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Table of ratification: America, Africa, Arab
The following table shows the ratification status, as of September 2020 of the main human rights instruments contained in this book. Instruments appear in the same order as they do throughout the contents page and are divided according to their international or regional status. The table shows the number of states which have ratified each treaty.
America
|
|
Treaty name |
Location |
Date signed |
Date entered into force |
Number of States party |
|
1969 |
American Convention on Human Rights |
OAS TreatySeriesNo.36 (1969) |
22/11/69 |
18/07/78 |
23 |
|
1988 |
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
OAS Treaty SeriesNo.69 (1988) |
17/11/88 |
16/11/99 |
17 |
|
1990 |
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty |
OAS TreatySeriesNo.73 (1990) |
08/06/90 |
[Among ratifying states on ratification] |
13 |
|
1985 |
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture |
OAS Treaty SeriesNo.67 (1985) |
09/12/85 |
28/02/87 |
18 |
|
1994 |
Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons |
International Legal Materials (Vol.33 p.1429) |
09/06/94 |
28/03/96 |
15 |
|
1994 |
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women |
International Legal Materials (Vol.33 p.1534) |
09/06/94 |
05/03/95 |
32 |
Africa
|
|
Treaty name |
Location |
Date signed |
Date entered into force |
Number of States party |
|
1981 |
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights |
OAUDOC.CAB/LEG/67/3/Rev.5 (1982) |
27/06/81 |
21/10/86 |
54 |
|
1998 |
Protocol on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights |
OAUDOC.CM 2051 [LXVII] |
10/06/98 |
25/01/04 |
24 |
|
2003 |
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa |
OAUDOC. CAB/LEG/66.6 |
11/07/03 |
25/11/05 |
42 |
|
1969 |
OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa |
United Nations (Vol. 1001 p.45) |
10/09/69 |
20/06/74 |
46 |
|
1990 |
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
OAUDOC.CAB/LEG/24.9/49 (1990) |
01/07/90 |
29/11/99 |
49 |
Arab
|
|
Treaty name |
Location |
Date signed |
Date entered into force |
Number of States party |
|
2004 |
Arab Charter on Human Rights |
International Human Rights Reports (Vol.12 p.893) |
22/05/04 |
15/03/08 |
14 |