Child Law Resources

Conventions concerning children in need of special of protection: Status of
Ratification in Africa

Country	OAU Convention Governing the specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969	UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951	Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990
Algeria	24/05/1974	21/02/1963	08/11/1967	21/04/2007
Angola	30/04/1981	23/06/1981	23/06/1981
Benin	26/02/1973	04/04/1962	06/07/1970	06/07/2018
Botswana	04/05/1995	06/01/1969	06/01/1969
Burkina Faso	19/03/1974	18/06/1980	18/06/1980	26/11/2003
Burundi	31/10/1975	19/07/1963	15/03/1971
Cameroon	07/09/1975	23/10/1961	19/09/1967	15/12/2009 S
Cape Verde	16/02/1989		09/07/1987	16/09/1997
Central African Republic	23/07/1970	04/09/1962	30/08/1967
Chad	12/08/1981	19/08/1981	19/08/1981	26/09/2012
Comoros	02/04/2004			22/09/2000 S
Congo Brazzaville	16/01/1971	15/10/1962	10/07/1970	31/03/2017
Cote d’Ivoire	26/02/1998	08/12/1961	16/02/1970
Democratic Republic of Congo	14/02/1973	19/07/1965	13/01/1975
Djibouti	15/11/2005 S	09/08/1977	09/08/1977
Egypt	12/06/1980	22/04/1981	22/05/1981	19/02/1993
Equatorial Guinea	08/09/1980	07/02/1986	07/02/1986
Eritrea	25/04/2012 S
Ethiopia	15/10/1973	10/11/1969	10/11/1969
Gabon	21/03/1986	27/04/1964	28/08/1973	15/12/2004 S
The Gambia	12/11/1980	07/09/1966	29/09/1967	28/09/2018
Ghana	19/06/1975	18/03/1963	30/10/1968	07/09/2000
Guinea	18/10/1972	28/12/1965	16/05/1968	07/09/2000
Guinea Bissau	27/06/1989	11/02/1976	11/02/1976	22/10/2018
Kenya	23/06/1992	15/06/1966	13/11/1981
Lesotho	18/11/1988	14/05/1981	14/04/1981	16/09/2005
Liberia	01/10/1971	15/10/1964	27/02/1980	22/09/2004 S
Libya	25/04/1981			18/06/2004
Madagascar	10/09/1969 S	18/12/1967		13/05/2015
Malawi	04/11/1987	10/12/1987	10/12/1987
Mali	10/10/1981	02/02/1973	02/02/1973	05/06/2003
Mauritania	22/07/1971	05/05/1987	05/05/1987	22/06/2007
Mauritius	10/09/1969 S
Morocco		07/11/1956	20/04/1971	21/06/1993
Mozambique	22/02/1989	16/12/1983	01/05/1989	19/08/2013
Namibia	11/11/2009	17/02/1995	17/02/1995
Niger	16/09/1971	25/08/1961	02/02/1970	18/03/2009
Nigeria	23/05/1986	23/10/1967	02/05/1968	27/07/2009
Rwanda	19/11/1979	03/01/1980	03/01/1980	15/12/2008
Sao Tome & Principe	01/02/2010 S	01/02/1978	01/02/1978	10/01/1971
Senegal	01/04/1971	02/05/1963	03/10/1967	09/06/1999
Seychelles	11/09/1980	23/04/1980	23/04/1980	15/12/1994
Sahrawi Arab
Sierra Leone	28/12/1987	22/05/1981	22/05/1981	15/09/2000 S
Somalia	10/09/1969 S	10/10/1978	10/10/1978
South Africa	15/12/1995	12/01/1996	12/01/1996
South Sudan	04/12/2013
Sudan	24/12/1972	22/02/1974	23/05/1974
Swaziland	16/01/1989	14/02/2000	28/01/1969
Tanzania	10/01/1975	12/05/1964	04/09/1968
Togo	10/04/1970	27/02/1962	01/12/1969	15/11/2001 S
Tunisia	17/11/1989	24/10/1957	16/10/1968
Uganda	24/07/1987	27/09/1976	27/09/1976	14/11/1995
Zambia	30/07/1973	24/09/1969	24/09/1969
Zimbabwe	28/09/1985	25/08/1981	25/08/1981

Key: s= Signature , a= Accession

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