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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Treaty Type: Multilateral

Depository: United Nations

Place Of Signature: Paris

Date Of Signature: 09-Dec-1948



Publication Records


Participant Status

Country Action Action Date Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN Accession 22-Mar-1956
ALBANIA Accession 12-May-1955
ALBANIA Reservation 12-May-1955
ALBANIA Withdrawal Res. 19-Jul-1999
ALGERIA Accession 31-Oct-1963
ALGERIA Reservation 31-Oct-1963
ANDORRA Accession 22-Sep-2006 21-Dec-2006
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 25-Oct-1988 01-Nov-1981
ARGENTINA Accession 05-Jun-1965
ARGENTINA Reservation 05-Jun-1965
ARGENTINA Objection 03-Oct-1983
ARMENIA Accession 23-Jun-1993 19-Sep-1993
AUSTRALIA Signature 11-Dec-1948
AUSTRALIA Ratification 08-Jul-1949
AUSTRALIA Objection 08-Jul-1949
AUSTRALIA Objection 15-Nov-1950
AUSTRALIA Objection 19-Jan-1951
AUSTRIA Accession 19-Mar-1958
AZERBAIJAN Accession 16-Aug-1996 14-Nov-1996
Bahamas Extension 30-Jan-1970
BAHAMAS Succession 05-Aug-1975
BAHRAIN Accession 27-Mar-1990 25-Jun-1990
BAHRAIN Reservation 27-Mar-1990
BANGLADESH Accession 05-Oct-1998 03-Jan-1999
BANGLADESH Declaration 05-Oct-1998
BARBADOS Accession 14-Jan-1980 13-Apr-1980
Belgian Congo Extension 13-Mar-1952
BELGIUM Signature 12-Dec-1949
BELGIUM Ratification 05-Sep-1951
BELGIUM Objection 05-Sep-1951
BELIZE Accession 10-Mar-1998 08-Jun-1998
Bermuda Extension 30-Jan-1970
BOLIVIA Signature 11-Dec-1948
BOLIVIA Ratification 14-Jun-2005 12-Sep-2005
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 29-Dec-1992 06-Mar-1992
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Objection 27-Dec-2001
BRAZIL Signature 11-Dec-1948
BRAZIL Ratification 15-Apr-1952
BRAZIL Objection 15-Apr-1952
British Virgin Islands Extension 30-Jan-1970
BULGARIA Accession 21-Jul-1950
BULGARIA Declaration 21-Jul-1950
BULGARIA Withdrawal Dec. 24-Jun-1992
BURMA Signature 30-Dec-1949
BURMA Ratification 14-Mar-1956
BURUNDI Accession 06-Jan-1997 06-Apr-1997
BYELORUSSIA S S R Signature 16-Dec-1949
BYELORUSSIA S S R Ratification 11-Aug-1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R Reservation 11-Aug-1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R Withdrawal Res. 19-Apr-1989
CAMBODIA Accession 14-Oct-1950
CANADA Signature 28-Nov-1949
CANADA Ratification 03-Sep-1952
CANADA Communication 14-May-2014
CAPE VERDE Accession 10-Oct-2011 08-Jan-2012
CEYLON Accession 02-Oct-1950
CEYLON Objection 06-Feb-1951
Channel Islands Extension 30-Jan-1970
CHILE Signature 11-Dec-1948
CHILE Ratification 03-Jun-1953
CHINA Ratification 18-Apr-1983 17-Jul-1983
CHINA Declaration 18-Apr-1983
CHINA Reservation 18-Apr-1983
CHINA Communication 17-Dec-1999
CHINA Declaration 17-Dec-1999
COLOMBIA Signature 12-Aug-1949
COLOMBIA Ratification 27-Oct-1959
COMOROS Accession 27-Sep-2004 26-Dec-2004
COSTA RICA Accession 14-Oct-1950
CROATIA Succession 12-Oct-1992 08-Oct-1991
CROATIA Objection 18-May-2001
CUBA Signature 28-Dec-1949
CUBA Ratification 04-Mar-1953
CUBA Declaration 04-Mar-1953
CUBA Withdrawal Dec. 29-Jan-1982
CYPRUS Accession 29-Mar-1982 27-Jun-1982
