.7 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
22
Nov 1984 |
|
|
|
|
| Protocol No. 8 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
20
mar 1985 |
11
Dec 1986 |
|
|
1
Jan 1990 |
| Protocol No. 9 to
the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
11
May 1992 |
23
Nov 1992 |
|
|
1
Oct 1994 |
| Protocol No. 10
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
25
Mar 1992 |
23
Nov 1992 |
|
|
|
| Protocol No. 11
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
11
May 1994 |
21
Jan 1997 |
|
|
1
Nov 1998 |
| Protocol No. 12
to the 1950 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms |
4
Nov 2000 |
28
Jul 2004 |
|
|
|
| European Convention
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment |
26
Nov 1987 |
12
Oct 1988 |
|
|
1
Feb 1989 |
| Protocol No. 1 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment |
5
May 1994 |
23
Feb 1995 |
|
|
1
Mar 2002 |
| Protocol No. 2 to the
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or Degrading
Treatment of Punishment |
5
May 1994 |
23
Feb 1995 |
|
|
1
Mar 2002 |
| 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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