SAO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE

• International conventions ratified:

UN: accession 16/09/1975

ICESCR Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Signature: 31/10/1995,

Ratification/Accession: Ratification 10/01/2017

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Signature: 31/10/1995, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 10/01/2017

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Signature: NO, Ratification/Accession: Accession 14/05/1991

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Signature: 06/09/2000, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 10/01/2017

UNESCO: Member since 1980 – Conventions signed and/or ratified from 2006 to 2020

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Signature: 31/10/1995, Ratification/Accession: Ratification 03/06/2003

• Regional and inter-regional conventions ratified:

Currency: Dobra

African Union: 18 July 1975

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: 23 May 1986

European Convention on Human Rights:       NO

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

ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States): 1983