Treaty Tracker

Human rights

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Source: UN Treaty Collection · scraped 2026-09-26

Figures below count the 193 UN member states separately from other parties to this treaty (international organizations and non-member observer states) — a treaty can have more parties than there are UN member states.

174/193

RatifiedUN member states

175 in total, incl. 1 non-UN member (State of Palestine)

6

Signed, not ratifiedUN member states

0

WithdrawnUN member states

13

No actionUN member states

AllRatifiedSigned, not ratifiedWithdrawnNo action
CountrySignatureRatificationWithdrawalStatus
China1998-10-05——Signed, not ratified
Comoros2008-09-25——Signed, not ratified
Cuba2008-02-28——Signed, not ratified
Nauru2001-11-12——Signed, not ratified
Palau2011-09-20——Signed, not ratified
Saint Lucia2011-09-22——Signed, not ratified