(Geneva, 12/08/1949)
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21 OCTOBER 1950
Depositary: The Archives of the Swiss Confederation
Parties | Date of Signature | Date of ratification / Other | Entry Into Force | Domestication Legislation (where available) |
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Cook Islands |   | 11 June 2001 |   |   |
Fiji |   | 09 August 1971 |   |   |
Kiribati |   | 05 January 1989 |   |   |
Marshall Islands |   | 01 June 2004 |   |   |
Nauru |   | 27 June 2006 |   |   |
Palau |   | 25 June 1996 |   |   |
Papua New Guinea |   | 26 May 1976 |   |   |
Samoa |   | 23 August 1984 |   |   |
Solomon Islands |   | 06 July 1981 |   |   |
Tonga |   | 13 April 1978 |   |   |
Tuvalu |   | 19 February 1981 |   |   |
Vanuatu |   | 27 October 1982 |   |   |
Afghanistan | 08 December 1949 | 26 September 1956 |   |   |
Albania | 12 December 1949 | 27 May 1957 ( r) |   |   |
Algeria |   | 20 June 1960 |   |   |
Andorra |   | 17 September 1993 |   |   |
Angola |   | 20 September 1984( r) |   |   |
Antigua and Barbuda |   | 06 October 1986 |   |   |
Argentina | 08 December 1949 | 18 September 1956 |   |   |
Armenia |   | 07 June 1993 |   |   |
Australia | 14 January 1950 | 14 October 1958( r) |   |   |
Austria | 12 August 1949 | 27 August 1953 |   |   |
Azerbaijan |   | 01 June 1993 |   |   |
Bahamas |   | 11 July 1975 |   |   |
Bahrain |   | 30 November 1971 |   |   |
Bangladesh |   | 04 April 1972 (20 December 1988( r)) |   |   |
Barbados |   | 10 September 1968( r) |   |   |
Belarus | 12 December 1949 | 03 August 1954 |   |   |
Belguim | 08 August 1949 | 03 September 1952 |   |   |
Belize |   | 29 June 1984 |   |   |
Benin |   | 14 December 1961 |   |   |
Bhutan |   | 10 January 1991 |   |   |
Bolivia | 08 December 1949 | 10 December 1976 |   |   |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |   | 31 December 1992 |   |   |
Botswana |   | 29 March 1968 |   |   |
Brazil | 08 December 1949 | 29 June 1957 |   |   |
Brunei Darussalam |   | 14 October 1991 |   |   |
Bulgaria | 28 December 1949 | 22 July 1954 |   |   |
Burkina Faso |   | 07 November 1961 |   |   |
Burundi |   | 27 December 1971 |   |   |
Cambodia |   | 08 December 1958 |   |   |
Cameroon |   | 16 September 1963 |   |   |
Canada | 08 December 1949 | 14 May 1965 |   |   |
Cape Verde |   | 11 May 1984 |   |   |
Central African Republic |   | 01 August 1966 |   |   |
Chad |   | 05 August 1970 |   |   |
Chile | 12 August 1949 | 12 October 1950 |   |   |
China | 10 December 1949 | 28 December 1956( r) |   |   |
Colombia | 12 August 1949 | 08 November 1961 |   |   |
Comoros |   | 21 November 1985 |   |   |
Congo (Dem. Rep) |   | 24 February 1961 |   |   |
Costa Rica |   | 15 October 1969 |   |   |
Cote d'Ivoire |   | 28 December 1961 |   |   |
Croatia |   | 11 May 1992 |   |   |
Cuba | 12 August 1949 | 15 April 1954 |   |   |
Cyprus |   | 23 May 1962 |   |   |
Czech Republic |   | 05 February 1993(19 December 1950( r)) |   |   |
Denmark | 12 August 1949 | 27 June 1951 |   |   |
Djibouti |   | 06 March 1978 |   |   |
Dominica |   | 28 September 1981 |   |   |
Dominican Republic |   | 22 January 1958 |   |   |
