Malawi
| Legal Instrument | Signed | Ratified | Deposited | |
| Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa | 20/05/2005 | 29/06/2005 | ||
| Constitutive Act of the African Union | 12/07/2000 | 03/02/2001 | 14/02/2001 | |
| African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child | 13/07/1999 | 16/09/1999 | 17/11/1999 | |
| United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 11/06/1996 | |||
| African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights | 23/02/1990 | 17/11/1989 | 23/02/1990 | |
| AU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa | 04/11/1987 | 02/12/1987 | ||
| African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance | ||||
| Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | ||||
| Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | 09/06/1998 |