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Status of Ratification of African Regional Instruments

Country	African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990)	African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (1981)	Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003)	African Youth Charter 2006	African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (2009)
Algeria	8/7/2003	1/3/1987	29/12/2003 S	30/06/2011 S	-
Angola	11/4/1992	2/3/1990	30/08/2007	10/6/2009	14/05/2013
Benin	17/04/1997	20/01/1986	30/09/2005	6/11/2014	28/02/2012
Botswana	10/7/2001	17/07/1986	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	8/6/1992	6/7/1984	9/6/2006	17/09/2008	5/7/2012
Burundi	28/06/2004	28/07/1989	03/12/2003 S	10/11/2006 S	23/10/2009 S
Cameroon	5/9/1997	20/06/1989	13/09/2012	11/1/2011	6/4/2015
Cape Verde	20/07/1993	2/6/1987	21/06/2005	15/02/2011	-
Central African Republic	04/02/2003 S	26/04/1986	17/06/2008 S	17/06/2008 S	20/12/2010
Chad	30/03/2000	9/10/1986	06/12/2004 S	29/08/2012	11/7/2011
Comoros	18/03/2004	1/6/1986	18/03/2004	02/02/2010 S	02/02/2010 S
Congo Brazzaville	8/9/2006	9/12/1982	14/12/2011	14/12/2011	15/11/2014
Côte d’Ivoire	1/3/2002	6/1/1992	5/10/2011	30/11/2009	20/12/2013
Democratic Republic of Congo	02/02/2010 S	20/07/1987	9/6/2008	29/06/2008 S	02/02/2010 S
Djibouti	3/1/2011	20/03/1984	2/2/2005	28/08/2008	15/07/2015
Egypt	9/5/2001	20/03/1984	-	9/3/2015	-
Equatorial Guinea	20/12/2002	7/4/1986	27/10/2009	02/02/2009 S	23/10/2009 S
Eritrea	22/12/1999	14/01/1999	25/04/2012 S	-	25/04/2012 S
Ethiopia	2/10/2002	15/06/1998	10/1/2017	12/2/2014	23/10/2009 S
Gabon	18/05/2007	20/02/1986	10/1/2011	17/07/2007	26/01/2011
The Gambia	14/12/2000	8/6/1983	25/05/2005	30/04/2009	27/04/2011
Ghana	10/6/2005	24/01/1989	13/06/2007	28/10/2013	02/02/2010 S
Guinea	27/05/1999	16/02/1982	16/04/2012	17/06/2011	05/01/2012 S
Guinea Bissau	19/06/2008	4/12/1985	19/06/2008	31/07/2008	23/12/2011
Kenya	25/07/2000	23/01/1992	6/10/2010	23/01/2014	-
Lesotho	27/09/1999	10/2/1992	26/10/2004	31/05/2010	19/01/2012
Liberia	1/8/2007	4/8/1982	14/12/2007	18/06/2008 S	23/02/2014
Libya	23/09/2000	19/07/1986	23/05/2004	11/8/2008	-
Madagascar	30/03/2005	9/3/1992	28/02/2004 S	31/01/2014 S	24/06/2014
Malawi	16/09/1999	17/11/1989	20/05/2005	13/08/2010	18/04/2013
Mali	3/6/1998	21/12/1981	13/01/2005	21/08/2007	7/11/2012
Mauritania	21/09/2005	14/06/1986	21/09/2005	21/03/2012	5/3/2015
Mauritius	14/02/1992	19/06/1992	29/01/2005 S	8/2/2008	-
Mozambique	15/07/1998	22/02/1989	9/12/2005	29/07/2008	23/04/2010 S
Namibia	23/07/2004	30/07/1992	11/8/2004	17/07/2008	23/10/2009 S
Niger	11/12/1999	15/07/1986	06/07/2004 S	3/6/2008	10/5/2012
Nigeria	23/07/2001	22/06/1983	16/12/2004	21/04/2009	17/04/2012
Rwanda	11/5/2001	15/07/1983	25/06/2004	7/8/2007	27/12/2012
Sao Tome & Principe	23/10/1992 S	23/05/1986	01/02/2010 S	25/07/2010 S	01/02/2010 S
Senegal	29/09/1998	13/08/1982	27/12/2004	17/09/2009	12/07/2011 S
Seychelles	13/02/1992	13/04/1992	9/3/2006	17/09/2009	-
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	23/10/1992 S	2/5/1986	20/06/2006 S	11/1/2011	27/11/2013
Sierra Leone	13/02/1992	21/09/1983	09/12/2003 S	17/06/2008 S	15/07/2010
Somalia	13/05/2002 S	31/07/1985	23/02/2006 S	-	23/10/2009 S
South Africa	7/1/2000	15/07/1983	17/12/2004	28/05/2009	-
South Sudan	24/01/2013 S	24/01/2013 S	24/01/2013	24/01/2013	24/01/2013 S
Sudan	30/07/2005	18/02/1986	30/06/2008 S	30/06/2008	-
Swaziland	5/10/2012	15/09/1995	5/10/2012	5/10/2012	5/10/2012
Tanzania	16/03/2003	18/02/1984	3/3/2007	20/12/2012	08/12/2010 S
Togo	16/03/2003	5/11/1982	12/10/2005	28/12/2008	8/7/2011
Tunisia	05/05/1995 S	16/03/1983	-	8/6/2011	15/07/2012 S
Uganda	17/08/1994	10/5/1986	22/07/2010	6/8/2008	29/01/2010
Zambia	2/12/2008	10/1/1984	2/5/2006	16/09/2009	14/01/2011
Zimbabwe	19/01/1995	30/05/1986	15/04/2008	16/03/2009	22/07/2013

Key: S = signed
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