Treaty Tracker

South Africa

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35

Ratified

2

Signed, not ratified

0

Withdrawn

3

No action

TreatySignatureRatificationWithdrawalStatus
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction2025-06-09——Signed, not ratified
Arms Trade Treaty2013-09-252014-12-22—Ratified
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal—1994-05-05(Accession)—Ratified
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty1996-09-241999-03-30—Ratified
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment1993-01-291998-12-10—Ratified
Convention on Biological Diversity1993-06-041995-11-02—Ratified
Convention on Cluster Munitions2008-12-032015-05-28—Ratified
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects—1995-09-13(Accession)—Ratified
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women1993-01-291995-12-15—Ratified
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide—1998-12-10(Accession)—Ratified
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction1993-01-141995-09-13—Ratified
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction1997-12-031998-06-26—Ratified
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness———No action
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities2007-03-302007-11-30—Ratified
Convention on the Rights of the Child1993-01-291995-06-16—Ratified
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees—1996-01-12(Accession)—Ratified
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance—2024-05-14(Accession)—Ratified
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination1994-10-031998-12-10—Ratified
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families———No action
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights1994-10-031998-12-10—Ratified
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights1994-10-032015-01-12—Ratified
Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer—2019-08-01—Ratified
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—2002-07-31(Accession)—Ratified
Minamata Convention on Mercury2013-10-102019-04-29—Ratified
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer—1990-01-15(Accession)—Ratified
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity2011-05-112013-01-10—Ratified
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict2002-02-082009-09-24—Ratified
Paris Agreement2016-04-222016-11-01—Ratified
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court1998-07-172000-11-27—Ratified
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade—2002-09-04(Accession)—Ratified
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty—2002-08-28(Accession)—Ratified
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants2001-05-232002-09-04—Ratified
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons2017-09-202019-02-25—Ratified
United Nations Convention against Corruption2003-12-092004-11-22—Ratified
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime2025-10-25——Signed, not ratified
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime2000-12-142004-02-20—Ratified
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea1984-12-051997-12-23—Ratified
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa1995-01-091997-09-30—Ratified
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change1993-06-151997-08-29—Ratified
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties———No action