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States parties
Etats parties
Estados partes

Living Cases
Cas ouverts
Casos vivos

Concluded Cases/Cas conclus/Casos cerrados

State/Etat/Estado

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Pré-recevable
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Recevable
Admisible

Inadmissible
Irrecevable
Inadmisible

Discontinued
Archives
Archivada

Views
Vues
Dictamen
(1) / (2)

Total

Albania / Albanie / Albania

-

-

-

-

-

-

Algeria/Algérie/Argelia

2

-

2

1

9/0

14

Andorra / Andorre / Andorra

-

-

-

-

-

-

Angola/Angola/Angola

-

-

1

2/0 

3

Argentina/Argentine/Argentina

3

-

5

-

1/0 

9

Armenia/Arménie/Armenia

0

-

1

-

Australia/Australie/Australia

14

-

31

28

24/6

103

Austria/Autriche/Austria

2

1

10

-

 5/5

23

Azerbaijan/Azerbaidjan/Azerbaijan

1

-

-

-

-

1

Barbados/Barbade/Barbados

-

-

2

5

Belarus/Bélarus/Belarús

21

-

2

8

14/1

46

Belgium/Belgique/Bélgica

-

1

2

-

0/3

6

Benin/Bénin/Benin

-

-

-

-

Bolivia/Bolivie/Bolivia

-

-

-

2/0 

2

Bosnia & Herzegovina/
Bosnie-Herzégovine/
Bosnia y Herzegovina

-

-

1

0

1

Bulgaria/Bulgarie/Bulgaria

-

-

3

-

3

Burkina Faso/Burkina Faso/Burkina Faso

-

-

1/0

1

Cameroon/Cameroun/Camerún

1

-

-

5/0 

6

Canada/Canada/Canada

24

2

63

31

12/11

143

Cap Verde/Cap Vert/Cabo Verde

-

-

-

-

-

-

Central African Republic/
République centrafricaine/
República Centroafricana

1

-

-

1/0 

2

Chad/Tchad/Chad

-

-

-

Chile/Chili/Chile

2

-

2

9

Colombia/Colombie/Colombia

5

-

6

 15/0 

32

Congo/Congo/Congo

-

-

-

-

Costa Rica/Costa Rica/Costa Rica

1

-

2

4

Côte d 'Ivoire

1

-

1

-

-

2

Croatia/Croatie/Croacia

1

-

-

1/0 

3

Cyprus/Chypre/Chipre

1

-

3

1

5

Czech Republic/République tcheque/República Checa

21

-

10

2

16/0 

49

Democratic Republic of the Congo/
République démocratique du Congo/
República Democrática del Congo

1

-

3

14/0 

22

Denmark/Danemark/Dinamarca

3

-

8

2

1/0

14

Djibouti/Djibouti/Djibouti

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dominican Republic/République dominicaine/República Dominicana

-

-

-

3/0 

3

Ecuador/Equateur/Ecuador

-

-

4

5/0 

9

El Salvador/El Salvador/El Salvador

-

-

-

-

Equatorial Guinea/Guinée équatoriale/
Guinea Ecuatorial

-

-

-

4/0 

4

Estonia/Estonie/Estonia

4

-

-

1/1

6

Finland/Finlande/Finlandia

1

-

15

2

5/9

32

France/France/Francia

6

1

41

10

6/10 

74

Gambia/Gambie/Gambia

-

-

-

-

Georgia/Géorgie/Georgia

1

-

1

5/0

7

Germany/Allemagne/Alemania

4

-

13

1

0/1 

19

Ghana/Ghana/Ghana

 -

-

Greece/Grece/Grecia

5

1

-

1/0

9

Guatemala/Guatemala/Guatemala

 -

 -

 -

 -

-

Guinea/Guinée/Guinea

-

-

Guyana/Guyane/Guyana #4

1

-

2

9/0

12

Honduras/Honduras/Honduras

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary/Hongrie/Hungría

-

-

5

2

 3/1 

11

Iceland/Islande/Islandia

-

-

2

1

1/0 

4

Ireland/Irlande/Irlanda

-

-

3

-

1/1 

5

Italy/Italie/Italia

-

-

10

3

1/1 

15

Jamaica/Jamaique/Jamaica#2

-

-

39 

18

100/20

177*

Kyrgyzstan/Kirghizistan/Kirguistán

17

-

17

Latvia/Lettonie/Letonia

1

-

1

2

1/1

6

Lesotho/Lesotho/Lesotho

 -

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Lybie/Libia

4

-

5/0 

10

Liechtenstein/Liechtenstein/Liechtenstein

Lithuania/Lituanie/Lituania

-

-

1

2/0

4

Luxembourg/Luxembourg/Luxemburgo

-

-

Madagascar/Madagascar/Madagascar

-

-

4/0

6

Malawi/Malawi/Malawi

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maldives / Maldives / Maldivas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mali/Mali/Mali

