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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 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Excel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Netherlands ..
7 Sweden ..
8 France ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland ..
13 United States ..
14 Austria ..
15 Spain ..
16 Denmark ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Italy ..
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom ..
22 Germany ..
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Israel ..
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic ..
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Hungary ..
44 Chile 2005
45 Croatia ..
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina 2007
50 Uruguay 2001
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 1999
54 Costa Rica ..
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2004
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles 1994
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama ..
61 Bulgaria ..
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania ..
64 Trinidad and Tobago ..
65 Montenegro 2006 1
66 Malaysia ..
67 Serbia 2004 1
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania 2007
71 Russian Federation ..
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) ..
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil ..
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1996
77 Colombia 1995
78 Peru 2005
79 Turkey 2004
80 Ecuador 2002
81 Mauritius ..
82 Kazakhstan ..
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia ..
85 Ukraine ..
86 Azerbaijan 1999
87 Thailand ..
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia ..
90 Dominican Republic ..
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China ..
93 Belize 2001
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname ..
98 Tunisia ..
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 2008
101 Paraguay 2008
102 Sri Lanka 1996
103 Gabon 2004 1
104 Algeria 2005
105 Philippines 1995
106 El Salvador 2003
107 Syrian Arab Republic 2005
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 2004 1
112 Honduras 2005
113 Bolivia 2000
114 Guyana 2005 1
115 Mongolia ..
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova ..
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 2003
121 Cape Verde 1997
122 Guatemala 2003
123 Egypt 1993
124 Nicaragua 2005
125 Botswana ..
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 2002
128 Namibia ..
129 South Africa ..
130 Morocco 1993
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2000 1
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India ..
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 2008 1
137 Cambodia 2004 1
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 2000 1
140 Yemen ..
141 Pakistan ..
142 Swaziland ..
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal ..
145 Madagascar ..
146 Bangladesh 1998 1
147 Kenya ..
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti ..
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) ..
152 Ghana 2000
153 Cameroon ..
154 Mauritania 2007
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 2005
157 Uganda 1995
158 Nigeria ..
159 Togo 2001 1
160 Malawi ..
161 Benin 2005 1
162 Timor-Leste 2004
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia ..
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 1999
167 Rwanda 2008
168 Gambia ..
169 Liberia 2004 1
170 Guinea 2000
171 Ethiopia ..
172 Mozambique ..
173 Guinea-Bissau 2000 1
174 Burundi ..
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso 2003
178 Mali 2003
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone 2000 1
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 2009
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
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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