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Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Albania
20-06-2001 (A)
01-09-2001
Algeria
04-07-2006 (A)
01-10-2006
Armenia
09-04-2020 (A)
01-07-2020
Belarus
15-01-2016 (A)
01-04-2016
Belgium
29-10-1999
03-03-2006 (R)
01-06-2006
Benin
26-10-1999 (S)
01-01-2000
Botswana
22-08-2017 (A)
01-11-2017
Bulgaria
05-07-1999
23-11-1999 (R)
01-02-2000
Burkina Faso
01-07-2013 (A)
01-10-2013
Burundi
25-07-2014 (A)
01-10-2014
Cameroon
07-07-2022 (A)
01-10-2022
Central African Republic
15-10-2018 (A)
01-01-2019
Chad
01-08-2011 (A)
01-11-2011
Côte d'Ivoire
01-03-2013 (A)
01-06-2013
Croatia
26-06-2000 (A)
01-09-2000
Cyprus
19-06-2008 (A)
01-09-2008
Czech Republic
23-06-2006 (A)
01-09-2006
Denmark
29-10-1999
29-10-1999 (R)
01-01-2000
Djibouti
31-12-2003 (A)
01-03-2004
Egypt
20-08-1997
04-03-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Equatorial Guinea
03-10-2002 (A)
01-01-2003
Estonia
01-08-2008 (A)
01-11-2008
Eswatini
23-10-2012 (A)
01-01-2013
Ethiopia
03-11-2009 (A)
01-02-2010
EU (European Union)
01-09-1997
27-07-2005 (R)
01-10-2005
Finland
03-02-1999
29-10-1999 (R)
01-01-2000
France
25-11-1998
30-09-2003 (R)
01-12-2003
Gabon
10-09-2012 (A)
01-12-2012
Gambia, The
12-03-1999
12-03-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Georgia
28-05-2001 (A)
01-08-2001
Germany
15-08-1996
09-12-1998 (R)
01-11-1999
Ghana
25-07-2005 (A)
01-10-2005
Greece
14-05-1998
03-03-2023 (R)
01-06-2023
Guinea
04-03-1999 (S)
01-11-1999
Guinea-Bissau
14-08-2006 (A)
01-11-2006
Hungary
17-12-2002 (A)
01-03-2003
Iceland
21-03-2013 (A)
01-06-2013
Ireland
27-08-1996
30-05-2003 (R)
01-08-2003
Israel
14-08-2002 (A)
01-11-2002
Italy
01-06-2006 (A)
01-09-2006
Jordan
12-03-1997 (S)
01-11-1999
Kenya
09-03-2001 (A)
01-06-2001
Latvia
21-10-2005 (A)
01-01-2006
Lebanon
30-09-2002 (A)
01-12-2002
Libya
31-03-2005 (A)
01-06-2005
Lithuania
23-08-2004 (A)
01-11-2004
Luxembourg
27-10-1997
12-09-2003 (R)
01-12-2003
Madagascar
12-10-2006 (A)
01-01-2007
Malawi
25-06-2019 (A)
01-09-2019
Mali
25-09-1997
18-10-1999 (R)
01-01-2000
Mauritania
25-02-2015 (A)
01-05-2015
Mauritius
26-10-2000 (A)
01-01-2001
Moldova
17-01-2001 (A)
01-04-2001
Monaco
10-03-1999
15-06-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Montenegro
01-08-2011 (A)
01-11-2011
Morocco
19-11-1997
24-09-2012 (R)
01-12-2012
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
15-08-1996 (S)
01-11-1999
Niger
27-04-1999
31-08-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Nigeria
13-04-2004 (A)
01-07-2004
North Macedonia
01-11-1999 (A)
01-02-2000
Norway
25-06-2008 (A)
01-09-2008
Portugal
11-12-2003 (A)
01-03-2004
Republic of the Congo
30-08-1999
30-08-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Romania
07-08-1998
04-07-2000 (R)
01-10-2000
Rwanda
11-06-2014 (A)
01-09-2014
Saudi Arabia
14-04-2023 (A)
01-07-2023
Senegal
27-04-1999 (S)
01-11-1999
Serbia
13-12-2018 (A)
01-03-2019
Slovakia
23-04-2001 (A)
01-07-2001
Slovenia
23-07-2003 (A)
01-10-2003
South Africa
29-10-1999
01-01-2002 (R)
01-04-2002
Spain
20-02-1998
30-03-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Sudan
31-12-1996 (S)
01-11-1999
Sweden
05-10-1998 (S)
01-11-1999
Switzerland
15-10-1996 (S)
01-11-1999
Syria
30-05-2003 (A)
01-08-2003
Tanzania
31-08-1999
31-08-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Togo
02-02-1998
22-03-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Tunisia
26-04-2005 (A)
01-07-2005
Turkmenistan
27-10-2020 (A)
01-01-2021
Uganda
22-09-2000 (A)
01-12-2000
Ukraine
16-10-1998
18-10-2002 (R)
01-01-2003
United Kingdom
23-09-1996
22-02-1999 (R)
01-11-1999
Uzbekistan
30-01-2004 (A)
01-04-2004
Zimbabwe
08-03-2012 (A)
01-06-2012