Ecuador | 12 August 1949 | 11 August 1954 |   |   |
Egypt | 08 December 1949 | 10 November 1952 |   |   |
El Salvador | 08 December 1949 | 17 June 1953 |   |   |
Equatorial Guinea |   | 24 July 1986 |   |   |
Eritrea |   | 14 August 2000 |   |   |
Estonia |   | 18 January 1993 |   |   |
Ethiopia | 08 December 1949 | 02 October 1969 |   |   |
Finland | 08 December 1949 | 22 February 1955 |   |   |
Former Yugolsav Republic of Macedonia |   | 01 September 1993(18 October 1996( r)) |   |   |
France | 08 December 1949 | 28 June 1951 |   |   |
Gabon |   | 26 February 1965 |   |   |
Gambia |   | 20 October 1966 |   |   |
Georgia |   | 14 September 1993 |   |   |
Germany |   | 03 September 1954( r) |   |   |
Ghana |   | 02 August 1958 |   |   |
Greece | 22 December 1949 | 05 June 1956 |   |   |
Grenada |   | 13 April 1981 |   |   |
Guatemala | 12 August 1949 | 14 May 1952 |   |   |
Guinea |   | 11 July 1984 |   |   |
Guinea-Bissau |   | 21 February 1974 |   |   |
Guyana |   | 22 July 1968 |   |   |
Haiti |   | 11 April 1957 |   |   |
Holy See | 08 December 1949 | 22 February 1951 |   |   |
Honduras |   | 31 December 1965 |   |   |
Hungary | 08 December 1949 | 03 August 1954 |   |   |
Iceland |   | 10 August 1965 |   |   |
India | 16 December 1949 | 09 November 1950 |   |   |
Indonesia |   | 30 September 1958 |   |   |
Iran (Islamic Rep.of) | 08 December 1949 | 20 February 1957 |   |   |
Iraq |   | 14 February 1956 |   |   |
Ireland | 19 December 1949 | 27 September 1962 |   |   |
Israel | 08 December 1949 | 06 July 1951(08 December 1949( r)) |   |   |
Italy | 08 December 1949 | 17 December 1951 |   |   |
Jamaica |   | 20 July 1964 |   |   |
Japan |   | 21 April 1953 |   |   |
Jordan |   | 29 May 1951 |   |   |
Kazakhstan |   | 05 May 1992 |   |   |
Kenya |   | 20 September 1966 |   |   |
Korea (Dem.People's Rep.) |   | 27 August 1957( r) |   |   |
Korea (Republi of) |   | 16 August 1966( r) |   |   |
Krgyzstan |   | 18 September 1992 |   |   |
Kuwait |   | 02 September 1967( r) |   |   |
Lao People's Dem. Rep |   | 29 October 1956 |   |   |
Latvia |   | 24 December 1991 |   |   |
Lebanon | 08 December 1949 | 10 April 1951 |   |   |
Lesotho |   | 20 May 1968 |   |   |
Liberia |   | 29 March 1954 |   |   |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |   | 22 May 1956 |   |   |
Liechtenstein | 12 August 1949 | 21 September 1950 |   |   |
Lithuania |   | 03 October 1996 |   |   |
Luxembourg | 08 December 1949 | 01 July 1953 |   |   |
Madagascar |   | 18 July 1963 |   |   |
Malawi |   | 05 January 1963 |   |   |
Malaysia |   | 24 August 1962 |   |   |
Maldives |   | 18 June 1991 |   |   |
Mali |   | 24 May 1965 |   |   |
Malta |   | 22 August 1968 |   |   |
Mauritania |   | 30 October 1962 |   |   |
Mauritius |   | 18 August 1970 |   |   |
Mexico | 08 December 1949 | 29 October 1952 |   |   |
Micronesia |   | 19 September 1995 |   |   |
Moldova (Republic of) |   | 24 May 1993 |   |   |
Monaco | 12 August 1949 | 05 July 1950 |   |   |
Mongolia |   | 20 December 1958 |   |   |
Montenegro (Republic of) |   | 24 May 1993 |   |   |
Morocco |   | 26 July 1956 |   |   |
Mozambique |   | 14 March 1983 |   |   |
Myanmar |   | 25 August 1992 |   |   |