CYPRUS Communication 18-May-1998
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 22-Feb-1993 01-Jan-1993
CZECH REPUBLIC Declaration 22-Feb-1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 28-Dec-1949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 21-Dec-1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Reservation 21-Dec-1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Withdrawal Res. 26-Apr-1991
DENMARK Signature 28-Sep-1949
DENMARK Ratification 15-Jun-1951
DENMARK Objection 27-Dec-1989
Dominica Extension 30-Jan-1970
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 11-Dec-1948
ECUADOR Signature 11-Dec-1948
ECUADOR Ratification 21-Dec-1949
ECUADOR Objection 31-Mar-1950
ECUADOR Objection 21-Aug-1950
ECUADOR Objection 09-Jan-1951
EGYPT Signature 12-Dec-1948
EGYPT Ratification 08-Feb-1952
EL SALVADOR Signature 27-Apr-1949
EL SALVADOR Ratification 28-Sep-1950
ESTONIA Accession 21-Oct-1991 19-Jan-1992
ESTONIA Objection 21-Oct-1991
ETHIOPIA Signature 11-Dec-1948
ETHIOPIA Ratification 01-Jul-1949
Falkland Island Dependencies Extension 30-Jan-1970
Falkland Islands Extension 30-Jan-1970
Fiji Extension 30-Jan-1970
FIJI Succession 11-Jan-1973
FINLAND Accession 18-Dec-1959
FINLAND Declaration 18-Dec-1959
FINLAND Objection 22-Dec-1989
FINLAND Withdrawal Res. 05-Jan-1998
FRANCE Signature 11-Dec-1948
FRANCE Ratification 14-Oct-1950
FRANCE Statement 17-Jun-1974
FRANCE Statement 08-Jul-1975
GABON Accession 21-Jan-1983 21-Apr-1983
GAMBIA THE Accession 29-Dec-1978 29-Mar-1979
GEORGIA Accession 11-Oct-1993 09-Jan-1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 27-Mar-1973 25-Jun-1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Reservation 27-Mar-1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Objection 27-Dec-1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Accession 24-Nov-1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 24-Nov-1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 15-Jul-1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 19-Sep-1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 11-Jan-1990
GHANA Accession 24-Dec-1958
Gibraltar Extension 30-Jan-1970
GREECE Signature 29-Dec-1949
GREECE Ratification 08-Dec-1954
GREECE Objection 08-Dec-1954
GREECE Objection 26-Jan-1990
Grenada Extension 30-Jan-1970
GUINEA Accession 07-Sep-2000 06-Dec-2000
GUINEA BISSAU Accession 24-Sep-2013
HAITI Signature 11-Dec-1948
HAITI Ratification 14-Oct-1950
HONDURAS Signature 22-Apr-1949
HONDURAS Ratification 05-Mar-1952
Hong Kong Extension 30-Jan-1970
Hong Kong Notification 10-Jun-1997 01-Jul-1997
HONG KONG SAR Application 06-Jun-1997 01-Jul-1997
HUNGARY Accession 07-Jan-1952
HUNGARY Reservation 07-Jan-1952
HUNGARY Withdrawal Res. 08-Dec-1989
ICELAND Signature 14-May-1949
ICELAND Ratification 29-Aug-1949
INDIA Signature 29-Nov-1949
INDIA Ratification 27-Aug-1959
INDIA Declaration 27-Aug-1959
IRAN Signature 08-Dec-1949
IRAN Ratification 14-Aug-1956
IRAQ Accession 20-Jan-1959
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Accession 22-Jun-1976 20-Sep-1976
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Objection 22-Dec-1989
Isle Of Man Extension 30-Jan-1970
ISRAEL Signature 17-Aug-1949
