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FSelected conventions related to human rights and migration (by year of ratification)
Year of ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationExcel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway 1970
2 Australia 1975
3 Iceland 1967
4 Canada 1970
5 Ireland 2000
6 Netherlands 1971
7 Sweden 1971
8 France 1971
9 Switzerland 1994
10 Japan 1995
11 Luxembourg 1978
12 Finland 1970
13 United States 1994
14 Austria 1972
15 Spain 1968
16 Denmark 1971
17 Belgium 1975
18 Italy 1976
19 Liechtenstein 2000
20 New Zealand 1972
21 United Kingdom 1969
22 Germany 1969
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 1970
26 Korea (Republic of) 1978
27 Israel 1979
28 Andorra 2006
29 Slovenia 1992
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait 1968
32 Cyprus 1967
33 Qatar 1976
34 Portugal 1982
35 United Arab Emirates 1974
36 Czech Republic 1993
37 Barbados 1972
38 Malta 1971
39 Bahrain 1990
40 Estonia 1991
41 Poland 1968
42 Slovakia 1993
43 Hungary 1967
44 Chile 1971
45 Croatia 1992
46 Lithuania 1998
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1988
48 Latvia 1992
49 Argentina 1968
50 Uruguay 1968
51 Cuba 1972
52 Bahamas 1975
53 Mexico 1975
54 Costa Rica 1967
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1968
56 Oman 2003
57 Seychelles 1978
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1967
59 Saudi Arabia 1997
60 Panama 1967
61 Bulgaria 1966
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2006
63 Romania 1970
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1973
65 Montenegro 2006
66 Malaysia ..
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 1969
69 Saint Lucia 1990
70 Albania 1994
71 Russian Federation 1969
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 1994
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada 1981 1
75 Brazil 1968
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
77 Colombia 1981
78 Peru 1971
79 Turkey 2002
80 Ecuador 1966
81 Mauritius 1972
82 Kazakhstan 1998
83 Lebanon 1971
84 Armenia 1993
85 Ukraine 1969
86 Azerbaijan 1996
87 Thailand 2003
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1968
89 Georgia 1999
90 Dominican Republic 1983
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1981
92 China 1981
93 Belize 2001
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives 1984
96 Jordan 1974
97 Suriname 1984
98 Tunisia 1967
99 Tonga 1972
100 Jamaica 1971
101 Paraguay 2003
102 Sri Lanka 1982
103 Gabon 1980
104 Algeria 1972
105 Philippines 1967
106 El Salvador 1979
107 Syrian Arab Republic 1969
108 Fiji 1973
109 Turkmenistan 1994
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 1999
112 Honduras 2002
113 Bolivia 1970
114 Guyana 1977
115 Mongolia 1969
116 Viet Nam 1982
117 Moldova 1993
118 Equatorial Guinea 2002
119 Uzbekistan 1995
120 Kyrgyzstan 1997
121 Cape Verde 1979
122 Guatemala 1983
123 Egypt 1967
124 Nicaragua 1978
125 Botswana 1974
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 1995
128 Namibia 1982
129 South Africa 1998
130 Morocco 1970
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2000 1
132 Bhutan 1973 1
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1974
134 India 1968
135 Solomon Islands 1982
136 Congo 1988
137 Cambodia 1983
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 2004
140 Yemen 1972
141 Pakistan 1966
142 Swaziland 1969
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 1971
145 Madagascar 1969
146 Bangladesh 1979
147 Kenya 2001
148 Papua New Guinea 1982
149 Haiti 1972
150 Sudan 1977
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1972
152 Ghana 1966
153 Cameroon 1971
154 Mauritania 1988
155 Djibouti 2006 1
156 Lesotho 1971
157 Uganda 1980
158 Nigeria 1967
159 Togo 1972
160 Malawi 1996
161 Benin 2001
162 Timor-Leste 2003
163 Côte d'Ivoire 1973
164 Zambia 1972
165 Eritrea 2001
166 Senegal 1972
167 Rwanda 1975
168 Gambia 1978
169 Liberia 1976
170 Guinea 1977
171 Ethiopia 1976
172 Mozambique 1983
173 Guinea-Bissau 2000 1
174 Burundi 1977
175 Chad 1977
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1976
177 Burkina Faso 1974
178 Mali 1974
179 Central African Republic 1971
180 Sierra Leone 1967
181 Afghanistan 1983
182 Niger 1967
Other UN member states
Iraq 1970
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco 1995
Nauru 2001 1
Palau ..
San Marino 2002
Somalia 1975
Tuvalu ..
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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