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FSelected conventions related to human rights and migration (by year of ratification)
Year of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenExcel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway 1981
2 Australia 1983
3 Iceland 1985
4 Canada 1981
5 Ireland 1985
6 Netherlands 1991
7 Sweden 1980
8 France 1983
9 Switzerland 1997
10 Japan 1985
11 Luxembourg 1989
12 Finland 1986
13 United States 1980 1
14 Austria 1982
15 Spain 1984
16 Denmark 1983
17 Belgium 1985
18 Italy 1985
19 Liechtenstein 1995
20 New Zealand 1985
21 United Kingdom 1986
22 Germany 1985
23 Singapore 1995
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 1983
26 Korea (Republic of) 1984
27 Israel 1991
28 Andorra 1997
29 Slovenia 1992
30 Brunei Darussalam 2006
31 Kuwait 1994
32 Cyprus 1985
33 Qatar 2009
34 Portugal 1980
35 United Arab Emirates 2004
36 Czech Republic 1993
37 Barbados 1980
38 Malta 1991
39 Bahrain 2002
40 Estonia 1991
41 Poland 1980
42 Slovakia 1993
43 Hungary 1980
44 Chile 1989
45 Croatia 1992
46 Lithuania 1994
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1989
48 Latvia 1992
49 Argentina 1985
50 Uruguay 1981
51 Cuba 1980
52 Bahamas 1993
53 Mexico 1981
54 Costa Rica 1986
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1989
56 Oman 2006
57 Seychelles 1992
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1983
59 Saudi Arabia 2000
60 Panama 1981
61 Bulgaria 1982
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1985
63 Romania 1982
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1990
65 Montenegro 2006
66 Malaysia 1995
67 Serbia 2001
68 Belarus 1981
69 Saint Lucia 1982
70 Albania 1994
71 Russian Federation 1981
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 1994
73 Dominica 1980
74 Grenada 1990
75 Brazil 1984
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
77 Colombia 1982
78 Peru 1982
79 Turkey 1985
80 Ecuador 1981
81 Mauritius 1984
82 Kazakhstan 1998
83 Lebanon 1997
84 Armenia 1993
85 Ukraine 1981
86 Azerbaijan 1995
87 Thailand 1985
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia 1994
90 Dominican Republic 1982
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1981
92 China 1980
93 Belize 1990
94 Samoa 1992
95 Maldives 1993
96 Jordan 1992
97 Suriname 1993
98 Tunisia 1985
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 1984
101 Paraguay 1987
102 Sri Lanka 1981
103 Gabon 1983
104 Algeria 1996
105 Philippines 1981
106 El Salvador 1981
107 Syrian Arab Republic 2003
108 Fiji 1995
109 Turkmenistan 1997
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 1984
112 Honduras 1983
113 Bolivia 1990
114 Guyana 1980
115 Mongolia 1981
116 Viet Nam 1982
117 Moldova 1994
118 Equatorial Guinea 1984
119 Uzbekistan 1995
120 Kyrgyzstan 1997
121 Cape Verde 1980
122 Guatemala 1982
123 Egypt 1981
124 Nicaragua 1981
125 Botswana 1996
126 Vanuatu 1995
127 Tajikistan 1993
128 Namibia 1992
129 South Africa 1995
130 Morocco 1993
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2003
132 Bhutan 1981
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1981
134 India 1993
135 Solomon Islands 2002
136 Congo 1982
137 Cambodia 1992
138 Myanmar 1997
139 Comoros 1994
140 Yemen 1984
141 Pakistan 1996
142 Swaziland 2004
143 Angola 1986
144 Nepal 1991
145 Madagascar 1989
146 Bangladesh 1984
147 Kenya 1984
148 Papua New Guinea 1995
149 Haiti 1981
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1985
152 Ghana 1986
153 Cameroon 1994
154 Mauritania 2001
155 Djibouti 1998
156 Lesotho 1995
157 Uganda 1985
158 Nigeria 1985
159 Togo 1983
160 Malawi 1987
161 Benin 1992
162 Timor-Leste 2003
163 Côte d'Ivoire 1995
164 Zambia 1985
165 Eritrea 1995
166 Senegal 1985
167 Rwanda 1981
168 Gambia 1993
169 Liberia 1984
170 Guinea 1982
171 Ethiopia 1981
172 Mozambique 1997
173 Guinea-Bissau 1985
174 Burundi 1992
175 Chad 1995
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1986
177 Burkina Faso 1987
178 Mali 1985
179 Central African Republic 1991
180 Sierra Leone 1988
181 Afghanistan 2003
182 Niger 1999
Other UN member states
Iraq 1986
Kiribati 2004
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 2001
Marshall Islands 2006
Micronesia (Federated States of) 2004
Monaco 2005
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino 2003
Somalia ..
Tuvalu 1999
Zimbabwe 1991


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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