STATUS OF RATIFICATIONS AND ACCESSIONS
AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
“PACT OF SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA”
Signed at San José, Costa Rica, on November 22, 1969, at the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18 July 1978, in accordance with Article 74(2) of the Convention
DEPOSITORY: OAS General Secretariat (Original instrument and ratifications)
TEXT: OAS Treaty Series, No. 36
UN REGISTRATION: 27 August 1979, No. 17955
Date of Deposit of Date of Acceptance
Signatory Date of Instrument of Ratifi- of the Jurisdiction
Countries Signature cation or Adherence of the Court
Argentina 02/II/84 05/IX/84 05/IX/84
Barbados 20/VI/78 27/XI/82
Bolivia 19/VII/79 27/VII/93
Brasil 25/IX/92 10/XII/98
Colombia 22/XI/69 31/VII/73 21/VI/85
Costa Rica 22/XI/69 08/IV/70 02/VII/80
Chile 22/XI/69 21/VIII/90 21/VIII/90
Dominica 11/VI/93
Dominican Rep. 07/IX/77 19/IV/78 25/III/99
Ecuador 22/XI/69 28/XII/77 24/VII/84
El Salvador 22/XI/69 23/VI/78 06/VI/95
Grenada 14/VII/78 18/VII/78
Guatemala 22/XI/69 25/V/78 09/III/87
Haiti 27/IX/77 20/III/98
Honduras 22/XI/69 08/IX/77 09/IX/81
Jamaica 16/IX/77 07/VIII/78
Mexico 24/III/81 16/XII/98
Nicaragua 22/XI/69 25/IX/79 12/II/91
Panama 22/XI/69 22/VI/78 09/V/90
Paraguay 22/XI/69 24/VIII/89 26/III/93
Peru* 27/VII/77 28/VII/78 21/I/81
Suriname 12/XI/87 12/XI/87
Trinidad and Tobago** 28/V/91 28/V/91
United States 01/VI/77
Uruguay 22/XI/69 19/IV/85 19/IV/85
Venezuela 22/XI/69 09/VIII/77 24/VI/81
* In a communication dated 9 July 1999, (see paragraph II.C.3 below), Peru filed a document with the General Secretariat of the OAS in Washington D.C., stating that it “withdraws its declaration of recognition of the elective clause submitting to the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.” This withdrawal “shall go into effect immediately and shall apply to all cases in which Peru has not responded to a petition filed before the Court.” The Court examined the effect of this declaration on the Ivcher Bronstein and Tribunal Constitucional cases to which this declaration referred, and to which Peru, as of that date, had not responded. As a result, the Court declared that the attempt of the State of Peru to withdraw from the binding jurisdiction of the Court, effective immediately, was inadmissible, and resolved to continue hearing and processing both cases (see paragraph II.C.3 below).
** Denounced the Convention on 26/V/98
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC
SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
“PROTOCOL OF SAN SALVADOR”
Signed at San Salvador, El Salvador, on November 17, 1988,
at the Eighteenth Regular Session of the General Assembly
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 16 November 1999, in accordance with Article 21 of the Protocol.
DEPOSITORY: OAS General Secretariat (Original instrument and ratifications)
TEXT: OAS Treaty Series, No. 69.
UN REGISTRATION:
DATE OF DEPOSIT OF
SIGNATORY DATE OF INSTRUMENT OF RATIFI-
COUNTRIES SIGNATURE CATION OR ADHERENCE
Argentina 17/XI/88
Bolivia 17/XI/88
Brazil 21/VIII/96
Colombia 23/XII/97
Costa Rica 17/XI/88
Dominican Rep. 17/XI/88
Ecuador 17/XI/88 25/III/93
El Salvador 17/XI/88 06/VI/95
Guatemala 17/XI/88
Haiti 17/XI/88
Mexico 17/XI/88 16/IV/96
Nicaragua 17/XI/88
Panama 17/XI/88 18/II/93
Paraguay 26/VIII/96 03/VI/97
Peru 17/XI/88 04/VI/95
Suriname 10/VII/90
Uruguay 17/XI/88 02/IV/96
Venezuela 27/I/89
PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO ABOLISH
THE DEATH PENALTY
Signed at Asunción, Paraguay, on June 8, 1990,
at the Twentieth Regular Session of the
General Assembly
ENTRY INTO FORCE: In accordance with Article 4, for the States which ratify or adhere to it,
upon the deposit of the respective instrument of ratification or adherence
DEPOSITORY: OAS General Secretariat (Original instrument and ratifications)
TEXT: OAS, Treaty Series, No. 73
UN REGISTRATION:
DATE OF DEPOSIT OF
SIGNATORY DATE OF INSTRUMENT OF RATIFI-
COUNTRIES SIGNATURE CATION OR ADHRENCE
Brazil 07/VI/94 13/VIII/96
Costa Rica 28/X/91 26/V/98
Ecuador 27/VIII/90 15/IV/98
Nicaragua 30/VIII/90
Panama 26/XI/90 28/VIII/91
Paraguay 08/VI/99
Uruguay 02/X/90 04/IV/94
Venezuela 25/IX/90 06/X/93