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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, AU, 1990

Entry into force: Monday, November 29, 1999

Adoption date: Jul 1, 1990

Adoption place: Adis Abeba

Depositary: Secrétaire Général de l Organisation de l Unité Africaine

Signed by 38 countries, ratified by 41 countries

See the convention Ratifications evolution
Signatory countries
Country Signature date Ratification date * Reservation / Declaration Comments
Algeria

May 21, 1999

Jul 8, 2003

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Angola

-

Apr 11, 1992

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Benin

Feb 27, 1992

Apr 17, 1997

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Botswana

Jul 10, 2001

Jul 10, 2001

-


Burkina Faso

Feb 27, 1992

Jun 8, 1992

-


Burundi

-

Jun 28, 2004

-


Cabo Verde

Feb 27, 1992

Jul 20, 1993

-


Cameroon

Sep 16, 1992

Sep 5, 1997

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Central African Republic

Feb 4, 2003

-

-


Chad

Dec 6, 2004

Mar 30, 2000

-


Comoros

Feb 26, 2004

Mar 18, 2004

-


Congo

Feb 28, 1992

Sep 8, 2006

-


Djibouti

Feb 28, 1992

-

-


Egypt

Jun 30, 1999

May 9, 2001

-


Equatorial Guinea

-

Dec 20, 2002

-


Eritrea

-

Dec 22, 1999

-


Ethiopia

-

Oct 2, 2002

-


Gabon

Feb 27, 1992

May 18, 2007

-


Gambia

-

Dec 14, 2000

-


Ghana

Aug 18, 1997

Jun 10, 2005

-


Guinea

May 22, 1998

May 27, 1999

-


Guinea-Bissau

Mar 8, 2005

-

-


Ivory Coast

Feb 27, 2004

Mar 1, 2002

-


Kenya

-

Jul 25, 2000

-


Lesotho

-

Sep 27, 1999

-


Liberia

May 14, 1992

-

-


Libya

Jun 9, 1998

Sep 23, 2000

-


Madagascar

Feb 27, 1992

Mar 30, 2005

-


Malawi

Jul 13, 1999

Sep 16, 1999

-


Mali

Feb 28, 1996

Jun 3, 1998

-


Mauritania

-

Sep 21, 2005

-


Mauritius

Nov 7, 1991

Feb 14, 1992

-


Mozambique

-

Jul 15, 1998

-


Namibia

Jul 13, 1999

Jul 23, 2004

-


Niger

Jul 13, 1999

Dec 11, 1999

-


Nigeria

Jul 13, 1999

Jul 23, 2001

-


Rwanda

Oct 2, 1991

May 11, 2001

-


Senegal

May 18, 1992

Sep 29, 1998

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Seychelles

Feb 27, 1992

Feb 13, 1992

-


Sierra Leone

Apr 14, 1992

May 13, 2002

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Somalia

Jun 1, 1991

-

-


South Africa

Oct 11, 1997

Jan 7, 2000

-


Swaziland

Jun 29, 1992

-

-


Togo

Feb 27, 1992

May 5, 1998

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Tunisia

Jun 16, 1995

-

-


Uganda

Feb 26, 1992

Aug 17, 1994

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United Republic of Tanzania

Oct 23, 1998

Mar 16, 2003

-


Zambia

Feb 28, 1992

-

-


Zimbabwe

-

Jan 19, 1995

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