No Country /Pays Date of/de Signature Date of/ de Ratification/ Accession Date Deposited/ Date de Depot 1 Algeria 21/05/1999 08/07/2003 24/09/2003 2 Angola 27/01/2012 11/04/1992 07/10/1999 3 Benin 27/02/1992 17/04/1997 30/05/1997 4 Botswana 10/07/2001 10/07/2001 10/07/2001 5 Burkina Faso 27/02/1992 08/06/1992 10/07/1992 6 Burundi 21/05/2004 28/06/2004 24/08/2004 7 Cameroon 16/09/1992 05/09/1997 23/06/1999 8 Central African Rep. 04/02/2003 07/07/2016 01/08/2016 9 Cape Verde 27/02/1992 20/07/1993 01/09/1993 10 Chad 06/12/2004 30/03/2000 04/04/2000 11 Côte d’Ivoire 27/02/2004 01/03/2002 18/06/2007 12 Comoros 26/02/2004 18/03/2004 16/04/2004 13 Congo 28/02/1992 08/09/2006 10/10/2006 14 Djibouti 28/02/1992 03/01/2011 25/01/2011 15 Democratic Rep. of Congo 02/02/2010 16 Egypt 30/06/1999 17 Equatorial Guinea 18 19 20 Gabon 21 Gambia 22 Ghana 23 24 25 Kenya 26 Libya 27 Lesotho - - 09/05/2001 22/05/2001 - 20/12/2002 19/02/2003 Eritrea - 22/12/1999 25/01/2000 Ethiopia - 02/10/2002 27/12/2002 18/05/2007 12/06/2007 14/12/2000 30/03/2001 18/08/1997 10/06/2005 15/07/2005 Guinea-Bissau 08/03/2005 19/06/2008 14/10/2008 Guinea 22/05/1998 27/05/1999 21/01/2000 25/07/2000 10/08/2000 23/09/2000 03/11/2000 27/09/1999 29/10/1999 27/02/1992 - 09/06/1998 - AFRICAN CHARTER on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 31

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