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© European Commission

Ratification status of the major UN human rights treaties and of the African Charter on Human Rights and the Peoples’ Rights, by the Arab League member States

Author: Corina Gui

State

ICCPR

ICESCR

ICERD

CEDAW

CAT

CRC

MWC

ICCPED

CRPD

AUCHPR

Algeria

R

R

R

A

R

R

A

S

R

R

Bahrain

A

A

A

A

A

A

 

 

R

 

Comoros

S

S

R

A

S

R

S

S

S

R

Djibouti

A

A

R

A

A

R

 

 

A

R

Egypt

R

R

R

R

A

R

A

 

R

R

Iraq

R

R

R

A

A

A

 

A

A

 

Jordan

R

R

A

R

A

R

 

 

R

 

Kuwait

A

A

A

A

A

R

 

 

 

 

Lebanon

A

A

A

A

A

R

 

S

S

 

Libya

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

 

S

R

Mauritania

A

A

R

A

A

R

A

R

A

R

Morocco

R

R

R

A

R

R

R

R

R

 

Oman

 

 

A

A

 

A

 

 

R

 

Palestine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qatar

 

 

A

A

A

R

 

 

R

 

Saudi Arabia

 

 

A

R

A

A

 

 

A

 

Somalia

A

A

R

 

A

S

 

 

 

R

Sudan

A

A

A

 

S

R

 

 

R

R

Syria

A

A

A

A

A

R

A

 

R

 

Tunisia

R

R

R

R

R

R

 

R

R

A

UAE

 

 

A

A

A

A

 

 

R

 

Yemen

A

A

A

A

A

R

 

 

R

 

 

 

R = ratification

A = accession

S = signature

 

 

ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women

CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

ICCPED - International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

AUCHPR – African Charter on Human Rights and the Peoples’ Rights

Last update

26/9/2013