Arab League
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
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 | R | R | S | S | R | 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 | A | |||
Lebanon | A | A | A | A | A | R | S | S | ||
Libya | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | R | 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 | A | A | A | R | |||
Palestine | ||||||||||
Qatar | A | A | A | A | A | R | R | |||
Saudi Arabia | A | R | A | A | A | |||||
Somalia | A | A | R | A | R | R | R | |||
Sudan | A | A | A | R | R | A | 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
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
by Corina Gui
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