Member States

The following table lists, for each State Party, the dates on which it signed the Convention and/or deposited its instrument of ratification, accession, acceptance or succession with the Depositary, and on which the Convention entered or will enter into force for it. See National Authorities for contact details.

Sr. No. Member State Signature Ratification, accession or succession Entry into Force
Afghanistan 14/01/1993 24/09/2003 24/10/2003
Albania 14/01/1993 11/05/1994 29/04/1997
Algeria 13/01/1993 14/08/1995 29/04/1997
Andorra _ 27/02/2003 29/03/2003
Angola _ 16/05/2015 16/10/2015
Antigua and Barbuda _ 29/08/2005 28/09/2005
Argentina 13/01/1993 02/10/1995 29/04/1997
Armenia 19/03/1993 27/01/1995 29/04/1997
Australia 13/01/1993 06/05/1994 29/04/1997
Austria 13/01/1993 17/08/1995 29/04/1997
Azerbaijan 13/01/1993 29/02/2000 30/03/2000
Bahamas 02/03/1994 21/04/2009 21/05/2009
Bahrain 24/02/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
Bangladesh 14/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
Barbados _ 07/03/2007 06/04/2007
Belarus 14/01/1993 11/07/1996 29/04/1997
Belgium 13/01/1993 27/01/1997 29/04/1997
Belize _ 01/12/2003 31/12/2003
Benin 14/01/1993 14/05/1998 13/06/1998
Bhutan 24/04/1997 18/08/2005 17/09/2005
Bolivia 14/01/1993 14/08/1998 13/09/1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16/01/1997 25/02/1997 29/04/1997
Botswana _ 31/08/1998 30/09/1998
Brazil 13/01/1993 13/03/1996 29/04/1997
Brunei 13/01/1993 28/07/1997 27/08/1997
Bulgaria 13/01/1993 10/08/1994 29/04/1997
Burkina Faso 14/01/1993 08/07/1997 07/08/1997
Burundi 15/01/1993 04/09/1998 04/10/1998
Cambodia 15/01/1993 19/07/2005 18/08/2005
Cameroon 14/01/1993 16/09/1996 29/04/1997
Canada 13/01/1993 26/09/1995 29/04/1997
Cape Verde 15/01/1993 10/10/2003 09/11/2003
Central African Republic 14/01/1993 20/09/2006 20/10/2006
Chad 11/10/1994 13/02/2004 14/03/2004
Chile 14/01/1993 12/07/1996 29/04/1997
China 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
Colombia 13/01/1993 05/04/2000 05/05/2000
Comoros 13/01/1993 18/08/2006 17/09/2006
Congo 14/01/1993 12/10/2005 11/11/2005
Congo-Brazzaville 15/01/1993 04/12/2007 03/01/2008
Cook Islands 14/01/1993 15/07/1994 29/04/1997
Costa Rica 14/01/1993 31/05/1996 29/04/1997
Côte d’Ivoire 13/01/1993 18/12/1995 29/04/1997
Croatia 13/01/1993 23/05/1995 29/04/1997
Cuba 13/01/1993 29/04/1997 29/05/1997
Cyprus 13/01/1993 28/08/1998 27/09/1998
Czech Republic 14/01/1993 06/03/1996 29/04/1997
Denmark 14/01/1993 13/07/1995 29/04/1997
Djibouti 28/09/1993 25/01/2006 24/02/2006
Dominica 02/08/1993 12/02/2001 14/03/2001
Dominican Republic 13/01/1993 27/03/2009 26/04/2009
Ecuador 14/01/1993 06/09/1995 29/04/1997
El Salvador 14/01/1993 30/10/1995 29/04/1997
Equatorial Guinea 14/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
Eritrea _ 14/02/2000 15/03/2000
Estonia 14/01/1993 26/05/1999 25/06/1999
