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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 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentExcel

HDI Rank Country 2009
1 Norway 1986
2 Australia 1989
3 Iceland 1996
4 Canada 1987
5 Ireland 2002
6 Netherlands 1988
7 Sweden 1986
8 France 1986
9 Switzerland 1986
10 Japan 1999
11 Luxembourg 1987
12 Finland 1989
13 United States 1994
14 Austria 1987
15 Spain 1987
16 Denmark 1987
17 Belgium 1999
18 Italy 1989
19 Liechtenstein 1990
20 New Zealand 1989
21 United Kingdom 1988
22 Germany 1990
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 1988
26 Korea (Republic of) 1995
27 Israel 1991
28 Andorra 2006
29 Slovenia 1993
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait 1996
32 Cyprus 1991
33 Qatar 2000
34 Portugal 1989
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 1993
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta 1990
39 Bahrain 1998
40 Estonia 1991
41 Poland 1989
42 Slovakia 1993
43 Hungary 1987
44 Chile 1988
45 Croatia 1992
46 Lithuania 1996
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1993
48 Latvia 1992
49 Argentina 1986
50 Uruguay 1986
51 Cuba 1995
52 Bahamas 2008 1
53 Mexico 1986
54 Costa Rica 1993
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1989
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles 1992
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1991
59 Saudi Arabia 1997
60 Panama 1987
61 Bulgaria 1986
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 1990
64 Trinidad and Tobago ..
65 Montenegro 2006
66 Malaysia ..
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 1987
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania 1994
71 Russian Federation 1987
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 1994
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 1989
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
77 Colombia 1987
78 Peru 1988
79 Turkey 1988
80 Ecuador 1988
81 Mauritius 1992
82 Kazakhstan 1998
83 Lebanon 2000
84 Armenia 1993
85 Ukraine 1987
86 Azerbaijan 1996
87 Thailand 2007
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia 1994
90 Dominican Republic 1985 1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2001
92 China 1988
93 Belize 1986
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives 2004
96 Jordan 1991
97 Suriname ..
98 Tunisia 1988
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica ..
101 Paraguay 1990
102 Sri Lanka 1994
103 Gabon 2000
104 Algeria 1989
105 Philippines 1986
106 El Salvador 1996
107 Syrian Arab Republic 2004
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan 1999
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 1998
112 Honduras 1996
113 Bolivia 1999
114 Guyana 1988
115 Mongolia 2002
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova 1995
118 Equatorial Guinea 2002
119 Uzbekistan 1995
120 Kyrgyzstan 1997
121 Cape Verde 1992
122 Guatemala 1990
123 Egypt 1986
124 Nicaragua 2005
125 Botswana 2000
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 1995
128 Namibia 1994
129 South Africa 1998
130 Morocco 1993
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2000 1
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India 1997 1
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 2003
137 Cambodia 1992
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 2000 1
140 Yemen 1991
141 Pakistan 2008 1
142 Swaziland 2004
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 1991
145 Madagascar 2005
146 Bangladesh 1998
147 Kenya 1997
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti ..
150 Sudan 1986 1
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) ..
152 Ghana 2000
153 Cameroon 1986
154 Mauritania 2004
155 Djibouti 2002
156 Lesotho 2001
157 Uganda 1986
158 Nigeria 2001
159 Togo 1987
160 Malawi 1996
161 Benin 1992
162 Timor-Leste 2003
163 Côte d'Ivoire 1995
164 Zambia 1998
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 1986
167 Rwanda 2008
168 Gambia 1985 1
169 Liberia 2004
170 Guinea 1989
171 Ethiopia 1994
172 Mozambique 1999
173 Guinea-Bissau 2000 1
174 Burundi 1993
175 Chad 1995
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1996
177 Burkina Faso 1999
178 Mali 1999
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone 2001
181 Afghanistan 1987
182 Niger 1998
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco 1991
Nauru 2001 1
Palau ..
San Marino 2006
Somalia 1990
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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