REFUGEES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
UNHCR, APRIL 2023
Accession to international treaties
UN statelessness conventions
Dates of ratification/accession available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ParticipationStatus.aspx
COUNTRY
Convention relating to the Status of Convention on the Reduction of
Stateless Persons 1954
Statelessness 1961
DRC
Pledge to accede
Pledge to accede
Rwanda
Acceded 4 Oct 2006
Acceded 4 Oct 2006
Uganda
Acceded 15 Apr 1965
Pledge to accede
UN conventions providing for the right to a nationality
Dates of ratification/accession available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ParticipationStatus.aspx
Country
CERD
CCPR
CEDAW
CRC
CMW
CRPD
DRC
17 Oct 1986
21 Apr 1976
1 Nov 1976
27 Sep 1990
--
30 Sep 2015
Rwanda
16 Apr 1975
16 Apr 1975
2 Mar 1981
24 Jan 1991
15 Dec 2008
15 Dec 2008
Uganda
21 Nov 1980
21 Jun 1995
22 Jul 1985
17 Aug 1990
14 Nov 1995
25 Sep 2008
CERD: Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
CCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979
CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
CMW: Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990
CRPD: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
AU treaties
Date of ratification/accession available at: http://www.au.int/en/treaties
Country
ACHPR
Protocol on the Rights of
Women in Africa
ACRWC
DRC
22 July 1987
9 Jun 2008
8 Dec 2020
Rwanda
15 Jul 1983
25 Jun 2004
11 May 2001
Uganda
10 May 1986
22 Jul 2010
17 Aug 1994
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