Antigua and Barbuda
|
1981.11.01
|
1981.11.01
|
Chapter II
|
Australia
|
1901
|
1901
(as amended)
|
|
Bahamas
|
1973.07.10
|
1973.07.10
|
Chapter III
|
Bangladesh
|
1971.03.26
1972.02.04
(Recognition)
1972.12.16
(Secession)
|
1972.12.16
(as amended)
|
Part II, sect. 11; Part III, sect. 26-47A
|
Barbados
|
1966.11.30
|
1966.11.30
(as amended)
|
Chapter III
|
Belize
|
1981.09.21
|
1981.09.21
(as amended)
|
Part II
|
Botswana
|
1966.09.30
(Republic on independence)
|
1966.09.30
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
1984
|
1959.09.29
(as amended)
|
|
Cameroon
|
1960
|
1972.06.02
(as amended)
|
No Charter of rights; fundamental human rights are set out in the preamble to the constitution.
|
Canada
|
1931
|
1982.04.17
(as amended)
|
Part I
|
Cyprus
|
1960.08.16
(Republic on independence)
|
1960.08.16
(as amended)
|
Part II
|
Dominica
|
1978.11.03
(Republic on independence)
|
1978.11.03
(as amended)
|
Chapter I
|
Fiji Islands
Suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth on December 8th, 2006.
|
1970.10.10
|
1998.07.25
|
Chapter 4
|
Gambia (The)
|
1965.02.18
1970.04.24
(Republic)
|
1997.01.16
|
Chapter IV
|
Ghana
|
1957.03.06
1960.07.01
(Republic)
|
1993.01.07
(as amended)
|
Chapter 5
|
Grenada
|
1974.02.07
|
1974.02.07
(as amended)
|
Chapter I
|
Guyana
|
1966.05.26
1970.02.23
(Republic)
|
1980.10.06
(as amended)
|
Chapter III
|
India
|
1947.08.15
1950.01.26
(Republic)
|
1950.01.26
(as amended)
|
Part III
|
Jamaïca
|
1962.08.06
|
1962.08.06
(as amended)
|
Chapter III
|
Kenya
|
1963.12.12
1964.12.12
(Republic)
|
1963.12.12
(as amended)
|
Chapter V
|
Kiribati
|
1979.07.12
(Republic on independence)
|
1979.07.12
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
Lesotho
|
1966.10.04
|
1993.04.02
|
Chapter II
|
Malawi
|
1964.07.06
1966.07.06
(Republic)
|
1994.05.18
(as amended)
|
Chapter IV
|
Malaysia
|
1957.08.31
1963.09.16
(Federation)
|
1957.08.31
(as amended)
|
Part II
|
Maldives
|
1965.07.26
|
1998
|
Chapter II
|
Malta
|
1964.09.21
1974.12.13
(Republic)
|
1964.09.21
(as amended)
|
Chapter IV
|
Mauritius
|
1968.03.12
|
1968.03.12
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
Mozambique
|
1975.06.25
|
1990.11.30
|
Part II
|
Namibia
|
1990.03.21
|
1990.03.21
|
Chapter 3
|
Nauru
Declared a Special Member as of January 9, 2006.
|
1968.01.31
(Republic on independence)
|
1968.01.31
|
Part II
|
New Zealand
|
1907.09.26
|
1987
(as amended)
|
Bill of Rights, 1990
|
Nigeria
|
1960.10.01
1963.10.01
(Republic)
|
1999.05.29
|
Chapter IV
|
Pakistan
Suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth on November 22nd, 2007.
|
1947.08.14
|
1973.04.12
(as amended)
|
Part II
|
Papua New Guinea
|
1975.09.16
|
1975.09.16
(as amended)
|
Part III, Division 3
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
1983.09.19
|
1983.09.19
|
Chapter II
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
1979.10.27
|
1979.10.27
|
Chapter I
|
Samoa
|
1962
|
1962
(as amended)
|
Part II
|
Seychelles
|
1976.06.29
(Republic on independence)
1979.03.26
(One party state)
|
1993.06.18
(as amended)
|
Chapter III, Part I
|
Sierra Leone
|
1961.04.27
1971.04.13
(Republic)
1978.06.14
(One party state)
|
1991.09.24
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
Singapore
|
1965.08.09
(Republic on independence)
|
1963.09.16
(as amended)
|
Part IV
|
Solomon Islands
|
1978.07.07
|
1978.07.07
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
South Africa
|
1910.05.31
|
1997.02.04
|
Chapter 2
|
Sri Lanka
|
1948.02.04
1972.05.22
(Republic)
1978.02.01
(French presidential-parliamentary system)
|
1978.09.07
(as amended)
|
Chapter III
|
St. Lucia
|
1979.02.22
|
1979.02.22
|
Chapter I
|
Swaziland
|
1968.09.06
|
1978.10.13
(as amended)
|
Chapter II
|
Tanzania
|
1964.04.26
(as United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
1964.10.28
(became Tanzania)
1965.07.05
(One party state)
|
1965.07.05
(as Tanzania)
1977.04.25
(as amended)
|
Section Three
|
Tonga
|
1970.06.04
|
1875.11.04
(as amended)
|
Part I
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
1962.08.31
1976.08.01
(Republic)
|
1976.08.01
(as amended)
|
Chapter 1
|
Tuvalu
|
1978.10.01
|
1986.10.01
|
Part II
|
Uganda
|
1962.09.08
(Republic)
1962.10.09
1971.01.25
(Republic)
|
1995.10.08
|
Chapter 4
|
United Kingdom
|
1801
(Established)
|
(unwritten)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
1980.07.30
|
1980.07.30
(as amended)
|
Chapter 2
|
Zambia
|
1964.10.24
(Republic on independence)
1973.08.25
(One party state)
|
1991.08.29
(as amended)
|
Part III
|