Ratifying countries
- 1998 - Liberia
- 1998 - Madagascar
- 1998 - Zimbabwe
- 1998 - Benin
- 1998 - Ethiopia
- 1998 - Guinea-Bissau
- 1998 - Namibia
- 1998 - Seychelles
- 1998 - Sierra Leone
- 1998 - Sudan
- 1998 - Botswana
- 1998 - Burkina Faso
- 1998 - Senegal
- 1998 - Equatorial Guinea
- 1999 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1999 - Egypt
- 1999 - Gambia
- 2000 - Gabon
- 2000 - Mali
- 2001 - Uganda
- 2002 - Central African Republic
- 2002 - South Africa
- 2003 - Algeria
- 2003 - Burundi
- 2003 - Guinea
- 2003 - Togo
- 2003 - Comoros
- 2003 - Libya
- 2003 - Côte d'Ivoire
- 2003 - Rwanda
- 2003 - Lesotho
- 2004 - Chad
- 2004 - Mozambique
- 2004 - Nigeria
- 2004 - Niger
- 2004 - Eswatini
- 2004 - Ghana
- 2004 - Kenya
- 2005 - Djibouti
- 2005 - Mauritania
- 2006 - Cameroon
- 2006 - Tanzania
- 2006 - Somalia
- 2007 - Angola
- 2007 - Tunisia
- 2008 - Zambia
- 2008 - Malawi
- 2010 - São Tomé and Príncipe
- 2010 - Republic of the Congo



