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International Conventions Relevant to Combating Trafficking in Persons

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Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

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The chart below shows the Ratification, Accession (a), or Acceptance (A) of relevant international conventions for those countries that have ratified, acceded to, or accepted any such conventions.

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Country UN Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress & Punish
Trafficking in Persons		 ILO
Convention 182,
Elimination of Worst
Forms of Child Labour		 Optional Protocol to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child on the Sale
of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography		 Optional Protocol to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child in Armed Conflict 		ILO
Convention 29,
Forced
Labour 		ILO
Convention 105,
Abolition of Forced
Labour		 ILO
Convention
189,
Domestic
Workers,
2011
Signature Ratification,
Accession (a), or Acceptance (A)		 Ratification Signature Ratification, Accession (a) Signature Ratification, Accession (a) Ratification Ratification Ratification
Afghanistan

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

Albania

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Algeria

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Angola

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Antigua & Barbuda

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Argentina

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Armenia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Australia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Austria

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Azerbaijan

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Bahamas, The

X

X

X

 X(a) X(a)

X

X

Bahrain

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Bangladesh X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Barbados

X

X

X

X

X

Belarus

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Belgium

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Belize

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Benin

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Bhutan X(a)

X

X

X

X
Bolivia

X

X

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X
Bosnia & Herzegovina

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Botswana

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Brazil

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Brunei X(a)

X

X(a)

 X(a) X (will enter into force on Jun. 12, 2024)
Bulgaria

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Burkina Faso

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Burma

X(a)

X

X(a)

 X

X
Burundi

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Cabo Verde

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Cambodia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cameroon

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Canada

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Central African Rep.

X(a)

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X

Chad

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Chile

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
China (PRC)

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

 X

X

Colombia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Comoros X(a)

X

X(a)

X

X

Congo (DRC)

X(a)

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Congo, Rep. of

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Costa Rica

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Cote d’Ivoire

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Croatia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cuba

X(a)

 X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cyprus

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Czech Republic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Denmark

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Djibouti

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dominican Republic

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X
Ecuador

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Egypt

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

El Salvador

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Equatorial Guinea

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

Eritrea

X(a)

 X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Estonia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ethiopia

X(a)

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Fiji X(a)

X

X

 X

X

 X

X

X

Finland

X

X(A)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
France

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gabon

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gambia, The

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Georgia

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Germany

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Ghana

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Greece

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Guatemala

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Guinea

X(a)

X

X(a)

 X(a)

X

X

Guinea-Bissau

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Guyana

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

X
Haiti

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Honduras

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Hungary

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Iceland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

India

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Indonesia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Iran

X

X(a)

X

X

X

Iraq

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Ireland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Israel

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Italy

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Jamaica

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Japan

X

 X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jordan

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kazakhstan

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kenya

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kiribati

X(a)

X

 X(a) X(a)

X

X

Korea (DPRK)

X

X
Korea, Rep. Of

X

 X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

Kuwait

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Kyrgyz Republic

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Laos

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

Latvia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lebanon

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lesotho

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Liberia

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

Libya

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Lithuania

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Luxembourg

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Macedonia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Madagascar

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Malawi

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Malaysia

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

Maldives X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mali

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Malta

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Marshall Islands X X(a)
Mauritania

X(a)

X

X(a)

X

X

Mauritius

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Mexico

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Micronesia (FSM)

X(a)

X

X

X

 X
Moldova

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mongolia

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Montenegro

X(d)

X

X(d)

X(d)

X

X

Morocco

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Mozambique

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Namibia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Nepal X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Netherlands

X

X(A)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

New Zealand

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Nicaragua

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

X
Niger

X

X

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

Nigeria

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Norway

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Oman

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Pakistan X(a)

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X
Palau X(a) X
Panama

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Papua New Guinea

X

X

X

Paraguay

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Peru

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philippines

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Poland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Portugal

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Qatar

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Romania

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Russia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Rwanda

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

St. Lucia

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

St. Maarten

X

X

St. Vincent & the Gren.

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Saudi Arabia

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Senegal

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Serbia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Seychelles

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sierra Leone

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Singapore X(a)

X

X

X

X
Slovak Republic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Slovenia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Solomon Islands

X

X

 X(a)

X

 X

X

X

Somalia

X

X

X

X

South Africa

X

X

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X
South Sudan

X

 X(a) X(a)

X

X

Spain

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X (will enter into force Feb. 29, 2024)
Sri Lanka

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sudan

X(a)

X

X(a)

X

X

X

X

Suriname

X(a)

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X

Swaziland

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Sweden

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Switzerland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Syria

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Tajikistan

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Tanzania

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Thailand

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Timor-Leste

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X
Togo

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tonga X
Trinidad & Tobago

X

X

X

X

X

Tunisia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Turkey

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Turkmenistan

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Uganda

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Ukraine

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

United Arab Emirates

X(a)

X

 X(a)

X

X

United Kingdom

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

United States

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Uruguay

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Uzbekistan

X

X

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Venezuela

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Vietnam

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Yemen

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

Zambia

X(a)

X

X

X

X

X

Zimbabwe

X(a)

X

X(a)

X(a)

X

X

 

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