STATUS REPORT

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

[ICCPR]

(New York, 16/12/1966)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 24-Mar-80

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 10-11-12
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Nauru 12 Nov 2001      
Samoa   15 Feb 2008 Rt    
Vanuatu 29 Nov 2007     Civil and Political Rights (Ratification) Act No. 11 of 2008
 
Afganistan   24 Jan 1983 a    
Albania   4 Oct 1991 a    
Algeria 10 Dec 1968 12 Sep 1989 Rt    
Andorra 5 Aug 2002      
Angola   10 Jan 1992 a    
Argentina 19 Feb 1968 8 Aug 1986 Rt    
Armenia   23 Jun 1993 a    
Australia 18 Dec 1972 13 Aug 1980 Rt    
Austria 10 Dec 1973 10 Sep 1978 Rt    
Azerbaijan   13 Aug 1992 a    
Bangladesh   6 Sep 2000 a    
Barbados   5 Jan 1973 a    
Belarus 19 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973 Rt    
Belgium 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983 Rt    
Belize   10 Jun 1996 a    
Benin   12 Mar 1992 a    
Bolivia   12 Aug 1982 a    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   01 Sep 1993 d    
Botswana 08 Sep 2000 08 Sep 2000 Rt    
Brazil   24 Jan 1992 a    
Bulgaria 08 Oct 1968 21 Sep 1970 Rt    
Burkina Faso   04 Jan 1999 a    
Burundi   09 May 1990 a    
Cambodia 17 Oct 1980 26 May 1992 a    
Cameroon   27 Jun 1984 a    
Canada   19 May 1976 a    
Cape Verde   06 Aug 1993 a    
Central African Republic   08 May 1981 a    
Chad   09 Jun 1995 a    
Chile 16 Sep 1969 10 Feb 1972 Rt    
China 5 Oct 1998      
Colombia 21 Dec 1966 29 Oct 1969 Rt    
Congo   5 Oct 1983 a    
Costa Rica 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968 Rt    
Croatia   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cyprus 19 Dec 1966 2 Apr 1969 Rt    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993 d    
Côte d'Ivoire   26 Mar 1992 a    
Democratic People's Republic of Korea   14 Sep 1981 a    
Democratic Republic of the Congo   1 Nov 1976 a    
Denmark 20 Mar 1968 06 Jan 1972 Rt    
Djibouti   05 Nov 2002 a    
Dominica   17 Jun 1993 a    
Dominican Republic   04 Jan 1978 a    
Ecuador 04 Apr 1968 06 May 1969 Rt    
Egypt 04 Aug 1967 14 Jan 1982 Rt    
El Salvador 21 Sep 1967 30 Nov 1979 Rt    
Equatorial Guinea   25 Sec 1987 a    
Eritrea   22 Jan 2002 a    
Estonia   21 Oct 1991 a    
Ethiopia   11 Jun 1993 a    
Finland 11 Oct 1967 19 Aug 1975 Rt    
France   04 Nov 1980 a    
Gabon   21 Jan 1983 a    
Gambia   22 Mar 1979 a    
Georgia   03 May 1994 a    
Germany 09 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973 Rt    
Ghana 07 Sep 2000 07 Sep 2000 Rt    
Greece   05 May 1997 a    
Grenada   06 Sep 1991 a    
Guatemala   05 May 1992 a    
Guinea 28 Feb 1967 24 Jan 1978 Rt    
Guinea-Bissau 12 Sep 2000      
Guyana 22 Aug 1968 15 Feb 1977 Rt    
Haiti   06 Feb 1991 a    
Honduras 19 Dec 1966 25 Aug 1997 Rt    
Hungary 25 Mar 1969 17 Jan 1974 Rt    
Iceland 30 Dec 1968 22 Aug 1979 Rt    
India   10 Apr 1979 a    
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4 Apr 1968 24 Jun 1975 Rt    
Iraq 18 Feb 1969 25 Jan 1971 Rt    
Ireland 1 Oct 1973 8 Dec 1989 Rt    
Israel 19 Dec 1966 3 Oct 1991 Rt    
Italy 18 Jan 1967 15 Sep 1978 Rt    
Jamaica 19 Dec 1966 03 Oct 1975 Rt    
Japan 30 May 1978 21 Jun 1979 Rt    
