Relevant International Conventions

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Relevant International Conventions*

Country	Protocol to Prevent, Suppress & Punish Trafficking in Persons		ILO Convention 182, Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children		Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Armed Conflict
	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a)	Ratification	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a)	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a)
Albania	X	X	X
Angola			X
Armenia	X
Austria	X		X	X		X	X
Bahrain			X
Bangladesh			X	X	X	X	X
Belarus	X		X		X (a)
Belgium	X		X	X		X	X
Belize			X	X		X
Benin	X		X	X		X
Bolivia	X			X
Bosnia & Herzegovina	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brazil	X		X	X		X
Brunei
Bulgaria	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Burkina Faso	X	X	X	X		X
Burma
Burundi	X		X			X
Cambodia	X			X	X	X
Cameroon	X		X	X		X
Canada	X	X	X	X		X	X
China, People�s Rep. of			X	X	X	X
Colombia	X			X		X
Congo, Dem. Rep. Of the			X		X	X	X
Costa Rica	X		X	X	X	X	X
C�te D�Ivoire			X
Croatia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cuba				X	X	X
Czech Republic	X		X			X	X
Denmark	X		X	X		X	X
Dominican Republic	X		X			X
El Salvador	X		X	X		X	X
Equatorial Guinea	X	X	X		X (a)
Estonia	X		X
Ethiopia
Finland	X		X	X		X	X
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gabon			X	X		X
Gambia, The	X	X	X	X		X
Georgia	X		X
Germany	X		X	X		X
Ghana			X
Greece	X		X	X		X
Guatemala			X	X	X	X	X
Haiti	X			X		X
Honduras			X		X (a)		X (a)
Hungary	X		X	X		X
India	X
Indonesia	X		X	X		X
Israel	X			X		X
Italy	X		X	X	X	X	X
Jamaica	X			X		X	X
Japan	X		X	X		X
Kazakhstan			X	X	X	X	X
Kenya			X	X		X	X
Korea, Rep. Of	X		X	X		X
Kuwait			X
Kyrgyz Republic	X				X (a)
Laos
Latvia	X			X		X
Lebanon	X		X	X		X
Liberia
Lithuania	X					X	X
Macedonia (fYROM)	X		X	X		X
Malawi			X	X		X
Malaysia			X
Mali	X	X	X		X (a)	X	X
Mauritius			X	X		X
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Moldova, Republic of	X		X	X		X
Morocco			X	X	X	X	X
Mozambique	X				X (a)
Nepal			X	X		X
Netherlands, The	X		X	X		X
Nicaragua			X
Niger	X		X	X
Nigeria	X		X	X		X
North Korea
Norway	X		X	X	X	X
Pakistan			X	X		X
Philippines	X	X	X	X		X
Poland	X		X	X		X
Portugal	X		X	X	X	X
Qatar			X		X (a)		X (a)
Romania	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Russia	X		X			X
Rwanda	X		X		X (a)		X (a)
Saudi Arabia	X		X
Senegal	X		X	X		X
Serbia & Montenegro	X	X		X	X	X	X
Sierra Leone	X			X	X	X	X
Slovak Republic	X		X	X		X
Slovenia	X		X	X		X
South Africa	X		X			X
Spain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sri Lanka	X		X	X		X	X
Sudan			X			X
Suriname				X		X
Sweden	X		X	X		X	X
Switzerland	X		X	X		X	X
Tajikistan		X (a)			X (a)		X (a)
Tanzania	X		X		X(a)
Thailand	X		X
Togo	X		X	X		X
Turkey	X	X	X	X	X	X
Uganda	X		X		X		X (a)
Ukraine	X		X	X		X
United Arab Emirates			X
United Kingdom	X		X	X		X
Uzbekistan	X
Venezuela	X	X		X	X	X
Vietnam			X	X	X	X	X
Zambia			X
Zimbabwe			X

* Ratification determined when State deposits ratification instruments at the international organization

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