IJRC’s two-page country factsheets summarize the regional and universal human rights commitments of United Nations (UN) Member States, including the treaties each State has ratified, the complaints mechanisms it has accepted, examples of significant human rights complaints against the State, and whether it has extended a standing invitation to UN special procedures.
The African countries include all 55 Member States of the African Union, each of which participates in the African or Arab human rights system. The factsheets are listed in alphabetical order below.