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Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Albania
03-06-1957 (R)
03-06-1958
Algeria
19-10-1962 (Su)
03-07-1962
Angola
13-06-2001 (R)
13-06-2002
Antigua and Barbuda
02-02-1983 (R)
02-02-1984
Argentina
18-01-1960 (R)
18-01-1961
Armenia
02-01-2006 (R)
02-01-2007
Australia
28-02-1973 (R)
28-02-1974
Austria
18-10-1950 (R)
18-10-1951
Azerbaijan
19-05-1992 (Su)
30-08-1991
Bahamas
14-06-2001 (R)
14-06-2002
Bangladesh
22-06-1972 (R)
22-06-1973
Barbados
08-05-1967 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belarus
06-11-1956 (R)
06-11-1957
Belgium
23-10-1951 (R)
23-10-1952
Belize
15-12-1983 (R)
15-12-1984
Benin
12-12-1960 (Su)
01-08-1960
Bolivia
04-01-1965 (R)
04-01-1966
Bosnia and Herzegovina
02-06-1993 (R)
02-06-1994
Botswana
22-12-1997 (R)
22-12-1998
Bulgaria
08-06-1959 (R)
08-06-1960
Burkina Faso
21-11-1960 (Su)
05-08-1960
Burundi
25-06-1993 (R)
25-06-1994
Cabo Verde
01-02-1999 (R)
01-02-2000
Cambodia
23-08-1999 (R)
23-08-2000
Cameroon
07-06-1960 (Su)
01-01-1960
Canada
23-03-1972 (R)
23-03-1973
Central African Republic
27-10-1960 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chad
10-11-1960 (Su)
11-08-1960
Chile
01-02-1999 (R)
01-02-2000
Colombia
16-11-1976 (R)
16-11-1977
Comoros
23-10-1978 (Su)
06-07-1975
Costa Rica
02-06-1960 (R)
02-06-1961
Côte d'Ivoire
21-11-1960 (Su)
07-08-1960
Croatia
08-10-1991 (R)
08-10-1992
Cuba
25-06-1952 (R)
25-06-1953
Cyprus
24-05-1966 (R)
24-05-1967
Czech Republic
01-01-1993 (R)
01-01-1994
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20-06-2001 (R)
20-06-2002
Denmark
13-06-1951 (R)
13-06-1952
Djibouti
03-08-1978 (Su)
27-06-1977
Dominica
28-02-1983 (R)
28-02-1984
Dominican Republic
05-12-1956 (R)
05-12-1957
Ecuador
29-05-1967 (R)
29-05-1968
Egypt
06-11-1957 (R)
06-11-1958
El Salvador
06-09-2006 (R)
06-09-2007
Equatorial Guinea
13-08-2001 (R)
13-08-2002
Eritrea
22-02-2000 (R)
22-02-2001
Estonia
22-03-1994 (R)
22-03-1995
Eswatini
26-04-1978 (Su)
06-09-1968
Ethiopia
04-06-1963 (R)
04-06-1964
Fiji
17-04-2002 (R)
17-04-2003
Finland
20-01-1950 (R)
20-01-1951
France
28-06-1951 (R)
28-06-1952
Gabon
14-10-1960 (R)
14-10-1961
Gambia, The
04-09-2000 (R)
04-09-2001
Georgia
03-08-1999 (R)
03-08-2000
Germany
20-03-1957 (R)
20-03-1958
Ghana
02-06-1965 (R)
02-06-1966
Greece
30-03-1962 (R)
30-03-1963
Grenada
25-10-1994 (R)
25-10-1995
Guatemala
13-02-1952 (R)
13-02-1953
Guinea
21-01-1959 (Su)
02-10-1958
Guinea-Bissau
09-06-2023 (R)
09-06-2024
Guyana
25-09-1967 (R)
25-09-1968
Haïti
05-06-1979 (R)
05-06-1980
Honduras
27-06-1956 (R)
27-06-1957
Hungary
06-06-1957 (R)
06-06-1958
Iceland
19-08-1950 (R)
19-08-1951
Indonesia
09-06-1998 (R)
09-06-1999
Iraq
01-06-2018 (R)
01-06-2019
Ireland
04-06-1955 (R)
04-06-1956
Israel
28-01-1957 (R)
28-01-1958
Italy
13-05-1958 (R)
13-05-1959
Jamaica
26-12-1962 (Su)
06-08-1962
Japan
14-06-1965 (R)
14-06-1966
Kazakhstan
13-12-2000 (R)
13-12-2001
Kiribati
03-02-2000 (R)
03-02-2001
Kuwait
21-09-1961 (R)
21-09-1962
Kyrgyzstan
31-03-1992 (Su)
31-08-1991
Latvia
27-01-1992 (R)
27-01-1993
Lesotho
