List of Signatories and/or States Parties As of 5 May 2009, the following countries have signed and/or ratified/acceded to the OP-CEDAW. The current

CountrySignature
Ratification, Accession (a)
Albania 23 June 2003 (a)
Andorra9 July 200114 October 2002
Angola 1 January 2007 (a)
Antigua and Barbuda 5 June 2006
Argentina28 February 200020 March 2007
Armenia 14 September 2006
Australia 4 Dec 2008 (a)
Austria10 December 19996 September 2000
Azerbaijan6 June 20001 June 2001
Bangladesh6 September 20006 September 2000
Belarus29 April 20023 February 2004
Belgium10 December 199917 June 2004
Belize 9 December 2002 (a)
Benin25 May 2000
Bolivia10 December 199927 September 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina7 September 20004 September 2002
Botswana21 February 2007 (a)
Brazil13 March 200128 June 2002
Bulgaria6 June 200020 September 2006
Burkina Faso16 November 2001
Burundi13 November 2001
Cambodia11 November 2001
Cameroon 7 January 2005 (a)
Canada 18 October 2002 (a)
Chile10 December 1999
Colombia10 December 199923 January 2007
Congo29 Sep 200827 November 2007 (a)
Cook Islands 27 November 2007 (a)
Costa Rica10 December 199920 September 2001
Croatia5 June 20007 March 2001
Cuba17 March 2000
Cyprus8 February 200126 April 2002
Czech Republic10 December 199926 Feb 2001
Denmark10 December 199931 May 2000
Dominican Republic14 March 200010 August 2001
Ecuador10 December 19995 February 2002
El Salvador4 April 2001
Finland10 December 199929 December 2000
France10 December 19999 June 2000
Gabon 5 November 2004 (a)
Georgia 30 July 2002
Germany10 December 199915 January 2002
Ghana24 February 2000
Greece10 December 199924 January 2002
Guatemala7 September 20009 May 2002
Guinea-Bissau12 September 2000
Hungary 22 December 2000
Iceland10 December 19996 March 2001
Indonesia28 February 2000
Ireland7 September 20007 September 2000
Italy10 December 199922 September 2000
Kazakhstan6 September 200024 August 2001
Kyrgyzstan 22 July 2002
Lesotho6 September 200024 September 2004
Liberia22 September 2004
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 18 June 2004 (a)
Liechtenstein10 December 199924 October 2001
Lithuania8 September 2000
Luxembourg10 December 19991 July 2003
Madagascar7 September 2000
Malawi7 September 2000
Maldives 13 Mar 2006 (a)
Mali 5 December 2000 (a)
Mauritius11 November 2001
Mexico10 December 199915 March 2002
Moldova 2 March 2006 (a)
Mongolia7 September 200028 March 2002
Montenegro 23 October 2006
Mozambique 4 Nov 2008 (a)
Namibia19 May 200026 May 2000
Nepal18 December 200115 June 2007
Netherlands10 December 199922 May 2002
New Zealand7 September 20007 September 2000
Niger 30 September 2004 (a)
Nigeria8 September 200022 November 2004 (a)
Norway10 December 19995 March 2002
Panama9 June 20009 May 2001
Paraguay28 December 199914 May 2001
Peru22 December 20009 April 2001
Philippines21 March 200012 November 2003
Poland 22 December 2003 (a)
Portugal16 February 200026 April 2002
Republic of Korea 18 October 2006
Romania6 September 200025 August 2003
Russian Federation8 May 2001
Rwanda 15 Dec 2008 (a)
San Marino 15 September 2005 (a)
Sao Tome and Principe6 September 2000
Senegal10 December 199926 May 2000
Serbia31 July 2003
Seychelles22 July 2002
Sierra Leone8 September 2000
Slovakia5 June 200017 November 2000
Slovenia10 December 199923 September 2004
Solomon Islands 6 May 2002
South Africa 18 October 2005 (a)
Spain14 March 20006 July 2001
Sri Lanka 15 October 2002 (a)
St Kitts and Nevis 20 January 2006 (a)
Sweden10 December 199924 April 2003
Switzerland15 February 2007
Tajikistan7 September 2000
Tanzania 12 January 2006 (a)
Thailand14 June 200014 June 2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia3 April 200017 Oct 2003
Timor-Leste 16 April 2003 (a)
Tunisia 23 Sep 2008 (a)
Turkey8 September 200029 October 2002
Ukraine7 September 200026 September 2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17 December 2004 (a)
Uruguay9 May 200026 July 2001
Vanuatu 15 May 2007 (a)
Venezuela17 March 200013 May 2002
Zambia29 Sep 2008

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What is CEDAW?

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Convention) is a human rights treaty for women. The substance of the Convention is based onthree interrelated core principles: equality, non-discrimination and State obligation.

The UN General Assembly adopted the CEDAW Convention on 19th December 1979. It came into force as a treaty on 3rd September 1981; thirty days after the twentieth member nation became a States party to it. The CEDAW Convention is monitored by the CEDAW Committee which operates out of the UN in New York.

CEDAW is one of the most highly ratified international human rights conventions, having the support of 186 States parties. When governments become States parties to a convention, they can enter reservations by identifying particular elements of a treaty they will not be bound to. State parties may also make declarations, which have the same effect.

The Convention is being continually updated to include new insights and new issues that are brought to the CEDAW Committee's attention, through the formulation of General Recommendations by the committee.

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