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HUMAN RIGHTS

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Reference
IV-3
Adopted
New York, 16 December 1966
Entry into force
3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27. 1
Registration
3 January 1976, No. 14531 1
Signatories
72
Parties
173
Depositary record
United Nations Treaty Collection

Who signed, and when

CountrySignatureRatification, acceptance, approval or accession
Afghanistan - 24 Jan 1983 a
Albania - 4 Oct 1991 a
Algeria 10 Dec 1968 12 Sep 1989
Andorra 23 Sep 2025 -
Angola - 10 Jan 1992 a
Antigua and Barbuda - 3 Jul 2019 a
Argentina 19 Feb 1968 8 Aug 1986
Armenia - 13 Sep 1993 a
Australia 18 Dec 1972 10 Dec 1975
Austria 10 Dec 1973 10 Sep 1978
Azerbaijan - 13 Aug 1992 a
Bahamas (The) 4 Dec 2008 23 Dec 2008
Bahrain - 27 Sep 2007 a
Bangladesh - 5 Oct 1998 a
Barbados - 5 Jan 1973 a
Belarus 19 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973
Belgium 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983
Belize 6 Sep 2000 9 Mar 2015
Benin - 12 Mar 1992 a
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - 12 Aug 1982 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 Sep 1993 d
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 1 Sep 1993 d
Brazil - 24 Jan 1992 a
Bulgaria 8 Oct 1968 21 Sep 1970
Burkina Faso - 4 Jan 1999 a
Burundi - 9 May 1990 a
Cabo Verde - 6 Aug 1993 a
Cambodia 17 Oct 1980 26 May 1992 a
Cambodia 4 , 5 17 Oct 1980 26 May 1992 a
Cameroon - 27 Jun 1984 a
Canada - 19 May 1976 a
Central African Republic - 8 May 1981 a
Chad - 9 Jun 1995 a
Chile 16 Sep 1969 10 Feb 1972
China 27 Oct 1997 27 Mar 2001
China 6 , 7 , 8 27 Oct 1997 27 Mar 2001
Colombia 21 Dec 1966 29 Oct 1969
Comoros 25 Sep 2008 -
Congo - 5 Oct 1983 a
Costa Rica 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968
Croatia - 12 Oct 1992 d
Croatia 3 - 12 Oct 1992 d
Cuba 28 Feb 2008 -
Cyprus 9 Jan 1967 2 Apr 1969
Czech Republic - 22 Feb 1993 d
Czech Republic 9 - 22 Feb 1993 d
Côte d'Ivoire - 26 Mar 1992 a
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 14 Sep 1981 a
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 1 Nov 1976 a
Denmark 20 Mar 1968 6 Jan 1972
Djibouti - 5 Nov 2002 a
Dominica - 17 Jun 1993 a
Dominican Republic - 4 Jan 1978 a
Ecuador 29 Sep 1967 6 Mar 1969
Egypt 4 Aug 1967 14 Jan 1982
El Salvador 21 Sep 1967 30 Nov 1979
Equatorial Guinea - 25 Sep 1987 a
Eritrea - 17 Apr 2001 a
Estonia - 21 Oct 1991 a
Eswatini - 26 Mar 2004 a
Ethiopia - 11 Jun 1993 a
Fiji - 16 Aug 2018 a
Finland 11 Oct 1967 19 Aug 1975
France - 4 Nov 1980 a
Gabon - 21 Jan 1983 a
Gambia - 29 Dec 1978 a
Georgia - 3 May 1994 a
Germany 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973
Germany 2 , 10 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973
Ghana 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
Greece - 16 May 1985 a
Grenada - 6 Sep 1991 a
Guatemala - 19 May 1988 a
Guinea 28 Feb 1967 24 Jan 1978
Guinea-Bissau - 2 Jul 1992 a
Guyana 22 Aug 1968 15 Feb 1977
Haiti - 8 Oct 2013 a
Honduras 19 Dec 1966 17 Feb 1981
Hungary 25 Mar 1969 17 Jan 1974
Iceland 30 Dec 1968 22 Aug 1979
India - 10 Apr 1979 a
Indonesia - 23 Feb 2006 a
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4 Apr 1968 24 Jun 1975
Iraq 18 Feb 1969 25 Jan 1971
Ireland 1 Oct 1973 8 Dec 1989
Israel 19 Dec 1966 3 Oct 1991
Italy 18 Jan 1967 15 Sep 1978
Jamaica 19 Dec 1966 3 Oct 1975
Japan 30 May 1978 21 Jun 1979
Jordan 30 Jun 1972 28 May 1975
Kazakhstan 2 Dec 2003 24 Jan 2006
Kenya - 1 May 1972 a
Kuwait - 21 May 1996 a
Kyrgyzstan - 7 Oct 1994 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic 7 Dec 2000 13 Feb 2007
Latvia - 14 Apr 1992 a
Lebanon - 3 Nov 1972 a
Lesotho - 9 Sep 1992 a
Liberia 18 Apr 1967 22 Sep 2004
Libya - 15 May 1970 a
Liechtenstein - 10 Dec 1998 a