31-10-1966 (R)
31-10-1967
Liberia
25-05-1962 (R)
25-05-1963
Libya
04-10-2000 (R)
04-10-2001
Lithuania
26-09-1994 (R)
26-09-1995
Luxembourg
03-03-1958 (R)
03-03-1959
Madagascar
01-11-1960 (Su)
26-06-1960
Malawi
19-11-1999 (R)
19-11-2000
Maldives
04-01-2013 (R)
04-01-2014
Mali
22-09-1960 (Su)
22-09-1960
Malta
04-01-1965 (Su)
21-09-1964
Mauritania
20-06-1961 (Su)
28-11-1960
Mauritius
01-04-2005 (R)
01-04-2006
Mexico
01-04-1950 (R)
01-04-1951
Moldova
12-08-1996 (Su)
27-08-1991
Mongolia
03-06-1969 (R)
03-06-1970
Montenegro
03-06-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Mozambique
23-12-1996 (R)
23-12-1997
Myanmar
04-03-1955 (R)
04-03-1956
Namibia
03-01-1995 (R)
03-01-1996
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
07-03-1950 (R)
07-03-1951
Nicaragua
31-10-1967 (R)
31-10-1968
Niger
27-02-1961 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
17-10-1960 (Su)
01-10-1960
North Macedonia
17-11-1991 (Su)
17-11-1991
Norway
04-07-1949 (R)
04-07-1950
Pakistan
14-02-1951 (R)
14-02-1952
Panama
03-06-1958 (R)
03-06-1959
Papua New Guinea
02-06-2000 (R)
02-06-2001
Paraguay
28-06-1962 (R)
28-06-1963
Peru
02-03-1960 (R)
02-03-1961
Philippines
29-12-1953 (R)
29-12-1954
Poland
25-02-1957 (R)
25-02-1958
Portugal
14-10-1977 (R)
14-10-1978
Republic of Korea, the
20-04-2021 (R)
20-04-2022
Republic of the Congo
10-11-1960 (R)
10-11-1961
Romania
28-05-1957 (R)
28-05-1958
Russian Federation
10-08-1956 (R)
10-08-1957
Rwanda
08-11-1988 (R)
08-11-1989
Saint Kitts and Nevis
25-08-2000 (R)
25-08-2001
Saint Lucia
14-05-1980 (R)
14-05-1981
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
09-11-2001 (R)
09-11-2002
Samoa
30-06-2008 (R)
30-06-2009
San Marino
19-12-1986 (R)
19-12-1987
São Tomé e Principe
17-06-1992 (R)
17-06-1993
Senegal
04-11-1960 (Su)
20-08-1960
Serbia
24-11-2000 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
06-02-1978 (Su)
28-06-1976
Sierra Leone
15-06-1961 (R)
15-06-1962
Slovakia
01-01-1993 (R)
01-01-1994
Slovenia
29-05-1992 (R)
29-05-1993
Solomon Islands
13-04-2012 (R)
13-04-2013
Somalia
20-03-2014 (R)
20-03-2015
South Africa
19-02-1996 (R)
19-02-1997
Spain
20-04-1977 (R)
20-04-1978
Sri Lanka
15-09-1995 (R)
15-09-1996
Sudan
17-03-2021 (R)
17-03-2022
Suriname
15-06-1976 (R)
15-06-1977
Sweden
25-11-1949 (R)
25-11-1950
Switzerland
25-03-1975 (R)
25-03-1976
Syria
30-10-1961 (Su)
28-09-1961
Tajikistan
26-11-1993 (Su)
09-09-1991
Tanzania
18-04-2000 (R)
18-04-2001
Timor-Leste
16-06-2009 (R)
16-06-2010
Togo
07-06-1960 (Su)
27-04-1960
Trinidad and Tobago
24-05-1963 (Su)
31-08-1962
Tunisia
18-06-1957 (R)
18-06-1958
Türkiye
12-07-1993 (R)
12-07-1994
Turkmenistan
15-05-1997 (Su)
27-10-1991
Uganda
02-06-2005 (R)
02-06-2006
Ukraine
14-09-1956 (R)
14-09-1957
United Kingdom
27-06-1949 (R)
04-07-1950
Uruguay
18-03-1954 (R)
18-03-1955
Uzbekistan
12-12-2016 (R)
12-12-2017
Vanuatu
28-08-2006 (R)
28-08-2007
Venezuela
20-09-1982 (R)
20-09-1983
Yemen
29-07-1976 (R)
29-07-1977
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
23-07-1958 (R)
23-07-1959
Zambia
02-09-1996 (R)
02-09-1997
Zimbabwe
09-04-2003 (R)
09-04-2004