State Parties
ALGERIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jan 20, 2014
Method: Ratification
ANGOLA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jan 20, 2014
Method: Ratification
BENIN
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Sep 4, 2007
Method: Ratification
BOTSWANA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jun 16, 1999
Method: Ratification
BURKINA FASO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Aug 27, 1998
Method: Ratification
BURUNDI
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 15, 2009
Method: Ratification
CABO VERDE
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 7, 2020
Method: Ratification
CAMEROON
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Sep 28, 2010
Method: Ratification
CHAD
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 7, 2020
Method: Ratification
COMOROS
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 24, 2012
Method: Ratification
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 23, 2022
Method: Ratification
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Nov 26, 2013
Method: Ratification
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 28, 1999
Method: Ratification
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Deposited: Feb 19, 2003
Method:
Accession
ETHIOPIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Mar 13, 2008
Method: Ratification
GABON
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jun 12, 2007
Method: Ratification
GAMBIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Oct 16, 1996
Method: Ratification
GHANA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jun 27, 2011
Method: Ratification
GUINEA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jan 21, 2000
Method: Ratification
GUINEA-BISSAU
Deposited: Jan 4, 2012
Method: Accession
KENYA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jan 9, 2001
Method: Ratification
LESOTHO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Mar 14, 2002
Method: Ratification
LIBYA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: May 11, 2005
Method: Ratification
MADAGASCAR
Deposited: Dec 23, 2003
Method:
Accession
MALAWI
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Apr 23, 2009
Method: Ratification
MALI
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 22, 1999
Method: Ratification
MAURITANIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 24, 1998
Method: Ratification
MAURITIUS
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Apr 24, 1996
Method: Ratification
MOROCCO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Apr 18, 2022
Method: Ratification
MOZAMBIQUE
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Aug 28, 2008
Method: Ratification
NAMIBIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Mar 1, 2012
Method: Ratification
NIGER
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 22, 2017
Method: Ratification
NIGERIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jun 18, 2001
Method: Ratification
RWANDA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Feb 1, 2007
Method: Ratification
SAHARAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jan 27, 2014
Method: Ratification
SENEGAL
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Oct 25, 2006
Method: Ratification
SEYCHELLES
Signed: Jul 9, 1996
Deposited: May 23, 2014
Method: Ratification
SOUTH AFRICA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Mar 27, 1998
Method: Ratification
SWAZILAND
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 17, 2000
Method: Ratification
TANZANIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jun 19, 1998
Method: Ratification
TOGO
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Jul 18, 2000
Method: Ratification
TUNISIA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Oct 7, 2009
Method: Ratification
ZAMBIA
Signed: Jul 9, 1996
Deposited: Aug 18, 2010
Method: Ratification
ZIMBABWE
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Deposited: Apr 6, 1998
Method: Ratification
STATES THAT HAVE SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
DJIBOUTI
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
EGYPT
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
ERITREA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
LIBERIA
Signed: Jul 9, 1996
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
Signed: Jul 9, 1996
SIERRA LEONE
Signed:Apr 11, 1996
SOMALIA
Signed:Feb 23, 2006
SUDAN
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
UGANDA
Signed: Apr 11, 1996
Non-signatory states
SOUTH SUDAN
(part of Sudan until July 2011)