Countries

Algeria

Signed (Maputo Protocol) 2003/12/29
Ratified 20/11/2016
Deposited 2017/10/10

Angola

Signed (Maputo Protocol): 22/01/2007
Ratified - 30/08/2007
Deposited - 09/11/2007

Benin

Signed (Maputo Protocol): 11/02/2004
Ratified (Maputo Protocol): 30/09/2005
Deposited - 13/10/2005

Botswana

Not signed

Burkina Faso

Signed: 26/02/2004
Ratified: 09/06/2006
Deposited: 09/08/2006

Burundi

Signed: 03/12/2003
Not ratified

Cameroon

Signed: 25/07/2006
Ratified: 13/09/2012
Deposited: 28/12/2012

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Signed: 17/06/2008
Not ratified

Comoros

Signed: 26/02/2004
Ratified: 18/03/2004
Deposited: 16/04/2004

Congo

Signed: 27/02/2004
Ratified: 14/12/2011
Deposited: 06/08/2012

Côte d'Ivoire

Signed: 27/02/2004
Ratified: 05/10/2011
Deposited: 09/03/2012

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Signed: 05/12/2003
Ratified: 09/06/2008
Deposited: 09/02/2009

Djibouti

Signed: 18/12/2003
Ratified: 02/02/2005
Deposited: 04/02/2005

Egypt

Not signed

Equatorial Guinea

Signed: 30/01/2005
Ratified: 27/10/2009
Deposited: 29/06/2011

Eritrea

Signed: 25/04/2012
Not ratified:

Ethiopia

Signed: 01/06/2004
Not ratified:

Gabon

Signed: 27/01/2005
Ratified: 10/01/2011
Deposited: 10/02/2011

Gambia

Signed:11/09/2003
Ratified: 25/05/2005
Deposited: 06/09/2005

Ghana

Signed: 31/10/2003
Ratified: 13/06/2007
Deposited: 20/07/2007

Guinea

Signed: 16/12/2003
Ratified: 16/04/2012
Deposited: 17/09/2012

Guinea-bissau

Signed: 08/03/2005
Ratified: 19/06/2008
Deposited: 14/10/2008

Kenya

Signed: 17/12/2003
Ratified: 06/10/2010
Deposited: 13/10/2010

Lesotho

Signed: 27/02/2004
Ratified: 26/10/2004
Deposited: 05/11/2004

Liberia

Signed: 16/12/2003
Ratified: 14/12/2007
Deposited: 15/07/2008

Libya

Signed: 05/11/2003
Ratified: 23/05/2004
Deposited: 30/06/2004

Madagascar

Signed: 28/02/2004
Not ratified

Malawi

Signed:
Ratified: 20/05/2005
Deposited: 29/06/2005

Mali

Signed: 09/12/2003
Ratified: 13/01/2005
Deposited: 03/02/2005

Mauritania

Signed:
Ratified: 21/09/2005
Deposited: 14/12/2005

Mauritius

Ratification: 2017/06/06
Deposition: 2017/06/23

Mozambique

Signed: 15/12/2003
Ratified: 09/12/2005
Deposited: 30/12/2005

Namibia

Signed: 09/12/2003
Ratified: 11/08/2004
Deposited: 26/08/2004

Niger

Signed: 06/07/2004
Not ratified

Nigeria

Signed: 16/12/2003
Ratified: 16/12/2004
Deposited: 18/02/2005

Rwanda

Signed: 19/12/2003
Ratified: 25/06/2004
Deposited: 01/07/2004

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Signed: 20/06/2006
Not ratified

Sao Tome and Principe

Signed & Ratified (Maputo Protocol): 18/04/2019|
Deposited 27/06/2019

Senegal

Signed: 26/12/2003
Ratified: 27/12/2004
Deposited: 30/01/2005

Seychelles

Signed: 24/01/2006
Ratified: 09/03/2006
Deposited: 25/04/2006

Sierra Leone

Signed: 09/12/2003
Ratified: 30/10/2015

Somalia

Signed: 23/02/2006
Not ratified

South Africa

Signed: 16/03/2004
Ratified: 17/12/2004
Deposited: 14/01/2005

South Sudan

Signed: 23/02/2006
Not ratified

Eswatini

Signed: 07/12/2004
Ratified: 05/10/2012
Deposited: 06/11/2012

Tanzania

Signed: 05/11/2003
Ratified: 03/03/2007
Deposited: 07/05/2007

Togo

Signed: 30/12/2003
Ratified: 12/10/2005
Deposited: 26/10/2005

Tunisia

Signed (Maputo Protocol): 30/01/2015
Ratified: 23/08/2018
Deposited: 27/09/2018

Uganda

Signed: 18/12/2003
Ratified: 22/07/2010
Deposited: 22/07/2010

Zambia

Signed: 03/08/2005
Ratified: 02/05/2006
Deposited: 07/06/2006

Zimbabwe

Signed: 18/11/2003
Ratified: 15/04/2008
Deposited: 05/09/2008