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malta/Malte/Malta

-

-

Mauritius/Maurice/Mauricio

1

-

4

1/0 

7

Mexico/Mexique/Mexico

-

-

-

-

-

-

Moldova, Moldavie, Moldova

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mongolia/Mongolie/Mongolia

-

-

Montenegro / Montenegro / Montenegro

-

-

-

-

-

 

Namibia/Namibie/Namibia

1

-

2/0 

3

Nepal/Népal/Nepal

2

-

2

Netherlands/Pays-Bas/Países Bajos

6

-

57

7/19

90

New Zealand/Nouvelle-Zélande/
Nueva Zelandia

4

-

8

8

2/7

29

Nicaragua/Nicaragua/Nicaragua

-

-

1/0 

5

Niger/Niger/Niger

-

-

Norway/Norvege/Noruega

1

-

9

2/3 

15

Panama/Panama/Panama

-

-

7

2/0 

13

Paraguay/Paraguay/Paraguay

1

-

1

Peru/Pérou/Perú

1

-

4

14/1

20

Philippines/Philippines/Filipinas

4

-

2

9

8/2

25

Poland/Pologne/Polonia

1

-

4

2

1/1 

9

Portugal/Portugal/Portugal

1

-

3

1

1/0

6

Republic of Korea/République de Corée/República de Corea

111

-

8/2

123

Romania/Roumanie/Rumanía

-

1

1/0

2

Russian Federation/Fédération de Russie/Federación de Rusia

21

-

8

6

8/1 

44

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines/
Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines/
San Vincente y las Granadinas

-

-

1/0 

1

San Marino/Saint-Marin/San Marino

-

-

-

Senegal/Sénégal/Senegal

-

-

 1/0 

1

Serbia / Serbie / Serbia (5)

1

-

1

-

1/0

3

Seychelles/Seychelles/Seychelles

-

-

Sierra Leone/Sierra Leone/Sierra Leone

-

-

-

-

3/0

3

Slovak Republic/Slovaquie/Eslovaquia

-

-

4

1/0 

5

Slovenia/Slovénie/Eslovenia

-

-

Somalia/Somalie/Somalia

-

-

South Africa/Afrique du Sud/Sudáfrica

-

-

-

-

0/1

1

Spain/Espagne/España

16

3

58

7

17/8 

109

Sri Lanka/Sri Lanka/Sri Lanka

6

-

4

-

8/0

 18

Suriname/Suriname/Suriname

-

-

 8/0 

8

Sweden/Suède/Suecia

1

-

4

2

 1/6 

14

Tajikistan/Tadjikistan/Tayikistán

14

-

-

-

14/0

28

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / Ex-République yougoslave
de Macédoine/ Ex-República
Yugoslava de Macedonia 

-

-

-

1

-

1

Togo/Togo/Togo

-

-

4/1

5

Trinidad and Tobago/Trinité-
et-Tobago/#3
Trinidad y Tobago

-

-

15

8

22/3

48

Turkey / Turquie / Turquía

-

-

-

-

-

-

Turkmenistan/Turkménistan/
Turkmenistán

4

-

-

-

4

Uganda/Ouganda/Uganda

-

-

Ukraine/Ukraine/Ucrania

5

-

5

2/0 

13

Uruguay/Uruguay/Uruguay

4

-

5

28

45/1

83 

Uzbekistan/Ouzbékistan/Uzbekistán

43

5

1

15

15/1

80

Venezuela/Venezuela/Venezuela

-

-

1

1/0 

2

Zambia/Zambie/Zambia

3

-

4

3

7/0 

17

111

401

15

494

250

489/128
(617)

1777#1

416 living cases/cas ouverts/casos vivos


(1) Disclose a Violation /Le Comité a determiné qu'il y a eu violation /El Comité determinó que hubo violación
(2) Disclose No Violation /Le Comité a determiné qu'il n'y a pas eu violation /El Comité determinó que no hubo violación


Notes


1.1777 registered communications with respect to 82 countries. / 1777 communications enregistrées relatives à 82 pays. / 
1777 comunicaciones registradas con respecto a 82 países

2. Denunciation by Jamaica of the Optional Protocol took effect on 23 January 1998.


3. Denunciation by Trinidad and Tobago of the Optional Protocol took effect on 27 June 2000

4.The Government of Guyana had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 10 May 1993. On 5 January 1999, the Government of Guyana notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to denounce the said Optional Protocol with effect from 5 April 1999. On that same date, the Government of Guyana re-acceded to the Optional Protocol with a reservation

5. The Republic of Serbia succeeded the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro, after the declaration of independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006

 

 
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