Namibia |   | 22 August 1991 |   |   |
Nepal |   | 02 February 1964 |   |   |
Netherlands | 08 December 1949 | 03 August 1954 |   |   |
New Zealand | 11 February 1950 | 02 May 1959 |   |   |
Nicaragua | 12 August 1949 | 17 December 1953 |   |   |
Niger |   | 21 April 1964 |   |   |
Nigeria |   | 20 June 1961 |   |   |
Norway | 12 August 1949 | 03 August 1951 |   |   |
Oman |   | 31 January 1974 |   |   |
Pakistan | 12 August 1949 | 12 June 1951( r) |   |   |
Panama |   | 10 February 1956 |   |   |
Paraguay | 10 December 1949 | 23 October 1961 |   |   |
Peru | 12 August 1949 | 25 February 1956 |   |   |
Philippines | 08 December 1949 | 06 October 1952 |   |   |
Poland | 08 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 |   |   |
Portugal | 11 February 1950 | 14 March 1961( r) |   |   |
Qatar |   | 15 October 1975 |   |   |
Romania | 10 February 1950 | 01 June 1954 |   |   |
Russian Federation | 12 December 1949 | 10 May 1954( 12 December 1949( r)) |   |   |
Rwanda |   | 05 May 1964 |   |   |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |   | 14 February 1986 |   |   |
Saint Lucia |   | 18 September 1981 |   |   |
Saint Vincent Grenadines |   | 01 April 1981 |   |   |
San Marino |   | 29 August 1953 |   |   |
Sao Tome and Principe |   | 21 May 1976 |   |   |
Saudi Arabia |   | 18 May 1963 |   |   |
Senegal |   | 18 May 1963 |   |   |
Serbia (Republic of) |   | 16 October 2001 |   |   |
Seychelles |   | 08 November 1984 |   |   |
Sierra Leone |   | 10 June 1965 |   |   |
Singapore |   | 27 April 1973 |   |   |
Slovakia |   | 02 April 1993 |   |   |
Slovenia |   | 26 March 1992 |   |   |
Somalia |   | 12 July 1962 |   |   |
South Africa |   | 31 March 1952 |   |   |
Spain | 08 December 1949 | 04 August 1952 |   |   |
Sri Lanka | 08 December 1949 | 28 February 1959 |   |   |
Sudan |   | 23 September 1957 |   |   |
Suriname |   | 13 October 1976( r) |   |   |
Swaziland |   | 28 June 1973 |   |   |
Sweden | 08 December 1949 | 28 December 1953 |   |   |
Switzerland | 12 August 1949 | 31 March 1950 |   |   |
Syrian Arab Republic | 12 August 1949 | 31 March 1950 |   |   |
Tajikistan |   | 13 January 1993 |   |   |
Tanzania (United Republic.of) |   | 12 December 1962 |   |   |
Thailand |   | 29 December 1954 |   |   |
Timor-Leste |   | 08 May 2003 |   |   |
Togo |   | 06 January 1962 |   |   |
Trinidad and Tobago |   | 24 September 1963 |   |   |
Tunisia |   | 04 May 1957 |   |   |
Turkey | 12 August 1949 | 10 February 1954 |   |   |
Turkmenistan |   | 10 April 1992 |   |   |
Uganda |   | 18 May 1964 |   |   |
Ukraine | 12 December 1949 | 03 August 1954 |   |   |
United Arab Emirates |   | 10 May 1972 |   |   |
United Kingdom | 08 December 1949 | 23 September 1957( r) |   |   |
United States of America | 12 August 1949 | 02 August 1955( r) |   |   |
Uruguay | 12 August 1949 | 05 March 1969( r) |   |   |
Uzbekistan |   | 08 October 1993 |   |   |
Venezuela | 10 February 1950 | 13 February 1956 |   |   |
Vietnam |   | 28 June 1957( r) |   |   |
Yemen |   | 16 July 1970( 25 May 1977( r)) |   |   |
Zambia |   | 19 October 1966 |   |   |
Zimbabwe |   | 07 March 1983 |   |   |
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