The following 34 states have ratified the Protocol, the ones in green have also deposited the Special Declaration:
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau,
Kenya, Libya, Lesotho, Mali, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia.
Ratification & Declaration
54 of the 55 Member States of the African Union (AU), with the exception of Morocco, have ratified or acceded to the African Charter and have, therefore, committed themselves to respecting the principles set out therein.
Only 34 Member States have currently ratified the Protocol. Out of these, only (8) States have filed the Declaration under Article 34 (6 ) of the Protocol by which they accept the competence of the Court to consider applications filed by individuals and NGOs.
In the absence of such a Declaration, an application against states that have not made the Declaration must be submitted to the Banjul Commission first, which may – after preliminary examination – decide to refer the case to the Court.