SOUTH AFRICA

• International conventions ratified:

UN: accession 07/11/1945

ICESCR Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Signature: 3/10/1994,

Ratification/Accession: Ratification 12/01/2015

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Signature: 3/10/1994 Ratification/Accession: Ratification 10/12/1998

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Signature: 29/01/1993, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 16/06/1995

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Signature: NO, Ratification/Accession: NO

UNESCO: Member since 12 December 1994 – Conventions signed and/or ratified from 1975 to 2019

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Accession: 29/01/1993, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 15/12/1995

• Regional and inter-regional conventions ratified:

Currency: rand

African Union: 6 June 1994

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: 9 July 1996

European Convention on Human Rights:       NO

ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific countries) : —-

SADC (Southern African Development Community): 1992