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Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  - 2007
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 11, 2008

Party
* = non-ILO member
S = Signatory
1 = Based on general declaration concerning treaty obligations prior to independence
2 = Party to 1926 Convention only
** = change in status since 2006 report

 

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Country Slavery ILO
Convention
29
ILO
Convention
87
Genocide ILO
Convention
98
Prisoners
of War
Civilians
in War
Traffic
in
Persons
European
HR
Convention
Political
Rights of
Women
Supplementary
Slavery
Conv.
ILO
Convention
105
Racial
Discrimination
Civil and
Political
Rights
Econ/Soc/Cultural
Rights
UN
Refugee
Convention
UN
Refugee
Protocol
American
HR
Convention
ILO
Convention
138
Geneva
Protocol I
Geneva
Protocol II
CEDAW Torture Rights
of the
Child
ILO
Convention
182
Afghanistan P     P   P P P   P P P P P P P P         S P P  
* Albania P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Algeria P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Andorra       P   P P   P       P P               P P P  
Angola   P P   P P P     P   P   P P P P   P P   P   P P
Antigua &
Barbuda
P P P P P P P     1 P P P     P P   P P P P P P P
Argentina   P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Armenia   P P P P P P   P     P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Australia P P P P P P P     P P P P P P P P     P P P P P P
Austria P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Azerbaijan P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P   P     P P P P
Bahamas P P P P P P P     P P P P     P P   P P P P   P P
Bahrain P P   P   P P       P P P P ** P         P P P P P P
Bangladesh P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P         P P P P P P
Barbados P P P P P P P     P P P P P P     P P P P P   P P
Belarus P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Belgium P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Belize 1 P P P P P P       1 P P P S P P   P P P P P P P
Benin 2 P P   P P P         P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
* Bhutan           P P           S                 P   P  
Bolivia P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Bosnia &
Herzegovina
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Botswana 1 P P   P P P       1 P P P   P P   P P P P P P P
Brazil P P   P P P P P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
* Brunei 1         P P       1                 P P P   P  
Bulgaria 2 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Burkina
Faso
  P P P P P P P       P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Burma P P P P   P P S   S                       P   P  
Burundi   P P P P P P     P   P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Cambodia   P P P P P P S   S P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Cameroon P P P   P P P P     P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Canada P   P P   P P     P P P P P P P P     P P P P P P
Cape Verde   P P   P P P         P P P P   P     P P P P P P
Central
African
Republic
2 P P   P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P   P P
Chad   P P   P P P         P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Chile P P P P P P P     P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
China 2     P   P P     P     P S P P P   P P P P P P P
China
Hong Kong
P     P           P     P                 P P P  
China
Macau from
12-20-99
      P                 P                   P    
China
Macau to
12-19-99
      P       P     P   P P P P P         P P P  
* China
Taiwan only
P     P           P P   P S S                    
Colombia S P P P P P P     P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Comoros   P P P P P P         P P           P P P P S P P
Congo,
Democratic
Republic
  P P P P P P     P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Congo,
Republic
2 P P   P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P   P P
Cook Islands             P P                       P P P      
Costa Rica   P P P P P P     P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Cote D'Ivoire 2 P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Croatia P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Cuba P P P P P P P P   P P P P           P P P P P P  
Cyprus P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Czech
Republic
2 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   ** P P P P P P P
Denmark P P P P P P P S P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Djibouti   P P   P P P P     P P S P P P P   P P P P P P P
Dominica P P P   P P P     1 P P   P P P P P P P P P   P P
Dominican
Republic
S P P S P P P     P P P P P P P P P P P P P S P P
East Timor             P                         P P        
Ecuador P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Egypt P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
El Salvador   P P P P P P     S S P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Equatorial
Guinea
  P P   P P P         P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Eritrea   P P   P P P         P P P P       P     P   P  
Estonia 2 P P P P P P   P     P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Ethiopia P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Fiji P P P P P P P     P P P P     P P   P     P   P P
Finland P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
France P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P   P P P P P P P
Gabon   P P P P P P     P   P P P P P P     P P P P P