International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16 December 1966

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23 March 1976, in accordance with article 49, for all provisions except those of article 41; 28 March 1979 for the provisions of article 41 (Human Rights Committee), in accordance with paragraph 2 of the said article 41.

REGISTRATION: 23 March 1976, No. 14668.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171 and vol. 1057, p. 407 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic Spanish text).

STATUS: Signatories: 60. Parties: 144.

Note: The Covenant was opened for signature at New York on 19 December 1966.

Participant

Signature

Ratification, accession (a), succession (d)

Afghanistan 24 Jan 1983 a

Albania 4 Oct 1991 a

Algeria 10 Dec 1968 12 Sep 1989

Angola 10 Jan 1992 a

Argentina 19 Feb 1968 8 Aug 1986

Armenia 23 June 1993 a

Australia 18 Dec 1972 13 Aug 1980

Austria 10 Dec 1973 10 Sep 1978

Azerbaijan 13 Aug 1992 a

Barbados 5 Jan 1973 a

Belarus 19 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973

Belgium 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983

Belize 10 Jun 1996 a

Benin 12 Mar 1992 a

Bolivia 12 Aug 1982 a

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Sep 1993 d

Brazil 24 Jan 1992 a

Bulgaria 8 Oct 1968 21 Sep 1970

Burkina Faso 4 Jan 1999 a

Burundi 9 May 1990 a

Cambodia 1, 2 17 Oct 1980 26 May 1992 a

Cameroon 27 Jun 1984 a

Canada 19 May 1976 a

Cape Verde 6 Aug 1993 a

Central African
Republic 8 May 1981 a

Chad 9 Jun 1995 a

Chile 16 Sep 1969 10 Feb 1972

China 3 5 Oct 1998

Colombia 21 Dec 1966 29 Oct 1969

Congo 5 Oct 1983 a

Costa Rica 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968

Côte d'Ivoire 26 Mar 1992 a

Croatia 12 Oct 1992 d

Cyprus 19 Dec 1966 2 Apr 1969

Czech Republic4 22 Feb 1993 d

Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5 14 Sep 1981 a

Democratic Republic
of the Congo 1 Nov 1976 a

Denmark 20 Mar 1968 6 Jan 1972

Dominica 17 Jun 1993 a

Dominican Republic 4 Jan 1978 a

Ecuador 4 Apr 1968 6 Mar 1969

Egypt 4 Aug 1967 14 Jan 1982

El Salvador 21 Sep 1967 30 Nov 1979

Equatorial Guinea 25 Sep 1987 a

Estonia 21 Oct 1991 a

Ethiopia 11 Jun 1993 a

Finland 11 Oct 1967 19 Aug 1975

France 4 Nov 1980 a

Gabon 21 Jan 1983 a

Gambia 22 Mar 1979 a

Georgia 3 May 1994 a

Germany 6, 7 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973

Greece 5 May 1997 a

Grenada 6 Sep 1991 a

Guatemala 5 May 1992 a

Guinea 28 Feb 1967 24 Jan 1978

Guyana 22 Aug 1968 15 Feb 1977

Haiti 6 Feb 1991 a

Honduras 19 Dec 1966 25 Aug 1997

Hungary 25 Mar 1969 17 Jan 1974

Iceland 30 Dec 1968 22 Aug 1979

India 10 Apr 1979 a

Iran (Islamic
Republic of) 4 Apr 1968 24 Jun 1975

Iraq 18 Feb 1969 25 Jan 1971

Ireland 1 Oct 1973 8 Dec 1989

Israel 19 Dec 1966 3 Oct 1991

Italy 18 Jan 1967 15 Sep 1978

Jamaica 19 Dec 1966 3 Oct 1975

Japan 30 May 1978 21 Jun 1979

Jordan 30 Jun 1972 28 May 1975

Kenya 1 May 1972 a

Kuwait 21 May 1996 a

Kyrgyzstan 7 Oct 1994 a

Latvia 14 Apr 1992 a

Lebanon 3 Nov 1972 a

Lesotho 9 Sep 1992 a

Liberia 18 Apr 1967

Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya 15 May 1970 a

Liechtenstein 10 Dec 1998 a

Lithuania 20 Nov 1991 a

Luxembourg 26 Nov 1974 18 Aug 1983

Madagascar 17 Sep 1969 21 Jun 1971

Malawi 22 Dec 1993 a

Mali 16 Jul 1974 a

Malta 13 Sep 1990 a

Mauritius 12 Dec 1973 a

Mexico 23 Mar 1981 a

Monaco 26 Jun 1997 28 Aug 1997

Mongolia 5 Jun 1968 18 Nov 1974

Morocco 19 Jan 1977 3 May 1979

Mozambique 21 Jul 1993 a

Namibia 28 Nov 1994 a

Nepal 14 May 1991 a

Netherlands 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978

New Zealand 12 Nov 1968 28 Dec 1978

Nicaragua 12 Mar 1980 a

Niger 7 Mar 1986 a

Nigeria 29 Jul 1993 a

Norway 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972

Panama 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977

Paraguay 10 Jun 1992 a

Peru 11 Aug 1977 28 Apr 1978

Philippines 19 Dec 1966 23 Oct 1986

Poland 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977

Portugal 7 Oct 1976 15 Jun 1978

Republic of Korea 10 Apr 1990 a

Republic of Moldova 26 Jan 1993 a

Romania 27 Jun 1968 9 Dec 1974

Russian Federation 18 Mar 1968 16 Oct 1973

Rwanda 16 Apr 1975 a

Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines 9 Nov 1981 a

San Marino 18 Oct 1985 a

Sao Tome
and Principe 31 Oct 1995

Senegal 6 Jul 1970 13 Feb 1978

Seychelles 5 May 1992 a

Sierra Leone 23 Aug 1996 a

Slovakia4 28 May 1993 d

Slovenia 6 Jul 1992 d

Somalia 24 Jan 1990 a

South Africa 3 Oct 1994 10 Dec 1998

Spain 28 Sep 1976 27 Apr 1977

Sri Lanka 11 Jun 1980 a

Sudan 18 Mar 1986 a

Suriname 28 Dec 1976 a

Sweden 29 Sep 1967 6 Dec 1971

Switzerland 18 Jun 1992 a

Syrian Arab
Republic 21 Apr 1969 a

Tajikistan 4 Jan 1999 a

Thailand 29 Oct 1996 a

the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia 18 Jan 1994 d

Togo 24 May 1984 a

Trinidad and Tobago 21 Dec 1978 a

Tunisia 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969

Turkmenistan 1 May 1997 a

Uganda 21 Jun 1995 a

Ukraine 20 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973

United Kingdom 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976

United Republic
of Tanzania 11 Jun 1976 a

United States
of America 5 Oct 1977 8 Jun 1992

Uruguay 21 Feb 1967 1 Apr 1970

Uzbekistan 28 Sep 1995 a

Venezuela 24 Jun 1969 10 May 1978

Viet Nam 24 Sep 1982 a

Yemen8 9 Feb 1987 a

Yugoslavia 8 Aug 1967 2 Jun 1971

Zambia 10 Apr 1984 a

Zimbabwe 13 May 1991 a