PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1965Independence4 August 1965 (Cook Islands became self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)CIA World Factbook
- 1997Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 2006Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 2008Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
