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The position as of October 2016

Not Signed

Botswana and Egypt (Total 2)

Signed but not Ratified

Algeria, Burundi, Central Africa Republic,Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome & Principe, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan,Tunisia (Total 15)

Signed and Ratified

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros,Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Seychelles,Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Total 37)

Read more about the ratification on the AU site.

State Signed Ratified Deposited
Algeria 29/12/2003    
Angola 22/01/2007 30/08/2007 09/11/2007
Benin 11/02/2004 30/09/2005 13/10/2005
Botswana      
Burkina Faso 26/02/2004 09/06/2006 09/08/2006
Burundi 03/12/2003    
Cameroon 25/07/2006 13/09/2012 28/12/2012
Cape Verde   21/06/2005 22/07/2005
Central African Republic 17/06/2008    
Chad 06/12/2004    
Comoros 26/02/2004 18/03/2004 16/04/2004
Congo 27/02/2004 14/12/2011 06/08/2012
Cote d'Ivoire 27/02/2004 05/10/2011 09/03/2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo 05/12/2003 09/06/2008 09/02/2009
Djibouti 18/12/2003 02/02/2005 04/02/2005
Egypt      
Equatorial Guinea 30/01/2005 27/10/2009 29/06/2011
Eritrea 25/04/2012    
Ethiopia 01/06/2004    
Gabon 27/01/2005 10/01/2011 10/02/2011
Gambia 11/09/2003 25/05/2005 06/09/2005
Ghana 31/10/2003 13/06/2007 20/07/2007
Guinea 16/12/2003 16/04/2012 17/09/2012
Guinea-Bissau 08/03/2005 19/06/2008 14/10/2008
Kenya 17/12/2003 06/10/2010 13/10/2010
Lesotho 27/02/2004 26/10/2004 05/11/2004
Liberia 16/12/2003 14/12/2007 15/07/2008
Libya 05/11/2003 23/05/2004 30/06/2004
Madagascar 28/02/2004    
Malawi   20/05/2005 29/06/2005
Mali 09/12/2003 13/01/2005 03/02/2005
Mauritania   21/09/2005 14/12/2005
Mauritius 29/01/2005    
Mozambique 15/12/2003 09/12/2005 30/12/2005
Namibia 09/12/2003 11/08/2004 26/08/2004
Niger 06/07/2004    
Nigeria 16/12/2003 16/12/2004 18/02/2005
Rwanda 19/12/2003 25/06/2004 01/07/2004
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 20/06/2006    
Sao Tome and Principe 01/02/2010    
Senegal 26/12/2003 27/12/2004 30/01/2005
Seychelles 24/01/2006 09/03/2006 25/04/2006
Sierra Leone 09/12/2003 02/7/2015  
Somalia 23/02/2006    
South Africa 16/03/2004 17/12/2004 14/01/2005
South Sudan 24/01/2013    
Sudan 30/06/2008    
Swaziland 07/12/2004 05/10/2012 06/11/2012
Tanzania 05/11/2003 03/03/2007 07/05/2007
Togo 30/12/2003 12/10/2005 26/10/2005
Tunisia 30/01/2015    
Uganda 18/12/2003 22/07/2010 22/07/2010
Zambia 03/08/2005 02/05/2006 07/06/2006
Zimbabwe 18/11/2003 15/04/2008 05/09/2008