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Overcoming barriers:
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FSelected conventions related to human rights and migration (by year of ratification)
Year of ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of RefugeesExcel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway 1953
2 Australia 1954
3 Iceland 1955
4 Canada 1969
5 Ireland 1956
6 Netherlands 1956
7 Sweden 1954
8 France 1954
9 Switzerland 1955
10 Japan 1981
11 Luxembourg 1953
12 Finland 1968
13 United States ..
14 Austria 1954
15 Spain 1978
16 Denmark 1952
17 Belgium 1953
18 Italy 1954
19 Liechtenstein 1957
20 New Zealand 1960
21 United Kingdom 1954
22 Germany 1953
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 1960
26 Korea (Republic of) 1992
27 Israel 1954
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 1992
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 1963
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 1960
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 1993
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta 1971
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia 1997
41 Poland 1991
42 Slovakia 1993
43 Hungary 1989
44 Chile 1972
45 Croatia 1992
46 Lithuania 1997
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1995
48 Latvia 1997
49 Argentina 1961
50 Uruguay 1970
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas 1993
53 Mexico 2000
54 Costa Rica 1978
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles 1980
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 1978
61 Bulgaria 1993
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2002
63 Romania 1991
64 Trinidad and Tobago 2000
65 Montenegro 2006
66 Malaysia ..
67 Serbia 2001
68 Belarus 2001
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania 1992
71 Russian Federation 1993
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 1994
73 Dominica 1994
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 1960
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
77 Colombia 1961
78 Peru 1964
79 Turkey 1962
80 Ecuador 1955
81 Mauritius ..
82 Kazakhstan 1999
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 1993
85 Ukraine 2002
86 Azerbaijan 1993
87 Thailand ..
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1976
89 Georgia 1999
90 Dominican Republic 1978
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1993
92 China 1982
93 Belize 1990
94 Samoa 1988
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname 1978
98 Tunisia 1957
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 1964
101 Paraguay 1970
102 Sri Lanka ..
103 Gabon 1964
104 Algeria 1963
105 Philippines 1981
106 El Salvador 1983
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji 1972
109 Turkmenistan 1998
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia ..
112 Honduras 1992
113 Bolivia 1982
114 Guyana ..
115 Mongolia ..
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova 2002
118 Equatorial Guinea 1986
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 1996
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala 1983
123 Egypt 1981
124 Nicaragua 1980
125 Botswana 1969
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 1993
128 Namibia 1995
129 South Africa 1996
130 Morocco 1956
131 Sao Tome and Principe 1978
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India ..
135 Solomon Islands 1995
136 Congo 1962
137 Cambodia 1992
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen 1980
141 Pakistan ..
142 Swaziland 2000
143 Angola 1981
144 Nepal ..
145 Madagascar 1967
146 Bangladesh ..
147 Kenya 1966
148 Papua New Guinea 1986
149 Haiti 1984
150 Sudan 1974
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1964
152 Ghana 1963
153 Cameroon 1961
154 Mauritania 1987
155 Djibouti 1977
156 Lesotho 1981
157 Uganda 1976
158 Nigeria 1967
159 Togo 1962
160 Malawi 1987
161 Benin 1962
162 Timor-Leste 2003
163 Côte d'Ivoire 1961
164 Zambia 1969
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 1963
167 Rwanda 1980
168 Gambia 1966
169 Liberia 1964
170 Guinea 1965
171 Ethiopia 1969
172 Mozambique 1983
173 Guinea-Bissau 1976
174 Burundi 1963
175 Chad 1981
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1965
177 Burkina Faso 1980
178 Mali 1973
179 Central African Republic 1962
180 Sierra Leone 1981
181 Afghanistan 2005
182 Niger 1961
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco 1954
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia 1978
Tuvalu 1986
Zimbabwe 1981

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