HC Deb 07 May 1998 vol 311 cc489-93W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 24 April 1998,Official Report, columns 721–22, which countries have (a) signed but not ratified and (b) signed and ratified (i) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, (ii) the United Nations Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, (iii) the International Labour Organisation Convention (No. 29) concerning forced labour and (iv) the International Labour Organisation Convention (No. 105) concerning the abolition of forced labour. [40832]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

The following countries have signed but not ratified the ICCPR:

  • Honduras
  • Liberia
  • Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa
  • All other UN member states have ratified the Convention except:
  • Andorra
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • China
  • Comoros
  • Cuba
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Fiji
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Indonesia
  • Kazakstan
  • Kiribati
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Liechtenstein
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Monaco
  • Nauru
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • Swaziland
  • Tajikistan
  • Tonga
  • Turkey
  • Tuvalu
  • UAE
  • Vanuatu

The following countries have signed but not ratified the UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery:

  • E1 Salvador
  • Liberia and Peru
  • All other member states have ratified the Convention except:
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Armenia
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cape Verde
  • Chad
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Costa Rica
  • DPRK
  • DRC
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Grenada
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Kazakstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lebanon
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Monaco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Oman
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Korea
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • UAE
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen.

The ILO does not have a mechanism for signature without ratification. All UN member states except the following have ratified ILO Convention No. 29:

  • Afghanistan
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Canada
  • China
  • DPRK
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Gambia
  • Kazakstan
  • Kiribati
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Malawi
  • Maldives
  • Marshall
  • Islands
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Korea
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Tonga
  • Turkey
  • Tuvalu
  • USA
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • Zimbabwe.

All UN member states except the following have ratified ILO Convention No. 105:

  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bhutan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Chile
  • China
  • Congo
  • DPRK
  • DRC
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Gambia
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Kazakstan
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Lesotho
  • Liechtenstein
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Palau
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Korea
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Solomon Islands
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Ukraine
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • Yugoslavia
  • Zimbabwe.
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