Approved by the National Assembly and published in Official Gazette No. 37,357 of 4 January 2003. The instrument of ratification was deposited at United Nations Headquarters in April 2002.  Also deposited were its two supplementary protocols, the Protocol to Prevent, Punish and Suppress Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
L'instrument de ratification a été déposé au Siège de l'ONU en avril 2002, ainsi que les deux protocoles additionnels qui s'y rapportent, le Protocole visant à prévenir, réprimer et punir la traite des personnes, en particulier des femmes et enfants, et le Protocole contre le trafic illicite de migrants par terre, air et mer;