Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo Brazzaville
Cote d'Ivoire
DR Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sahrawi Arab DR
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
ZimbabweStatus of Ratification of CRC and Optional Protocols
| Country | Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2000) | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000) | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 16/04/1993 | 6/5/2009 | 27/12/2006 | - |
| Angola | 5/12/1990 | 11/10/2007 | 24/03/2005 | - |
| Benin | 3/8/1990 | 31/01/2005 | 31/01/2005 | 24/09/2013 S |
| Botswana | 14/03/1995 | 4/10/2004 | 24/09/2003 | - |
| Burkina Faso | 31/08/1990 | 6/7/2007 | 31/03/2006 | - |
| Burundi | 19/10/1995 | 24/06/2008 | 6/11/2007 | - |
| Cameroon | 11/1/1993 | 4/2/2013 | 5/10/2001S | - |
| Cape Verde | 4/6/1992 | 10/5/2002 | 10/5/2002 | 24/09/ 2012 S |
| Central African Republic | 23/04/1992 | 21/09/2017 | 24/10/2012 | - |
| Chad | 2/10/1990 | 28/08/2002 | 28/08/2002 | - |
| Comoros | 22/06/1993 | - | 23/02/2007 | - |
| Congo Brazzaville | 14/10/1993 | 24/09/2010 | 27/10/2009 | - |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 4/2/1991 | 12/03 2012 | 19/09/ 2011 | 24/09/2013 S |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 27/09/1990 | 11/11/2001 | 11/11/2001 | - |
| Djibouti | 6/12/1990 | 27/04/2011 | 27/04/2011 | - |
| Egypt | 6/7/1990 | 6/2/2007 | 12/7/2002 | - |
| Equatorial Guinea | 15/06/1992 | - | 7/2/2003 | - |
| Eritrea | 3/8/1994 | 16/02/2005 | 16/02/2005 | - |
| Ethiopia | 14/05/1991 | 14/05/2014 | 25/03/2014 | - |
| Gabon | 9/2/1994 | 21/09/2010 | 1/10/2007 | 25/09/2012 a |
| The Gambia | 8/8/1990 | 21/12/2000 S | 8/4/2010 | - |
| Ghana | 5/2/1990 | 9/12/2014 | 24/09/2003 S | 24/09/2013 S |
| Guinea | 13/07/1990 | 8/4/2016 | 16/11 2011 | - |
| Guinea Bissau | 20/08/1990 | 24/09/2014 | 1/11/2010 | 24/09/2013 S |
| Kenya | 30/07/1990 | 25/07/2000 | 8/09/2000 S | - |
| Lesotho | 10/3/1992 | 27/09/1999 | 24/09/2003 | - |
| Liberia | 4/6/1993 | 01/08/2007 S | 22/09/2004 S | - |
| Libya | 15/04/1993 | 23/09/2000 | 18/06/2004 | - |
| Madagascar | 19/03/1991 | 30/03/2005 | 22/09/2004 | 24/09/ 2012 S |
| Malawi | 2/1/1991 | 21/09/ 2010 | 7/10/2009 | - |
| Mali | 20/09/1990 | 16/05/2002 | 16/05/2002 | 28/02/ 2012 S |
| Mauritania | 16/05/1991 | - | 23/04/2007 | - |
| Mauritius | 26/07/1990 | 12/2/2009 | 14/06/2011 | 13/08/ 2012 S |
| Morocco | 21/06/1993 | 22/05/ 2002 | 2/10/2001 | 28/02/ 2012 S |
| Mozambique | 26/04/1994 | 19/10/ 2004 | 6/3/2003 | - |
| Namibia | 30/09/1990 | 23/07/2004 | 16/04/2002 | - |
| Niger | 30/09/1990 | 13/03/ 2012 | 26/10/2004 | - |
| Nigeria | 19/04/1991 | 25/09 2012 | 27/09/2010 | - |
| Rwanda | 26/01/1991 | 11/5/2001 | 14/03/2002 | - |
| Sao Tome & Principe | 14/05/1991 | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 31/07/1990 | 29/11/2001 | 5/11/2003 | 1/10/2012 S |
| Seychelles | 7/9/1990 | 10/8/2010 | 11/12/2014 | 24/09/2013 S |
| Sahrawi Arab | - | - | - | - |
| Sierra Leone | 18/06/1990 | 13/05/2002 | 17/09/2001 | - |
| Somalia | 1/10/2015 | 16/08/ 2005 S | - | - |
| South Africa | 16/06/1995 | 7/1/2000 | 30/06/2003 | - |
| South Sudan | 23/01/2015 | 27/11/2018 | 27/11/2018 | - |
| Sudan | 3/8/1990 | 30/07/2005 | 02/11/2004 | - |
| Swaziland | 7/9/1995 | 24/09/2012 | 24/09/2012 | - |
| Tanzania | 10/6/1991 | 16/03/2003 | 24/04/2003 | - |
| Togo | 1/8/1990 | 28/11/2005 | 2/7/2004 | - |
| Tunisia | 30/01/1992 | 2/1/2003 | 13/09/2002 | 14/12/2018 |
| Uganda | 17/08/1990 | 06/05/ 2002 | 30/11/2001 | - |
| Zambia | 6/12/1991 | 02/12/2008 S | 29/09/2008 S | - |
| Zimbabwe | 11/9/1990 | 22/05/2013 | 14/02/ 2012 | - |
Key: s= Signature , a:=Accession
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