Treaties
40 major multilateral treaties tracked, computed directly from the UN Treaty Collection.
Ratification figures below are counted against the 193 UN member states; treaties with additional non-UN-member parties (the EU, Holy See, and similar) show that separately, since which non-members join a given treaty varies treaty by treaty.
Human rights
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
174/193 UN member states ratified · 4 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
187/193 UN member states ratified · 2 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
82/193 UN member states ratified · 3 signed, not ratified
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
191/193 UN member states ratified · 2 signed, not ratified
+3 non-UN members
Convention on the Rights of the Child
192/193 UN member states ratified · 1 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
145/193 UN member states ratified
+1 non-UN member
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
78/193 UN member states ratified · 39 signed, not ratified
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
180/193 UN member states ratified · 3 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
60/193 UN member states ratified · 11 signed, not ratified
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
174/193 UN member states ratified · 6 signed, not ratified
+1 non-UN member
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
173/193 UN member states ratified · 4 signed, not ratified
+1 non-UN member
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
171/193 UN member states ratified · 7 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
91/193 UN member states ratified
+1 non-UN member
Environment & climate
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 Jurisdiction
99/193 UN member states ratified · 45 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
188/193 UN member states ratified · 2 signed, not ratified
+3 non-UN members
Convention on Biological Diversity
192/193 UN member states ratified · 1 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
170/193 UN member states ratified
+4 non-UN members
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
189/193 UN member states ratified · 1 withdrawn · 1 signed, not ratified
+3 non-UN members
Minamata Convention on Mercury
152/193 UN member states ratified · 13 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
193/193 UN member states ratified
+5 non-UN members
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
142/193 UN member states ratified · 14 signed, not ratified
+1 non-UN member
Paris Agreement
189/193 UN member states ratified · 1 withdrawn · 3 signed, not ratified
+5 non-UN members
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
165/193 UN member states ratified · 4 signed, not ratified
+3 non-UN members
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
182/193 UN member states ratified · 5 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
193/193 UN member states ratified
+4 non-UN members
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
193/193 UN member states ratified
+5 non-UN members
Arms control & security
Arms Trade Treaty
116/193 UN member states ratified · 25 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyNot yet in force
176/193 UN member states ratified · 9 signed, not ratified
+3 non-UN members
Convention on Cluster Munitions
108/193 UN member states ratified · 1 withdrawn · 12 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
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
126/193 UN member states ratified · 4 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
189/193 UN member states ratified · 1 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
158/193 UN member states ratified · 5 withdrawn
+4 non-UN members
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
71/193 UN member states ratified · 26 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Trade & governance
United Nations Convention against Corruption
188/193 UN member states ratified · 1 signed, not ratified
+5 non-UN members
United Nations Convention against CybercrimeNot yet in force
3/193 UN member states ratified · 90 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
190/193 UN member states ratified · 1 signed, not ratified
+5 non-UN members
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
168/193 UN member states ratified · 12 signed, not ratified
+4 non-UN members
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
117/193 UN member states ratified · 15 signed, not ratified
+2 non-UN members