Status of Ratifications and Accessions: American Convention on Human Rights, Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador”, Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, reprinted in 1998 Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights [791-793], OEA/Ser.L/V/III.47, doc. 6 (2000).



 

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


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