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 Algeria
RATIFIED
 21 Mayo 1999 08 Jul 2003 24 Sep 2003
2 ANGOLA Angola
RATIFIED
 27 Ene 2012 11 Abr 1992 07 Oct 1999
3 BENIN Benin
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 17 Abr 1997 30 Mayo 1997
4 BOTSWANA Botswana
RATIFIED
 10 Jul 2001 10 Jul 2001 10 Jul 2001
5 BURKINA FASO Burkina Faso
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 08 Jun 1992 10 Jul 1992
6 BURUNDI Burundi
RATIFIED
 21 Mayo 2004 28 Jun 2004 24 Ago 2004
7 CAMEROON Cameroon
RATIFIED
 16 Sep 1992 05 Sep 1997 23 Jun 1999
8 CAPE VERDE Cape Verde
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 20 Jul 1993 01 Sep 1993
9 CENTRAL AFRICA REPLIC Central African Republic
RATIFIED
 04 Feb 2003 07 Jul 2016 01 Ago 2016
10 CHAD Chad
RATIFIED
 06 Dic 2004 20 Mar 2000 04 Abr 2000
11 COMOROS Comoros
RATIFIED
 26 Feb 2004 18 Mar 2004 16 Abr 2004
12 CONGO REPUBLIC Congo Republic
RATIFIED
 28 Feb 1992 08 Sep 2006 10 Oct 2006
13 COTE D'IVOIRE Cote d'Ivoire
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 2004 03 Ene 2000 18 Jun 2007
14 DJIBOUTI Djibouti
RATIFIED
 28 Feb 1992 03 Ene 2011 25 Ene 2011
15 DR CONGO DR Congo
RATIFIED
 02 Feb 2010 31 Ene 2017 08 Dic 2020
16 EGYPT Egypt
RATIFIED
 30 Jun 1999 09 Mayo 2001 22 Jun 2001
17 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Equatorial Guinea
RATIFIED
 20 Dic 2002 19 Feb 2003
18 ERITREA Eritrea
RATIFIED
 22 Dic 1999 25 Ene 2000
19 ESWATINI Eswatini
RATIFIED
 29 Jun 1992 05 Oct 2012 06 Nov 2012
20 ETHIOPIA Ethiopia
RATIFIED
 02 Oct 2002 27 Dic 2002
21 GABON Gabon
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 18 Mayo 2007 12 Jun 2007
22 GAMBIA Gambia
RATIFIED
 14 Dic 2000 30 Mar 2001
23 GHANA Ghana
RATIFIED
 18 Ago 1997 10 Jun 2005 15 Jul 2005
24 GUINEA Guinea
RATIFIED
 22 Mayo 1998 27 Mayo 1999 21 Ene 2000
25 GUINEA-BISSAU Guinea-Bissau
RATIFIED
 08 Mar 2005 19 Jun 2008 14 Oct 2008
26 KENYA Kenya
RATIFIED
 25 Jul 2000 10 Ago 2000
27 LESOTHO Lesotho
RATIFIED
 27 Sep 1999 29 Oct 1999
28 LIBERIA Liberia
RATIFIED
 14 Mayo 1992 01 Ago 2007 15 Jul 2008
29 LIBYA Libya
RATIFIED
 09 Jun 1998 23 Sep 2000 03 Nov 2000
30 MADAGASCAR Madagascar
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 30 Mar 2005 24 Jun 2005
31 MALAWI Malawi
RATIFIED
 13 Jul 1999 16 Sep 1999 17 Nov 1999
32 MALI Mali
RATIFIED
 28 Feb 1996 03 Jun 1998 14 Ago 1998
33 MAURITANIA Mauritania
RATIFIED
 21 Ago 2005 14 Dic 2005
34 MAURITIUS Mauritius
RATIFIED
 07 Nov 1991 14 Feb 1992 27 Feb 1992
35 MOROCCO Morocco
NOT-RATIFIED
36 MOZAMBIQUE Mozambique
RATIFIED
 15 Jul 1998 22 Dic 1998
37 NAMIBIA Namibia
RATIFIED
 13 Jul 1999 23 Jul 2004 26 Ago 2004
38 NIGER Niger
RATIFIED
 13 Jul 1999 11 Dic 1999 05 Mar 1997
39 NIGERIA Nigeria
RATIFIED
 13 Jul 1999 23 Jul 2001 02 Mayo 2003
40 RWANDA Rwanda
RATIFIED
 02 Oct 1991 11 Mayo 2001 17 Mayo 2001
41 SAHRAWI REPUBLIC Sahrawi Republic
RATIFIED
 31 Jul 2024
42 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Sao Tome and Principe
RATIFIED
 01 Feb 2010 18 Abr 2019 27 Jun 2019
43 SENEGAL Senegal
RATIFIED
 18 Mayo 1992 29 Sep 1998 30 Oct 1998
44 SEYCHELLES Seychelles
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 13 Feb 1992 27 Feb 1992
45 SIERRA LEONE Sierra Leone
RATIFIED
 14 Abr 1992 13 Mayo 2002 18 Jun 2002
46 SOMALIA Somalia
NOT-RATIFIED
47 SOUTH AFRICA South Africa
RATIFIED
 10 Oct 1997 07 Ene 2000 21 Ene 2000
48 SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan
NOT-RATIFIED
49 SUDAN Sudan
RATIFIED
 24 Ene 2013 30 Jul 2005 18 Jul 2008
50 TANZANIA Tanzania
RATIFIED
 23 Oct 1998 16 Mar 2003 09 Mayo 2003
51 TOGO Togo
RATIFIED
 27 Feb 1992 05 Mayo 1998 18 Mayo 1998
52 TUNISIA Tunisia
NOT-RATIFIED
 16 Jun 1995
53 UGANDA Uganda
RATIFIED
 26 Feb 1992 17 Ago 1994 21 Oct 1994
54 ZAMBIA Zambia
RATIFIED
 28 Feb 1992 02 Dic 2008 10 Feb 2009
55 ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe
RATIFIED
 19 Ene 1995 22 Feb 1995
56 un-assigned UnAssigned
RATIFIED

Reservations

Member State 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