Latin America and the Caribbean (33 countries): signing and ratification or accession to covenants, conventions and agreements on economic, social and cultural rights (Number of countries)
| International instrument |
Year |
Sign |
Ratification/Accession |
Total |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
1979 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child |
1989 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
1963 |
0 |
32 |
32 |
| Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
2006 |
2 |
30 |
32 |
| C111 - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention ,ILO. |
1958 |
0 |
31 |
31 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
1966 |
1 |
29 |
30 |
| Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights |
1988 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
| International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
1990 |
2 |
17 |
19 |
| C169 - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), ILO. |
1989 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
| C102 - Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), ILO. |
1952 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
| C105 - Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (núm. 105) |
1957 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
| C182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention |
1999 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
| C097 - Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), ILO. |
1949 |
0 |
16 |
16 |
| C189 - Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), ILO. |
2011 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
| C118 - Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118), ILO. |
1962 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
| C143 - Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), ILO. |
1975 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| C048 - Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935 (No. 48), ILO. |
1935 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| C157 - Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157) |
1982 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees |
1951 |
1 |
27 |
28 |
| Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air |
2006 |
0 |
26 |
26 |
| Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children |
2000 |
0 |
28 |
28 |
Metadata
The main procedures for a State to become part of an International Compact is through a signature, ratification, or adherence. By signing the legal instrument, States only declare their general support towards the objective and the provisions of it. They also declare their intention to become constituents in the future and legally obligate themselves to do so. However, signing itself does not equate to giving consent to be legally obligated by the instrument. Therefore, an agreement before ratification is required for the State to become a constituent. Only States that signed the Compact when it was open to signatures (that is, between its enactment and the deadline for signatures, July 4th, 2001) can ratify it.