Ethiopia 14/01/1993 13/05/1996 29/04/1997
Fiji 14/01/1993 20/01/1993 29/04/1997
Finland 14/01/1993 07/02/1995 29/04/1997
France 13/01/1993 02/03/1995 29/04/1997
Gabon 13/01/1993 08/09/2000 08/10/2000
Gambia 13/01/1993 19/05/1998 18/06/1998
Georgia 14/01/1993 27/11/1995 29/04/1997
Germany 13/01/1993 12/08/1994 29/04/1997
Ghana 14/01/1993 09/07/1997 08/08/1997
Greece 13/01/1993 22/12/1994 29/04/1997
Grenada 09/04/1997 03/06/2005 03/07/2005
Guatemala 14/01/1993 12/02/2003 14/03/2003
Guinea 14/01/1993 09/06/1997 09/07/1997
Guinea-Bissau 14/01/1993 20/05/2008 19/06/2008
Guyana 06/10/1993 12/09/1997 12/10/1997
Haiti 14/01/1993 22/02/2006 24/03/2006
Holy See 14/01/1993 12/05/1999 11/06/1999
Honduras 13/01/1993 29/08/2005 28/09/2005
Hungary 13/01/1993 31/10/1996 29/04/1997
Iceland 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
India 14/01/1993 03/09/1996 29/04/1997
Indonesia 13/01/1993 12/11/1998 12/12/1998
Iran 13/01/1993 03/11/1997 03/12/1997
Iraq _ 13/01/2009 12/02/2009
Ireland 14/01/1993 24/06/1996 29/04/1997
Italy 13/01/1993 08/12/1995 29/04/1997
Jamaica 18/04/1997 08/09/2000 08/10/2000
Japan 13/01/1993 15/09/1995 29/04/1997
Jordan _ 29/10/1997 28/11/1997
Kazakhstan 14/01/1993 23/03/2000 22/04/2000
Kenya 15/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
Kiribati _ 07/09/2000 07/10/2000
Kuwait 27/01/1993 29/05/1997 28/06/1997
Kyrgyzstan 22/02/1993 29/09/2003 29/10/2003
Laos 13/05/1993 25/02/1997 29/04/1997
Latvia 06/05/1993 23/07/1996 29/04/1997
Lebanon _ 20/11/2008 20/12/2008
Lesotho 07/12/1994 07/12/1994 29/04/1997
Liberia 15/01/1993 23/02/2006 25/03/2006
Libya _ 06/01/2004 05/02/2004
Liechtenstein 21/07/1993 24/11/1999 24/12/1999
Lithuania 13/01/1993 15/04/1998 15/05/1998
Luxembourg 13/01/1993 15/04/1997 29/04/1997
Macedonia _ 20/06/1997 20/07/1997
Madagascar 15/01/1993 20/10/2004 19/11/2004
Malawi 14/01/1993 11/06/1998 11/07/1998
Malaysia 13/01/1993 20/04/2000 20/05/2000
Maldives 01/10/1993 31/05/1994 29/04/1997
Mali 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
Malta 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
Marshall Islands 13/01/1993 19/05/2004 18/06/2004
Mauritania 13/01/1993 09/02/1998 11/03/1998
Mauritius 14/01/1993 09/02/1993 29/04/1997
Mexico 13/01/1993 29/08/1994 29/04/1997
Micronesia 13/01/1993 21/06/1999 21/07/1999
Moldova 13/01/1993 08/07/1996 29/04/1997
Monaco 13/01/1993 01/06/1995 29/04/1997
Mongolia 14/01/1993 17/01/1995 29/04/1997
Montenegro _ 23/10/2006 03/06/2006
Morocco 13/01/1993 28/12/1995 29/04/1997
Mozambique _ 15/08/2000 14/09/2000
Myanmar 14/01/1993 08/07/2015 07/08/2015
Namibia 13/01/1993 27/11/1995 29/04/1997
Nauru 13/01/1993 12/11/2001 12/12/2001
Nepal 19/01/1993 18/11/1997 18/12/1997
Netherlands 14/01/1993 30/06/1995 29/04/1997
New Zealand 14/01/1993 15/07/1996 29/04/1997
Nicaragua 09/03/1993 05/11/1999 05/12/1999
Niger 14/01/1993 09/04/1997 29/04/1997
Nigeria 13/01/1993 20/05/1999 19/06/1999
