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
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