Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions

COUNTRY	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Slavery	ILO Convention 29	ILO Convention 87	Genocide	ILO Convention 98	Prisoners of War	Civilians in War	Traffic in Persons	European HR Convention	Political Rights of Women	Supplemental Slavery Conv.	ILO Convention 105	Racial Discrimination	Civil and Political Rights	Econ/Soc/Cultural Rights	UN Refugee Convention	UN Refugee Protocol	American HR Convention	ILO Convention 138	Geneva Protocol I	Geneva Protocol II	CEDAW	Torture	Rights of the Child	ILO Convention 182
Afghanistan	P			P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P					S	P	P
* Albania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Algeria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Andorra				P		P	P		P				P	P								P	P	P
Angola		P	P		P	P	P			P		P		P	P	P	P		P	P		P		P	P
Antigua & Barbuda	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			1	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Argentina		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Armenia		P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Australia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Austria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Azerbaijan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Bahamas	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Bahrain	P	P		P		P	P				P	P	P	P						P	P	P	P	P	P
Bangladesh	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P
Barbados	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Belarus	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Belgium	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Belize	1	P	P	P	P	P	P				1	P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Benin	2	P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Bhutan						P	P						S									P		P
Bolivia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bosnia & Herzegovina	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Botswana	1	P	P		P	P	P				1	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Brazil	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Brunei	1					P	P				1									P	P	P		P
Bulgaria	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Burkina Faso		P	P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Burma	P	P	P	P		P	P	S		S												P		P
Burundi		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cambodia		P	P	P	P	P	P	S		S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cameroon	P	P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Canada	P		P	P		P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Cape Verde		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Central African Republic	2	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Chad		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Chile	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
China	2			P		P	P			P			P	S	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
China Hong Kong	P			P						P			P									P	P	P
China Macau from 12-20-99				P									P										P
China Macau to 12-19-99				P				P			P		P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P
* China Taiwan only	P			P						P	P		P	S	S
Colombia	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Comoros		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P	S	P	P
Congo, Democratic Republic		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Congo, Republic	2	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Cook Islands						P	P													P	P	P
Costa Rica		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cote D'Ivoire	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Croatia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Cuba	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P						P	P	P	P	P	P
Cyprus	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Czech Republic	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Denmark	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Djibouti		P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	S	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Dominica	P	P	P		P	P	P			1	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Dominican Republic	S	P	P	S	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P
East Timor							P													P	P
Ecuador	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Egypt	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
El Salvador		P	P	P	P	P	P			S	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Equatorial Guinea		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Eritrea		P	P		P	P	P					P	P	P	P				P			P		P
Estonia	2	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Ethiopia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Fiji	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P			P	P		P			P		P	P
Finland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
France	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Gabon		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Gambia	1	P	P	P	P	P	P				1	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	S	P	P
Georgia		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Germany	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ghana	2	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Greece	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Grenada	1	P	P	1	P	P	P			1	1	P	S	P	P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Guatemala	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Guinea	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Guinea-Bissau		P			P	P	P					P	S	S	P	P	P			P	P	P	S	P
Guyana	1	P	P		P	P	P				1	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Haiti	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P		P
Holy See						P	P						P			P	P			P	P		P	P
Honduras		P	P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Hungary	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Iceland		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
India	P	P		P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P							P	S	P
Indonesia		P	P		P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
Iran	S	P		P		P	P	S			P	P	P	P	P	P	P			S	S			P	P
Iraq	P	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P			P		P	P
Ireland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Israel	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Italy	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Jamaica	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P
Japan		P	P		P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Jordan	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kazakhstan		P	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kenya		P			P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Kiribati	1	P	P		P	P	P			1	1	P		1	1		1					P		P
