Present Status (Ratification)

 

Ratifications

To date, the following 46 states have ratified the UN Migrant Workers Convention:

Albania, 05.06.07 - Europe

Algeria, 21.04.05 - Africa

Argentina, 23.02.07 - Latin America

Azerbaijan, 11.01.99 - Asia

Bangladesh, 24.08.11 - Asia

Belize 14.11.01 - Latin America

Bolivia 12.10.00 - Latin America

Bosnia & Herzegovina 13.12.96 - Europe

Burkina Faso 26.11.03 - Africa

Cape Verde 16.09.97 - Africa

Chile 21.03.05 - Latin America

Colombia 24.05.95 - Latin America

Ecuador 05.02.02 - Latin America

Egypt 19.02.93 - Africa

El Salvador 14.03.03 - Latin America

Ghana 08.09.00 - Africa

Guatemala 14.03.03 - Latin America

Guinea 08.09.00 - Africa

Guyana 07.07.2010 - Latin America

Honduras 11.08.05 - Latin America

Indonesia 31.05.2012 - Asia

Jamaica 25.09.08 - Latin America

Kyrgyzstan 29.09.03 - Asia

Lesotho 16.09.05 - Africa

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 18.06.04 - Africa

Mali 05.06.03 - Africa

Mauritania 22.01.2007 - Africa

Mexico 08.03.99 - Latin America

Morocco 21.06.93 - Africa

Nicaragua 26.10.05 - Latin America

Niger 18.03.09 - Africa

Nigeria 27.07.09 - Africa

Paraguay 23.09.08 - Latin America

Peru 14.09.05 – Latin America

Philippines 05.07.95 - Asia

Rwanda 15.12.08 - Africa

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 29.10.10 - Latin America

Senegal 09.06.99 - Africa

Seychelles 15.12.94 - Africa

Sri Lanka 16.03.96 - Asia

Syrian Arab Republic 02.06.05 - Asia

Tajikistan 08.01.02 - Asia

Timor Leste 30.01.04 - Asia

Turkey 27.09.04 - Europe

Uganda 14.11.95 - Africa

Uruguay 15.02.01 - Latin America

 

Signatures

To date, the following 16 states have signed but not yet ratified the UN Migrant Workers Convention:

Benin 15/09/05 - Africa

Cambodia 27.09.04 - Asia

Cameroon 15.12.09 - Africa

Comoros 22.09.00 - Africa

Congo 29.09.08 - Africa

Gabon 15.12.04 - Africa

Guinea-Bissau 12.09.00 - Africa

Liberia 22.09.04 - Africa

Montenegro 26.10.06 - Europe

Mozambique 15.03.2012 - Africa

Palau 20.09.2011

Sao Tome and Principe 06.09.00 - Africa

Serbia 11.11.04 - Europe

Sierra Leone 15.09.00 - Africa

Togo 15.11.01 – Africa

Venezuela 04.10.2011 - Latin America

 

Declarations and reservations to the UN MW Convention

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