Niue _ 21/04/2005 21/05/2005
Norway 13/01/1993 07/04/1994 29/04/1997
Oman 02/02/1993 08/02/1995 29/04/1997
Pakistan 13/01/1993 28/10/1997 27/11/1997
Palau _ 03/02/2003 05/03/2003
Palestine _ 17/01/2018 16/06/2018
Panama 16/06/1993 07/10/1998 06/11/1998
Papua New Guinea 14/01/1993 17/04/1996 29/04/1997
Paraguay 14/01/1993 01/12/1994 29/04/1997
Peru 14/01/1993 20/07/1995 29/04/1997
Philippines 13/01/1993 11/12/1996 29/04/1997
Poland 13/01/1993 23/08/1995 29/04/1997
Portugal 13/01/1993 10/09/1996 29/04/1997
Qatar 01/02/1993 03/09/1997 03/10/1997
Republic of Korea 14/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
Romania 13/01/1993 15/02/1995 29/04/1997
Russia 13/01/1993 05/11/1997 05/12/1997
Rwanda 17/05/1993 31/03/2004 30/04/2004
Saint Kitts and Nevis 16/03/1994 21/05/2004 20/06/2004
Saint Lucia 29/03/1993 09/04/1997 29/04/1997
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20/09/1993 18/09/2002 18/10/2002
Samoa 14/01/1993 27/09/2002 27/10/2002
San Marino 13/01/1993 10/12/1999 09/01/2000
São Tomé e Príncipe _ 09/09/2003 09/10/2003
Saudi Arabia 20/01/1993 09/08/1996 29/04/1997
Senegal 13/01/1993 20/07/1998 19/08/1998
Serbia _ 20/04/2000 20/05/2000
Seychelles 15/01/1993 07/04/1993 29/04/1997
Sierra Leone 15/01/1993 30/09/2004 30/10/2004
Singapore 14/01/1993 21/05/1997 20/06/1997
Slovakia 14/01/1993 27/10/1995 29/04/1997
Slovenia 14/01/1993 11/06/1997 11/07/1997
Solomon Islands _ 23/09/2004 23/10/2004
Somalia _ 29/05/2013 28/06/2013
South Africa 14/01/1993 13/09/1995 29/04/1997
Spain 13/01/1993 03/08/1994 29/04/1997
Sri Lanka 14/01/1993 19/08/1994 29/04/1997
Sudan _ 24/05/1999 23/06/1999
Suriname 28/04/1997 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
Swaziland 23/09/1993 20/11/1996 29/04/1997
Sweden 13/01/1993 17/06/1993 29/04/1997
Switzerland 14/01/1993 10/03/1995 29/04/1997
Syria - 14/09/2013 14/10/2013
Tajikistan 14/01/1993 11/01/1995 29/04/1997
Tanzania 25/02/1994 25/06/1998 25/07/1998
Thailand 14/01/1993 10/12/2002 09/01/2003
Timor-Leste _ 07/05/2003 06/06/2003
Togo 13/01/1993 23/04/1997 29/04/1997
Tonga _ 29/05/2003 28/06/2003
Trinidad and Tobago _ 24/06/1997 24/07/1997
Tunisia 13/01/1993 15/04/1997 29/04/1997
Turkey 14/01/1993 12/05/1997 11/06/1997
Turkmenistan 12/10/1993 29/09/1994 29/04/1997
Tuvalu _ 19/01/2004 18/02/2004
Uganda 14/01/1993 30/11/2001 30/12/2001
Ukraine 13/01/1993 16/10/1998 15/11/1998
United Arab Emirates 02/02/1993 28/11/2000 28/12/2000
United Kingdom 13/01/1993 13/05/1996 29/04/1997
United States of America 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
Uruguay 15/01/1993 06/10/1994 29/04/1997
Uzbekistan 24/11/1995 23/07/1996 29/04/1997
Vanuatu _ 16/09/2005 16/10/2005
Venezuela 14/01/1993 03/12/1997 02/01/1998
Vietnam 02/01/1998 30/09/1998 30/10/1998
Yemen 08/02/1993 02/10/2000 01/11/2000
Zambia 13/01/1993 09/02/2001 11/03/2001
Zimbabwe 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997