Human Rights Instruments of the Arab
States and Saudi Arabia
International Human Rights Instruments
signed or ratified by Arab and Islamic Countries, including all
demographically Muslim countries, with the exception of Saudi Arabia.
The International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights have been ratified by Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon,
Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco,
Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.
The International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights has also been ratified by Uganda.
The International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination has been ratified by
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin (s), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad,
Democratic Yemen, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
Turkey (s), Uganda, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women has been signed or ratified by
Afghanistan (s), Bangladesh, Benin (s), Burkina Faso, Cameroon (s), Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia (s), Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan (s),
Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Uganda and Yemen.
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has been signed or ratified by
Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon (s), Gambia (s), Guinea,
Indonesia (s), Libya, Morocco (s), Nigeria (s), Senegal, Sierra Leone (s),
Somalia, Sudan (s), Turkey, and Uganda.
The Convention on the Political Rights of Women has been
ratified by Afghanistan, Albania,
Democratic Yemen, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Indonesia, Lebanon, Libya, Mali,
Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and
Turkey.
The Convention on the Nationality of Married Women has
been ratified by Albania, Guinea (s), Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Pakistan (s),
Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
The Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for
Marriage and Registration of Marriages has been ratified by Benin, Burkina
Faso, Democratic Yemen, Guinea, Mali, and Niger.
The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in
Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others has been
ratified by Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Democratic Yemen, Guinea, Mali, and Niger.
The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in
Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others has been
ratified by Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea, Iran (s), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya,
Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Syria, and Yemen.
The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right
to Organise Convention (ILO Convention No.87) has been ratified by
Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Egypt, Gahon, Guinea, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Yemen.
The Right to Organise and Collective
Bargaining Convention (ILO Convention No.98) has been ratified by Albania,
Algeria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, Gabon,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia,
Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan,
Syria, Turkey, Uganda, and Yemen.
Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights
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