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 94 UNHCR / September 2018