International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27 1

REGISTRATION: 3 January 1976, No. 14531.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 993, p. 3.

STATUS: Signatories: 61. Parties: 141.

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 13 Sep 1993 a

Australia 18 Dec 1972 10 Dec 1975

Austria 10 Dec 1973 10 Sep 1978

Azerbaijan 13 Aug 1992 a

Bangladesh 5 Oct 1998 a

Barbados 5 Jan 1973 a

Belarus 19 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973

Belgium 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983

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 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 4 27 Oct 1997

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 9 Jan 1967 2 Apr 1969

Czech Republic5 22 Feb 1993 d

Democratic People's
Republic of Korea 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 29 Sep 1967 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 29 Dec 1978 a

Georgia 3 May 1994 a

Germany6, 7 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973

Greece 16 May 1985 a

Grenada 6 Sep 1991 a

Guatemala 19 May 1988 a

Guinea 28 Feb 1967 24 Jan 1978

Guinea-Bissau 2 Jul 1992 a

Guyana 22 Aug 1968 15 Feb 1977

Honduras 19 Dec 1966 17 Feb 1981

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 14 Apr 1970 22 Sep 1971

Malawi 22 Dec 1993 a

Mali 16 Jul 1974 a

Malta 22 Oct 1968 13 Sep 1990

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

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 7 Jun 1974

Poland 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977

Portugal 7 Oct 1976 31 Jul 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

Slovakia 28 May 1993 d

Slovenia 6 Jul 1992 d

Solomon Islands 8 17 Mar 1982 d

Somalia 24 Jan 1990 a

South Africa 3 Oct 1994

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

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18 Jan 1994 d

Togo 24 May 1984 a

Trinidad and Tobago 8 Dec 1978 a

Tunisia 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969

Turkmenistan 1 May 1997 a

Uganda 21 Jan 1987 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

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

Yemen9 9 Feb 1987 a

Yugoslavia 8 Aug 1967 2 Jun 1971

Zambia 10 Apr 1984 a

Zimbabwe 13 May 1991 a