AU HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

Position as at 31 July 2017

Compiled by: I de Meyer

Source: http//www.au.int (accessed 15 December 2017)

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

AU Conven-tion Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Protocol to the African Charter on the Establish-ment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women

African Charter on Demo-cracy, Elections and Gover-nance

COUNTRY

Ratified/Acceded

Ratified/Acceded

Ratified/Acceded

Ratified/Acceded

Ratified/Acceded

Ratified/Acceded

Algeria

01/03/87

24/05/74

08/07/03

22/04/03

20/11/16

10/01/17

Angola

02/03/90

30/04/81

11/04/92

 

30/08/07

 

Benin

20/01/86

26/02/73

17/04/97

10/06/14

30/09/05

28/06/12

Botswana

17/07/86

04/05/95

10/07/01

 

 

 

Burkina Faso

06/07/84

19/03/74

08/06/92

31/12/98*

09/06/06

26/05/10

Burundi

28/07/89

31/10/75

28/06/04

02/04/03

 

 

Cameroon

20/06/89

07/09/85

05/09/97

09/12/14

13/09/12

24/08/11

Cape Verde

02/06/87

16/02/89

20/07/93

 

21/06/05

 

Central African Republic

26/04/86

23/07/70

 

 

 

 

Chad

09/10/86

12/08/81

30/03/00

27/01/16

 

11/07/11

Comoros

01/06/86

02/04/04

18/03/04

23/12/03

18/03/04

30/11/16

Congo

09/12/82

16/01/71

08/09/06

10/08/10

14/12/11

 

Côte d’Ivoire

06/01/92

26/02/98

01/03/02

07/01/03

05/10/11

16/10/13

Democratic Republic of Congo

20/07/87

14/02/73

 

 

09/06/08

 

Djibouti

11/11/91

 

03/01/11

 

02/02/05

02/12/12

Egypt

20/03/84

12/06/80

09/05/01

 

 

 

Equatorial Guinea

07/04/86

08/09/80

20/12/02

 

27/10/09

 

Eritrea

14/01/99

 

22/12/99

 

 

 

Ethiopia

15/06/98

15/10/73

02/10/02

 

 

05/12/08

Gabon

20/02/86

21/03/86

18/05/07

14/08/00

10/01/11

 

The Gambia

08/06/83

12/11/80

14/12/00

30/06/99

25/05/05

 

Ghana

24/01/89

19/06/75

10/06/05

25/08/04*

13/06/07

06/09/10

Guinea

16/02/82

18/10/72

27/05/99

 

16/04/12

17/06/11

Guinea-Bissau

04/12/85

27/06/89

19/06/08

 

19/06/08

23/12/11

Kenya

23/01/92

23/06/92

25/07/00

04/02/04

06/10/10

 

Lesotho

10/02/92

18/11/88

27/09/99

28/10/03

26/10/04

30/06/10

Liberia

04/08/82

01/10/71

01/08/07

 

14/12/07

23/02/14

Libya

19/07/86

25/04/81

23/09/00

19/11/03

23/05/04

 

Madagascar

09/03/92

 

30/03/05

 

 

23/02/17

Malawi

17/11/89

04/11/87

16/09/99

09/09/08*

20/05/05

11/10/12

Mali

21/12/81

10/10/81

03/06/98

10/05/00*

13/01/05

13/08/13

Mauritania

14/06/86

22/07/72

21/09/05

19/05/05

21/09/05

07/07/08

Mauritius

19/06/92

 

14/02/92

03/03/03

16/06/17

 

Mozambique

22/02/89

22/02/89

15/07/98

17/07/04

09/12/05

 

Namibia

30/07/92

 

23/07/04

 

11/08/04

23/08/16

Niger

15/07/86

16/09/71

11/12/99

17/05/04

 

04/10/11

Nigeria

22/06/83

23/05/86

23/07/01

20/05/04

16/12/04

01/12/11

Rwanda

15/07/83

19/11/79

11/05/01

05/05/03

25/06/04

09/07/10

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Rep.

02/05/86

 

 

27/11/13

 

27/11/13

São Tomé and Príncipe

23/05/86

 

 

 

 

 

Senegal

13/08/82

01/04/71

29/09/98

29/09/98

27/12/04

 

Seychelles

13/04/92

11/09/80

13/02/92

 

09/03/06

 

Sierra Leone

21/09/83

28/12/87

13/05/02

 

03/07/15

17/02/09

Somalia

31/07/85

 

 

 

 

 

South Africa

09/07/96

15/12/95

07/01/00

03/07/02

17/12/04

24/12/10

South Sudan

 

04/12/13

 

 

 

13/04/15

Sudan

18/02/86

24/12/72

30/07/05

 

 

19/06/13

Swaziland

15/09/95

16/01/89

05/10/12

 

05/10/12

 

Tanzania

18/02/84

10/01/75

16/03/03

07/02/06*

03/03/07

 

Togo

05/11/82

10/04/70

05/05/98

23/06/03

21/10/05

24/01/12

Tunisia

16/03/83

17/11/89

 

21/08/07

 

 

Uganda

10/05/86

24/07/87

17/08/94

16/02/01

22/07/10

 

Zambia

10/01/84

30/07/73

02/12/08

 

02/05/06

31/05/11

Zimbabwe

30/05/86

28/09/85

19/01/95

 

15/04/08

 

TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES

54

46

48

30

39

30

* Additional declaration under article 34(6)

Ratifications after 31 December 2016 are indicated in bold

 

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