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Overcoming barriers:
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Human Development Report 2009

FSelected conventions related to human rights and migration (by year of ratification)
Year of ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeExcel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway 2003
2 Australia 2005
3 Iceland 2000 1
4 Canada 2002
5 Ireland 2000 1
6 Netherlands 2005
7 Sweden 2004
8 France 2002
9 Switzerland 2006
10 Japan 2002 1
11 Luxembourg 2009
12 Finland 2006
13 United States 2005
14 Austria 2005
15 Spain 2002
16 Denmark 2003
17 Belgium 2004
18 Italy 2006
19 Liechtenstein 2008
20 New Zealand 2002
21 United Kingdom 2006
22 Germany 2006
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 2000 1
26 Korea (Republic of) 2000 1
27 Israel 2008
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 2004
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait 2006
32 Cyprus 2003
33 Qatar 2009
34 Portugal 2004
35 United Arab Emirates 2009
36 Czech Republic 2002 1
37 Barbados 2001 1
38 Malta 2003
39 Bahrain 2004
40 Estonia 2004
41 Poland 2003
42 Slovakia 2004
43 Hungary 2006
44 Chile 2004
45 Croatia 2003
46 Lithuania 2003
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia 2004
49 Argentina 2002
50 Uruguay 2005
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas 2008
53 Mexico 2003
54 Costa Rica 2003
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2004
56 Oman 2005
57 Seychelles 2004
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2002
59 Saudi Arabia 2007
60 Panama 2004
61 Bulgaria 2001
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2004
63 Romania 2002
64 Trinidad and Tobago 2007
65 Montenegro 2006
66 Malaysia 2009
67 Serbia 2001
68 Belarus 2003
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania 2002
71 Russian Federation 2004
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2005
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada 2004
75 Brazil 2004
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002
77 Colombia 2004
78 Peru 2002
79 Turkey 2003
80 Ecuador 2002
81 Mauritius 2003
82 Kazakhstan 2008
83 Lebanon 2005
84 Armenia 2003
85 Ukraine 2004
86 Azerbaijan 2003
87 Thailand 2001 1
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia 2006
90 Dominican Republic 2008
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2002 1
92 China ..
93 Belize 2003
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname 2007
98 Tunisia 2003
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 2003
101 Paraguay 2004
102 Sri Lanka 2000 1
103 Gabon ..
104 Algeria 2004
105 Philippines 2002
106 El Salvador 2004
107 Syrian Arab Republic 2000 1
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan 2005
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 2000 1
112 Honduras 2008
113 Bolivia 2006
114 Guyana 2004
115 Mongolia 2008
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova 2005
118 Equatorial Guinea 2003
119 Uzbekistan 2008
120 Kyrgyzstan 2003
121 Cape Verde 2004
122 Guatemala 2004
123 Egypt 2004
124 Nicaragua 2004
125 Botswana 2002
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 2002
128 Namibia 2002
129 South Africa 2004
130 Morocco ..
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2006
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2003
134 India 2002 1
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 2000 1
137 Cambodia 2007
138 Myanmar 2004
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen ..
141 Pakistan ..
142 Swaziland 2001 1
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal ..
145 Madagascar 2005
146 Bangladesh ..
147 Kenya 2005
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti 2000 1
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 2006
152 Ghana ..
153 Cameroon 2006
154 Mauritania 2005
155 Djibouti 2005
156 Lesotho 2003
157 Uganda 2000 1
158 Nigeria 2001
159 Togo 2009
160 Malawi 2005
161 Benin 2004
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia 2005
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 2003
167 Rwanda 2003
168 Gambia 2003
169 Liberia 2004
170 Guinea 2004
171 Ethiopia ..
172 Mozambique 2006
173 Guinea-Bissau 2007
174 Burundi 2000 1
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005
177 Burkina Faso 2002
178 Mali 2002
179 Central African Republic 2006
180 Sierra Leone 2001 1
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 2004
Other UN member states
Iraq 2009
Kiribati 2005
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco 2001
Nauru 2001 1
Palau ..
San Marino 2000 1
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..


Notes :
Data refer to the year of ratification, accession or succession unless otherwise specified. All these stages have the same legal effect. Bold signifies signature not yet followed by ratification. Data are as of June 2009. l: Ratified, m: Signed not yet ratified.
1 - Signed not yet followed by ratification


Sources :
UN (2009b). "Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General." http://untreaty.un.org. Accessed June 2009.


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