The 1990 International Convention
On the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Ratifications, as of September 2002
STATUS: State Parties: 19
Unratified signatories: 12
20 ratifications / accessions are needed for the Convention to ‘enter into force’ and become effective.[1]
State |
Date of signature |
Date of ratification or accession (a) |
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Azerbaijan |
|
11 Jan 1999a |
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Bangladesh |
7 Oct 1998 |
|
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Belize |
|
14 Nov 2001a |
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Bolivia |
|
12 Oct 2000a |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
13 Dec 1996a |
|
Burkina Faso |
16 Nov 2001 |
|
|
Cape Verde |
|
16 Sept 1997a |
|
Chile |
24 Sept 1993 |
|
|
Colombia |
|
24 May 1995a |
|
Comoros |
22 Sept 2000 |
|
|
Ecuador |
|
5 Feb 2002a |
|
Egypt |
|
19 Feb 1993a |
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Ghana |
7 Sept 2000 |
8 Sept 2000 |
|
Guatemala |
7 Sept 2000 |
|
|
Guinea |
|
8 Sept 2000a |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
12 Sept 2000 |
|
|
Mexico |
22 May 1991 |
8 Mar 1999 |
|
Morocco |
15 Aug 1991 |
21 June 1993 |
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Paraguay |
13 Sept 2000 |
|
|
Philippines |
15 Nov 1993 |
5 July 1995 |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
6 Sept 2000 |
|
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Senegal |
|
9 June 1999a |
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Seychelles |
|
15 Dec 1994a |
|
Sierra Leone |
15 Sept 2000 |
|
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Sri Lanka |
|
11 Mar 1996a |
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Tajikistan |
7 Sept 2000 |
8 Jan 2002 |
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Togo |
15 Nov 2001 |
|
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Turkey |
13 Jan 1999 |
|
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Uganda |
|
14 Nov 1995a |
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Uruguay |
|
15 Feb 2001a |
Signature is a preliminary step to ratification; accession is an “all in one” adoption of the Convention equivalent to ratification in signifying that the Convention standards are incorporated into national law and the country has become a State Party to the Convention.
A status chart, the text of the Convention, and Human Rights Commission resolutions and reports related to migrants rights are available on the website of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at
www.unhchr.ch.
Update by Migrants Rights International, 11 February, 2002
[1] Note: the Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, was adopted by Resolution 45/1581 of 18 December 1990 at the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Convention is open for signature and ratification or accession by all States in accordance with its article 86.