16 Countries have ratified the Convention with the latest being Sudan on 15 March 2024

| NO | COUNTRY | DATE OF SIGNATURE | DATE OF RATIFICATION/  ACCESSION | DATE DEPOSITED | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Algeria | - | - | - | | 2 | Angola | - | 21/02/2020 | 11/05/2020 | | 3 | Benin | 28/01/2015 | - | - | | 4 | Botswana | - | - | - | | 5 | Burkina Faso | - | - | - | | 6 | Burundi | - | - | - | | 7 | Cameroon | 12/08/2021 | - | - | | 8 | Central African Rep. | - | - | - | | 9 | Cape Verde | - | 13/11/2020 | 05/02/2022 | | 10 | Chad | 14/06/2015 | - | - | | 11 | Côte d’Ivoire | - | 08/03/2023 | 03/04/2023 | | 12 | Comoros | 29/01/2018 | - | - | | 13 | Congo | 12/06/2015 | 24/09/2020 | 23/10/2020 | | 14 | Djibouti | 12/05/2023 | - | - | | 15 | Democratic Rep. of Congo | - | - | - | | 16 | Egypt | - | - | - | | 17 | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | | 18 | Eritrea | - | - | - | | 19 | Ethiopia | - | - | - | | 20 | Gabon | - | - | - | | 21 | Gambia | 02/12/2022 | - | - | | 22 | Ghana | 04/07/2017 | 13/05/2019 | 03/06/2019 | | 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 31/01/2015 | - | - | | 24 | Guinea | - | 31/07/2018 | 16/10/2018 | | 25 | Kenya | - | - | - | | 26 | Libya | - | - | - | | 27 | Lesotho | 30/11/2023 | - | - | | 28 | Liberia | - | - | - | | 29 | Madagascar | - | - | - | | 30 | Mali | - | - | - | | 31 | Malawi | - | - | - | | 32 | Morocco | - | - | - | | 33 | Mozambique | 29/06/2018 | 02/12/2019 | 21/01/2020 | | 34 | Mauritania | 26/02/2015 | 19/04/2023 | 09/05/2023 | | 35 | Mauritius | - | 06/03/2018 | 14/03/2018 | | 36 | Namibia | - | 25/01/2019 | 01/02/2019 | | 37 | Nigeria | 23/01/2024 | - | - | | 38 | Niger | - | 22/02/2022 | 16/03/2022 | | 39 | Rwanda | 16/04/2019 | 14/11/2019 | 21/11/2019 | | 40 | South Africa | 16/02/2023 | - | - | | 41 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | - | - | - | | 42 | Senegal | - | 03/08/2016 | 16/08/2016 | | 43 | Seychelles | - | - | - | | 44 | Sierra Leone | 29/01/2016 | - | - | | 45 | Somalia | - | - | - | | 46 | South Sudan | - | - | - | | 47 | Sao Tome & Principe | 29/01/2016 | 25/09/2023 | 15/02/2024 | | 48 | Sudan | 15/03/2023 | - | - |

49 Eswatini - - -
50 Tanzania - - -
51 Togo 02/04/2019 30/09/2021 19/10/2021
52 Tunisia 23/04/2019 - -
53 Uganda - - -
54 Zambia 29/01/2016 15/12/2020 24/03/2021
55 Zimbabwe - - -
Total countries : 55 of signature : 21 of ratification : 16 of deposit : 16