STATELESSNESS AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
Appendix II: Status of UN treaties
Treaties relating to statelessness
Dates of ratification/accession available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ParticipationStatus.aspx
COUNTRY
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless
Persons 1954
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
1961
Burundi
National
Assembly
approved National
Assembly
approved
accession bill 19 September 2018
accession bill 19 September 2018
Kenya
No action
No action
Rwanda
Acceded 4 Oct 2006
Acceded 4 Oct 2006
South Sudan
No action
No action
Tanzania
No action
No action
Uganda
Acceded 15 Apr 1965
No action
Treaties providing for the right to a nationality
Dates of ratification/accession available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ParticipationStatus.aspx
Country
CCPR
CEDAW
CERD
CRC
CMW
Burundi
9 May 1990
8 Jan 1992
27 Oct 1977
19 Oct 1990
--
Kenya
1 May 1972
9 Mar 1984
13 Sep 2001
20 Jul 1990
--
Rwanda
16 Apr 1975
2 Mar 1981
16 Apr 1975
24 Jan 1991
15 Dec 2008
--
30 Apr 2015
--
23 Jan 2015
--
Tanzania
17 Jun 1991
20 Aug 1985
27 Oct 1972
10 Jun 1991
--
Uganda
21 Jun 1995
22 Jul 1985
21 Nov 1980
17 Aug 1990
14 Nov 1995
South Sudan
CCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979
CERD: Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
CMW: Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990
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