Gabon
(Joined the UN on 20-09-1960)
Scope of international obligations
| Core Universal Human rights treaties | Date of signature | Date of ratification
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| ICERD | 20 Sep 1966 | 29 Feb 1980 |
| ICESCR | - | 21 Jan 1983 |
| ICCPR | - | 21 Jan 1983 |
| ICCPR-OP | - | - |
| CEDAW | 17 Jul 1980 | 21 Jan 1983 |
| OP-CEDAW | - | 5 Nov. 2004 |
| CAT | 21 Jan 1986 | 8 Sep 2000 |
| OP-CAT | 15 Dec 2004 | - |
| CRC | 26 Jan 1990 | 9 Feb 1994 |
| CRPD | 30 Mar 2007 | 1 Oct. 2007 |
| OP-CRPD | 25 Sep 2007 | - |
| ICRMW | 15 Dec 2004 | - |
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| Other main relevant international instruments
| Ratification, accession or succession
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| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
| 21 Jan 1983 | |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
| Yes | |
| 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol. | Yes | |
| Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Additional Protocols thereto
| Yes except those relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005, and the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977. | |
| ILO fundamental conventions
| Yes
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Cooperation with Treaty bodies
| Treaty body
| Latest report submitted and considered | Latest concluding observations | Follow-up response
| Reporting status |
| CAT
| - | -
| - | Initial and second periodic reports overdue from 2001 to 2005. Not yet submitted. |
| CCPR | 1998 | Nov.2000 | - | Second periodic report submitted in February 1998. Considered in Nov. 2000. Third report due since 2003. |
| See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.CO.70.GAB.Fr?Opendocument | ||||
| CEDAW | 2002
| 2005 | - | Combined second, third, fourth and fifth periodic report overdue since 2000 and submitted in 2003. Considered in January 2005. Sixth and seventh reports overdue since February 2008. |
| CERD
| 1991 | 1991 | - | Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth periodic reports overdue since march 1991 and submitted in August 1991. Considered at the 40th session in August 1991. Tenth to Fourteenth periodic reports overdue from 1999 to 2007. Not yet submitted. |
| CESCR
| - | - | - | Initial, Second, third and fourth periodic reports overdue from 1990 to 2005 and not yet submitted. |
| CRC | 2000 | February 2002 | - | Initial periodic report overdue since 1996 and submitted in 2000. Considered in 2002. Second periodic report overdue since 2001. |
| See latest concluding observations at: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.15.Add.171.En?Opendocument | ||||
Cooperation with Special Procedures
| Standing invitations issued | None |
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| Latest visits or mission reports | None |
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| Visits agreed upon in principle | None |
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| Visits requested and not yet agreed upon | · (Requested in 2007) SR on education
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| Follow-up visits | None |