Ratifications Table

List of countries which have SIGNED, RATIFIED/ACCEDED to the AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

#	Country	Ratification Status	Signed	Ratified	Deposited
1	Algeria	RATIFIED	21 May 1999	08 Jul 2003	24 Sep 2003
2	Angola	RATIFIED	27 Jan 2012	11 Apr 1992	07 Oct 1999
3	Benin	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	17 Apr 1997	30 May 1997
4	Botswana	RATIFIED	10 Jul 2001	10 Jul 2001	10 Jul 2001
5	Burkina Faso	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	08 Jun 1992	10 Jul 1992
6	Burundi	RATIFIED	21 May 2004	28 Jun 2004	24 Aug 2004
7	Cameroon	RATIFIED	16 Sep 1992	05 Sep 1997	23 Jun 1999
8	Cape Verde	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	20 Jul 1993	01 Sep 1993
9	Central African Republic	RATIFIED	04 Feb 2003	07 Jul 2016	01 Aug 2016
10	Chad	RATIFIED	06 Dec 2004	20 Mar 2000	04 Apr 2000
11	Comoros	RATIFIED	26 Feb 2004	18 Mar 2004	16 Apr 2004
12	Congo Republic	RATIFIED	28 Feb 1992	08 Sep 2006	10 Oct 2006
13	Cote d'Ivoire	RATIFIED	27 Feb 2004	03 Jan 2000	18 Jun 2007
14	Djibouti	RATIFIED	28 Feb 1992	03 Jan 2011	25 Jan 2011
15	DR Congo	RATIFIED	02 Feb 2010	31 Jan 2017	08 Dec 2020
16	Egypt	RATIFIED	30 Jun 1999	09 May 2001	22 Jun 2001
17	Equatorial Guinea	RATIFIED		20 Dec 2002	19 Feb 2003
18	Eritrea	RATIFIED		22 Dec 1999	25 Jan 2000
19	Eswatini	RATIFIED	29 Jun 1992	05 Oct 2012	06 Nov 2012
20	Ethiopia	RATIFIED		02 Oct 2002	27 Dec 2002
21	Gabon	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	18 May 2007	12 Jun 2007
22	Gambia	RATIFIED		14 Dec 2000	30 Mar 2001
23	Ghana	RATIFIED	18 Aug 1997	10 Jun 2005	15 Jul 2005
24	Guinea	RATIFIED	22 May 1998	27 May 1999	21 Jan 2000
25	Guinea-Bissau	RATIFIED	08 Mar 2005	19 Jun 2008	14 Oct 2008
26	Kenya	RATIFIED		25 Jul 2000	10 Aug 2000
27	Lesotho	RATIFIED		27 Sep 1999	29 Oct 1999
28	Liberia	RATIFIED	14 May 1992	01 Aug 2007	15 Jul 2008
29	Libya	RATIFIED	09 Jun 1998	23 Sep 2000	03 Nov 2000
30	Madagascar	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	30 Mar 2005	24 Jun 2005
31	Malawi	RATIFIED	13 Jul 1999	16 Sep 1999	17 Nov 1999
32	Mali	RATIFIED	28 Feb 1996	03 Jun 1998	14 Aug 1998
33	Mauritania	RATIFIED		21 Aug 2005	14 Dec 2005
34	Mauritius	RATIFIED	07 Nov 1991	14 Feb 1992	27 Feb 1992
35	Morocco	NOT-RATIFIED
36	Mozambique	RATIFIED		15 Jul 1998	22 Dec 1998
37	Namibia	RATIFIED	13 Jul 1999	23 Jul 2004	26 Aug 2004
38	Niger	RATIFIED	13 Jul 1999	11 Dec 1999	05 Mar 1997
39	Nigeria	RATIFIED	13 Jul 1999	23 Jul 2001	02 May 2003
40	Rwanda	RATIFIED	02 Oct 1991	11 May 2001	17 May 2001
41	Sahrawi Republic	RATIFIED			31 Jul 2024
42	Sao Tome and Principe	RATIFIED	01 Feb 2010	18 Apr 2019	27 Jun 2019
43	Senegal	RATIFIED	18 May 1992	29 Sep 1998	30 Oct 1998
44	Seychelles	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	13 Feb 1992	27 Feb 1992
45	Sierra Leone	RATIFIED	14 Apr 1992	13 May 2002	18 Jun 2002
46	Somalia	NOT-RATIFIED
47	South Africa	RATIFIED	10 Oct 1997	07 Jan 2000	21 Jan 2000
48	South Sudan	NOT-RATIFIED
49	Sudan	RATIFIED	24 Jan 2013	30 Jul 2005	18 Jul 2008
50	Tanzania	RATIFIED	23 Oct 1998	16 Mar 2003	09 May 2003
51	Togo	RATIFIED	27 Feb 1992	05 May 1998	18 May 1998
52	Tunisia	NOT-RATIFIED	16 Jun 1995
53	Uganda	RATIFIED	26 Feb 1992	17 Aug 1994	21 Oct 1994
54	Zambia	RATIFIED	28 Feb 1992	02 Dec 2008	10 Feb 2009
55	Zimbabwe	RATIFIED		19 Jan 1995	22 Feb 1995
56	UnAssigned	RATIFIED

Reservations

Member State Sort descending	Reservations
Egypt	Article 24- Adoption Article 30 (a- e)- Children of imprisoned mothers Article 44- Communications; and (decisions of the Committee) Article 45 (1)- Investigations by the Committee
Mauritania	Article 9 – Freedom of conscience and religion
Sahrawi Republic	The reservations are on the following articles: - Article 10 ; - Article 11, paragraph 6 ; - Article 18, paragraph 2 ; and - Article 21, paragraph 2.
Sudan	Article 10 – Protection of privacy Article 11 (6) – Education of children who become pregnant before completing their education Article 21 (2) – Child marriage and betrothal of girls and boys

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