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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 on the Rights of the ChildExcel

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


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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