| CENTRAL AMERICA & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Belize | Costa Rica | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua | Panama |
| UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Optional Protocol to CEDAW (1999) | - | - | S | S | - | |||
| UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000) | S | - | - | - | - | |||
| UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2000, not in force) | S | S | S | S | S | - | S | |
| Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000, not in force) | - | S | S | S | - | - | - | S |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) | S | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced Labor (1930) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ILO Convention No. 105 concerning the Abolition of Forced Labor (1957) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Worst Forms of Child Labor (1999) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| OAS American Convention on Human Rights ("San Jose", 1969) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Additional Protocol in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("San Salvador", 1988) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| OAS Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (1994) | - | - | - | |||||
| OAS Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women ("Belem do Para", 1994) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
– = ratification; S = signature only.
Status as of October 4, 2002.