Lithuania - 20 Nov 1991 a
Luxembourg 26 Nov 1974 18 Aug 1983
Madagascar 14 Apr 1970 22 Sep 1971
Malawi - 22 Dec 1993 a
Maldives - 19 Sep 2006 a
Mali - 16 Jul 1974 a
Malta 22 Oct 1968 13 Sep 1990
Marshall Islands - 12 Mar 2018 a
Mauritania - 17 Nov 2004 a
Mauritius - 12 Dec 1973 a
Mexico - 23 Mar 1981 a
Monaco 26 Jun 1997 28 Aug 1997
Mongolia 5 Jun 1968 18 Nov 1974
Montenegro - 23 Oct 2006 d
Montenegro 11 - 23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco 19 Jan 1977 3 May 1979
Myanmar 16 Jul 2015 6 Oct 2017
Namibia - 28 Nov 1994 a
Nepal - 14 May 1991 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 12 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978
New Zealand 12 Nov 1968 28 Dec 1978
New Zealand 13 12 Nov 1968 28 Dec 1978
Nicaragua - 12 Mar 1980 a
Niger - 7 Mar 1986 a
Nigeria - 29 Jul 1993 a
North Macedonia - 18 Jan 1994 d
North Macedonia 3 - 18 Jan 1994 d
Norway 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972
Oman - 9 Jun 2020 a
Pakistan 3 Nov 2004 17 Apr 2008
Palau 20 Sep 2011 -
Panama 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977
Papua New Guinea - 21 Jul 2008 a
Paraguay - 10 Jun 1992 a
Peru 11 Aug 1977 28 Apr 1978
Philippines 19 Dec 1966 7 Jun 1974
Poland 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977
Portugal 7 Oct 1976 31 Jul 1978
Portugal 6 7 Oct 1976 31 Jul 1978
Qatar - 21 May 2018 a
Republic of Korea - 10 Apr 1990 a
Republic of Moldova - 26 Jan 1993 a
Romania 27 Jun 1968 9 Dec 1974
Russian Federation 18 Mar 1968 16 Oct 1973
Rwanda - 16 Apr 1975 a
San Marino - 18 Oct 1985 a
Sao Tome and Principe 31 Oct 1995 10 Jan 2017
Senegal 6 Jul 1970 13 Feb 1978
Serbia - 12 Mar 2001 d
Serbia 3 - 12 Mar 2001 d
Seychelles - 5 May 1992 a
Sierra Leone - 23 Aug 1996 a
Slovakia - 28 May 1993 d
Slovakia 9 - 28 May 1993 d
Slovenia - 6 Jul 1992 d
Slovenia 3 - 6 Jul 1992 d
Solomon Islands - 17 Mar 1982 d
Solomon Islands 14 - 17 Mar 1982 d
Somalia - 24 Jan 1990 a
South Africa 3 Oct 1994 12 Jan 2015
South Sudan - 5 Feb 2024 a
Spain 28 Sep 1976 27 Apr 1977
Sri Lanka - 11 Jun 1980 a
St. Kitts and Nevis - 1 Nov 2024 a
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - 9 Nov 1981 a
State of Palestine - 2 Apr 2014 a
Sudan - 18 Mar 1986 a
Suriname - 28 Dec 1976 a
Sweden 29 Sep 1967 6 Dec 1971
Switzerland - 18 Jun 1992 a
Syrian Arab Republic - 21 Apr 1969 a
Tajikistan - 4 Jan 1999 a
Thailand - 5 Sep 1999 a
Timor-Leste - 16 Apr 2003 a
Togo - 24 May 1984 a
Trinidad and Tobago - 8 Dec 1978 a
Tunisia 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969
Turkmenistan - 1 May 1997 a
Türkiye 15 Aug 2000 23 Sep 2003
Uganda - 21 Jan 1987 a
Ukraine 20 Mar 1968 12 Nov 1973
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8 , 15 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976
United Republic of Tanzania - 11 Jun 1976 a
United States of America 5 Oct 1977 -
Uruguay 21 Feb 1967 1 Apr 1970
Uzbekistan - 28 Sep 1995 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24 Jun 1969 10 May 1978
Viet Nam - 24 Sep 1982 a
Yemen - 9 Feb 1987 a
Yemen 16 - 9 Feb 1987 a
Zambia - 10 Apr 1984 a
Zimbabwe - 13 May 1991 a

Participants that are UN member states link to their profile. The Holy See, the European Union, the Cook Islands and Niue appear in these tables and are not member states, so they are named without a link rather than attached to the nearest match. The third column carries the depositary’s own annotation. Accession, succession and acceptance are legally distinct from ratification and are shown as the record states them rather than flattened into one word.

Counts verified against the depositary’s own totals for this treaty before publication. The United Nations Treaty Collection is the authority; this page is a readable copy and may lag it.

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