Jordan 30 Jun 1972 28 May 1975 Rt    
Kazakhstan 02 Dec 2003      
Kenya   01 May 1972 a    
Kuwait   21 May 1996 a    
Kyrgyzstan   7 Oct 1994 a    
Lao People's Democratic Republic 7 Dec 2000      
Latvia   14 Apr 1992 a    
Lebanon   3 Nov 1972 a    
Lesotho   9 Sep 1992 a    
Liberia 18 Apr 1967      
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   15 May 1970 a    
Liechtenstein   10 Dec 1998 a    
Lithuania   20 Nov 1991 a    
Luxembourg 26 Nov 1974 18 Aug 1983 Rt    
Madagascar 17 Sep 1969 21 Jun 1971 Rt    
Malawi   22 Dec 1993 a    
Mali   16 Jul 1974 a    
Malta   13 Sep 1990 a    
Mauritius   12 Dec 1973 a    
Mexico 26 Jun 1997 23 Mar 1981 a    
Monaco 05 Jun 1968 28 Aug 1997 Rt    
Mongolia 19 Jan 1977 18 Nov 1974 Rt    
Morocco   03 May 1979 Rt    
Mozambique   21 Jul 1993 a    
Namibia   28 Nov 1994 a    
Nepal   14 May 1991 a    
Netherlands 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978 Rt    
New Zealand 12 Nov 1968 28 Dec 1978 Rt    
Nicaragua   12 Mar 1980 a    
Niger   7 Mar 1986 a    
Nigeria   29 Jul 1993 a    
Norway 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972 Rt    
Panama 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977 Rt    
Paraguay   10 Jun 1992 a    
Peru 11 Aug 1977 28 Apr 1978 Rt    
Philippines 19 Dec 1966 23 Oct 1986 Rt    
Poland 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977 Rt    
Portugal 7 Oct 1976 15 Jun 1978 Rt    
Republic of Korea   10 Apr 1990 a    
Republic of Moldova   26 Jan 1993 a    
Romania 27 Jun 1968 9 Dec 1974 Rt    
Russian Federation 18 Mar 1968 16 Oct 1973 Rt    
Rwanda   16 Apr 1975 a    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   9 Nov 1981 a    
San Marino   18 Oct 1985 a    
Sao Tome and Principe 31 Oct 1995      
Senegal 6 Jul 1970 13 Feb 1978 Rt    
Serbia and Montenegro   12 Mar 2001 d    
Seychelles   5 May 1992 a    
Sierra Leone   23 Aug 1996 a    
Slovakia   28 May 1993 d    
Slovenia   24 Jan 1990 a    
Somalia 3 Oct 1994 10 Dec 1998 Rt    
South Africa 28 Sep 1976 27 Apr 1977 Rt    
Spain   11 Jun 1980 a    
Sri Lanka   18 Mar 1986 a    
Sudan   28 Dec 1976 a    
Suriname   26 Mar 2004 a    
Sweden 29 Sep 1967 6 Dec 1971 Rt    
Switzerland   18 Jun 1992 a    
Syrian Arab Republic   21 Apr 1969 a    
Tajikistan   4 Jan 1999 a    
Thailand   29 Oct 1996 a    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   18 Jan 1994 d    
Timor-Leste   18 Sep 2003 a    
Togo   24 May 1984 a    
Trinidad and Tobago   21 Dec 1978 a    
Tunisia 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969 Rt    
Turkey 15 Aug 2000 23 Sep 2003 Rt    
Turkmenistan   1 May 1997 a    
Uganda   21 Jun 1995 a    
Ukraine 20 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973 Rt    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976 Rt    
United Republic of Tanzania   11 Jun 1976 a    
United States of America 5 Oct 1977      
Uruguay 21 Feb 1967 01 Apr 1970 Rt    
Uzbekistan   28 Sep 1995 a    
Venezuela 24 Jun 1969 10 May 1978 Rt    
Viet Nam   24 Sep 1982 a    
Yemen   09 Feb 1987 a    
Zambia   10 Apr 1984 a    
Zimbabwe   13 May 1991 a    
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
  • Acceptance (A)
  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)
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