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Party
Signature
Provisional application
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Albania
01-10-1969 (A)
31-10-1969
Algeria
16-05-1963 (A)
15-06-1963
Argentina
25-11-1960 (A)
25-12-1960
Australia
07-12-1954 (A)
06-01-1955
Austria
19-09-1949
02-11-1955 (R)
02-12-1955
Bahrain
11-03-2025 (A)
10-04-2025
Bangladesh
06-12-1978 (A)
05-01-1979
Barbados
05-03-1971 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belgium
19-09-1949
23-04-1954 (R)
23-05-1954
Benin
05-12-1961 (Su)
01-08-1960
Botswana
03-01-1967 (A)
02-02-1967
Brunei
12-03-2020 (A)
11-04-2020
Bulgaria
13-02-1963 (A)
15-03-1963
Burkina Faso
31-08-2009 (A)
30-09-2009
Cambodia
14-03-1956 (A)
13-04-1956
Canada
23-12-1965 (A)
22-01-1966
Central African Republic
04-09-1962 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chile
10-08-1960 (A)
09-09-1960
China
Côte d'Ivoire
08-12-1961 (Su)
07-08-1960
Croatia
07-02-2020 (A)
08-03-2020
Cuba
01-10-1952 (A)
31-10-1952
Cyprus
06-07-1962 (Su)
16-08-1960
Czech Republic
02-06-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
28-12-1949
03-11-1950 (R)
26-03-1952
Democratic Republic of the Congo
06-03-1961 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
19-09-1949
03-02-1956 (R)
04-03-1956
Dominican Republic
19-09-1949
15-08-1957 (R)
14-09-1957
Ecuador
26-09-1962 (A)
26-10-1962
Egypt
19-09-1949
28-05-1957 (R)
27-06-1957
Estonia
01-04-2021 (A)
01-05-2021
Fiji
31-10-1972 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
24-09-1958 (A)
24-10-1958
France
19-09-1949
15-09-1950 (R)
26-03-1952
Georgia
23-07-1993 (A)
22-08-1993
Ghana
06-01-1959 (A)
05-02-1959
Greece
01-07-1952 (A)
31-07-1952
Guatemala
10-01-1962 (A)
09-02-1962
Haïti
12-02-1958 (A)
14-03-1958
Holy See
05-10-1953 (A)
04-11-1953
Hungary
30-07-1962 (A)
29-08-1962
Iceland
22-07-1983 (A)
21-08-1983
India
19-09-1949
09-03-1962 (R)
08-04-1962
Ireland
31-05-1962 (A)
30-06-1962
Israel
19-09-1949
06-01-1955 (R)
05-02-1955
Italy
19-09-1949
15-12-1952 (R)
14-01-1953
Jamaica
09-08-1963 (Su)
06-08-1962
Japan
07-08-1964 (A)
06-09-1964
Jordan
14-01-1960 (A)
13-02-1960
Kyrgyzstan
22-03-1994 (A)
21-04-1994
Laos
06-03-1959 (A)
05-04-1959
Lebanon
19-09-1949
02-08-1963 (R)
01-09-1963
Lesotho
27-09-1973 (A)
27-10-1973
Liechtenstein
02-03-2020 (A)
01-04-2020
Lithuania
04-02-2019 (A)
06-03-2019
Luxembourg
19-09-1949
17-10-1952 (R)
16-11-1952
Madagascar
27-06-1962 (Su)
26-06-1960
Malawi
17-02-1965 (Su)
19-03-1965
Malaysia
10-09-1958 (A)
10-10-1958
Mali
19-11-1962 (Su)
22-09-1960
Malta
03-01-1966 (Su)
21-09-1964
Monaco
03-08-1951 (A)
26-03-1952
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
02-03-1956 (Su)
07-12-1956
Namibia
13-10-1993 (Su)
21-03-1990
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
19-09-1949
19-09-1952 (R)
19-10-1952
New Zealand
12-02-1958 (A)
14-03-1958
Niger
25-08-1961 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
03-02-2011 (A)
05-03-2011
Norway
19-09-1949
11-04-1957 (R)
11-05-1957
Papua New Guinea
12-02-1981 (A)
14-03-1981
Paraguay
18-10-1965 (A)
17-11-1965
Peru
09-07-1957 (A)
08-08-1957
Philippines
19-09-1949
15-09-1952 (R)
15-10-1952
Poland
29-10-1958 (A)
28-11-1958
Portugal
28-12-1955 (A)
27-01-1956
Republic of Korea, the
14-06-1971 (A)
14-07-1971
Republic of the Congo
15-05-1962 (A)
14-06-1962
Romania
26-01-1961 (A)
25-02-1961
Russian Federation
17-08-1959 (A)
16-09-1959
Rwanda
05-08-1964 (Su)
01-07-1962
San Marino
19-03-1962 (A)
18-04-1962
Senegal
13-07-1962 (Su)
20-08-1960
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Sierra Leone
13-03-1962 (Su)
27-04-1961
Singapore
29-11-1972 (Su)
09-08-1965
Slovakia
01-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
13-07-2017 (Su)
25-06-1991
South Africa
19-09-1949
09-07-1952 (R)
08-08-1952
Spain
13-02-1958 (A)
15-03-1958
Sri Lanka
26-07-1957 (A)
25-08-1957
Sweden
19-09-1949
25-02-1952 (R)
26-03-1952
Switzerland
19-09-1949
Syria
11-12-1953 (A)
10-01-1954
Thailand
15-08-1962 (A)
14-09-1962
Togo
27-02-1962 (Su)
27-04-1960
Trinidad and Tobago
08-07-1964 (A)
07-08-1964
Tunisia
08-11-1957 (A)
08-12-1957
Türkiye
17-01-1956 (A)
16-02-1956
Uganda
15-04-1965 (A)
15-05-1965
United Arab Emirates
10-01-2007 (A)
09-02-2007
United Kingdom
19-09-1949
08-07-1957 (R)
07-08-1957
United States of America
19-09-1949
30-08-1950 (R)
26-03-1952
Venezuela
11-05-1962 (A)
10-06-1962
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
19-09-1949
08-10-1956 (R)
07-11-1956
Zimbabwe
01-12-1998 (Su)
18-04-1980