* Korea, Democratic Rep. of				P		P	P							P	P					P		P		P
* Korea, Republic of				P		P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kuwait	P	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Kyrgyzstan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Laos		P		P		P	P	P		P	P		P	S	S				P	P	P	P		P	P
Latvia	2		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lebanon	2	P		P	P	P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lesotho	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Liberia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Libya	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Liechtenstein				P		P	P		P				P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Lithuania	S	P	P	P	P	P	P		P			P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Luxembourg		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Macedonia	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Madagascar	P	P	P		P	P	P	S		P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malawi	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malaysia		P		P	P	P	P				P								P			P		P	P
* Maldives				P		P	P						P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P
Mali	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Malta	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Marshall Islands							P															P		P
Mauritania	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mauritius	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mexico	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P
* Micronesia						P	P													P	P	P		P
Moldova		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Monaco	P			P		P	P		S				P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P
Mongolia	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P		P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Montenegro	P			P		P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Morocco	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	S	S	P	P	P	P
Mozambique		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Namibia		P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Nauru						P	P						S	S						P	P		S	P
Nepal	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
Netherlands	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
New Zealand	P	P		P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Nicaragua	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Niger	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Nigeria	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Niue																								P
Norway	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Oman		P				P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P		P	P
Pakistan	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		S				P	S	S	P		P	P
Palau						P	P													P	P			P
Panama	S	P	P	P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Papua New Guinea	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	P			P	P		P			P		P	P
Paraguay		P	P	P	P	P	P			P		P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Peru		P	P	P	P	P	P			P	S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Philippines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	S	P	P	P	P	P
Poland	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Portugal	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Qatar		P				P	P						P						P	P	P		P	P	P
Romania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Russia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Rwanda		P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
* Samoa						P	P									P	P			P	P	P		P
San Marino		P	P		P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P				P	P	P		P	P	P
Sao Tome & Principe		P	P		P	P	P					P	S	S	S	P	P		P	P	P	S	S	P	P
Saudi Arabia	P	P		P		P	P				P	P	P							P	P	P	P	P	P
Senegal	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Serbia		P	P		P		P		P			P							P	P		P			P
Seychelles	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sierra Leone	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Singapore		P		P	P	P	P	P			P								P			P		P	P
Slovak Republic	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Slovenia		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Solomon Islands	P	P				P	P			P	P		1		1	P	P			P	P	P		P
Somalia		P				P	P					P	P	P	P	P	P						P	S
* South Africa	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		S		P	P	P	S	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Spain	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sri Lanka	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
* St. Kitts & Nevis	1	P	P		P	P	P			1	1	P	P			P			P	P	P	P		P	P
St. Lucia	P	P	P	1	P	P	P			1	P	P	P							P	P	P		P	P
* St. Vincent & the Grenadines	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sudan	P	P			P	P	P				P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		S	P	P
Suriname	2	P	P		P	P	P			1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P
Swaziland	1	P	P		P	P	P			P	1	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sweden	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Switzerland	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Syria	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P				P	P			P	P	P
* Tajikistan		P	P		P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tanzania	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Thailand		P				P	P			P		P	P	P	P				P			P		P	P
Togo	2	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Tonga	1			P		P	P			1	1	1	P							P	P			P
Trinidad & Tobago	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P
Tunisia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Turkey	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	S	S	P	P		P			P	P	P	P
Turkmenistan	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
* Tuvalu	1					P	P			1	1			1		P	P					P		P
Uganda	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ukraine	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
United Arab Emirates		P		P		P	P					P	P						P	P	P	P		P	P
United Kingdom	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
United States	P			P		P	P			P	P	P	P	P	S		P	S		S	S	S	P	S	P
Uruguay	S	P	P	P	P	P	P			S	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Uzbekistan		P		P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P					P	P	P	P	P
* Vanuatu			P		P	P	P				1	P								P	P	P		P	P
Venezuela		P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
* Vietnam	P			P		P	P						P	P	P				P	P		P		P	P
Yemen	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P		P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
former Yugoslavia	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P
Zambia	P	P	P		P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Zimbabwe	1	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P		P	P