ISRAEL Ratification 09-Mar-1950
ISRAEL Objection 25-Jun-1990
ITALY Accession 04-Jun-1952
ITALY Objection 29-Dec-1989
IVORY COAST Accession 18-Dec-1995 17-Mar-1996
JAMAICA Accession 23-Sep-1968
JORDAN Accession 03-Apr-1950
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 26-Aug-1998 24-Nov-1998
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF Accession 31-Jan-1989 01-May-1989
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Accession 14-Oct-1950
KUWAIT Accession 07-Mar-1995 05-Jun-1995
KYRGYZSTAN Accession 05-Sep-1997 04-Dec-1997
Land Berlin Extension 24-Nov-1954
LAOS Accession 08-Dec-1950
LATVIA Accession 14-Apr-1992 13-Jul-1992
LEBANON Signature 30-Dec-1949
LEBANON Ratification 17-Dec-1953
LESOTHO Accession 29-Nov-1974
LIBERIA Signature 11-Dec-1948
LIBERIA Ratification 09-Jun-1950
LIBYA Accession 16-May-1989 14-Aug-1989
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 24-Mar-1994 22-Jun-1994
LITHUANIA Accession 01-Feb-1996 01-May-1996
LUXEMBOURG Accession 07-Oct-1981 05-Jan-1982
Macao Extension 16-Sep-1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Succession 18-Jan-1994 17-Sep-1991
MALAYSIA Accession 20-Dec-1994 20-Mar-1995
MALAYSIA Reservation 20-Dec-1994
MALAYSIA Understanding 20-Dec-1994
MALDIVES Accession 24-Apr-1984 23-Jul-1984
MALI Accession 16-Jul-1974 14-Oct-1974
MALTA Accession 06-Jun-2014 04-Sep-2014
MEXICO Signature 14-Dec-1948
MEXICO Ratification 22-Jul-1952
MEXICO Objection 04-Jun-1990
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 26-Jan-1993
MONACO Accession 30-Mar-1950
MONGOLIA Accession 05-Jan-1967
MONGOLIA Reservation 05-Jan-1967
MONGOLIA Withdrawal Res. 19-Jul-1990
MOROCCO Accession 24-Jan-1958
MOROCCO Reservation 24-Jan-1958
NAMIBIA Accession 28-Nov-1994
NEPAL Accession 17-Jan-1969
NETHERLANDS THE Accession 20-Jun-1966
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 20-Jun-1966
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 27-Dec-1989
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 23-Feb-1996
NEW ZEALAND Signature 25-Nov-1949
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 28-Dec-1978 28-Mar-1979
NICARAGUA Accession 29-Jan-1952
NIGERIA Accession 27-Jul-2009 25-Oct-2009
NORWAY Signature 11-Dec-1948
NORWAY Ratification 22-Jul-1949
NORWAY Objection 10-Apr-1952
NORWAY Objection 22-Dec-1989
NORWAY Objection 14-Oct-1996
PAKISTAN Signature 11-Dec-1948
PAKISTAN Ratification 12-Oct-1957
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Accession 02-Apr-2014 01-Jul-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 06-Jun-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 06-Jun-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 06-Jun-2014
PANAMA Signature 11-Dec-1948
PANAMA Ratification 11-Jan-1950
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 27-Jan-1982 27-Apr-1982
PARAGUAY Signature 11-Dec-1948
PARAGUAY Ratification 03-Oct-2001 01-Jan-2002
PERU Signature 11-Dec-1948
PERU Ratification 24-Feb-1960
PHILIPPINES Signature 11-Dec-1948
PHILIPPINES Ratification 07-Jul-1950
PHILIPPINES Reservation 07-Jul-1950
Pitcairn Islands Extension 30-Jan-1970
POLAND Accession 14-Nov-1950
POLAND Reservation 14-Nov-1950
PORTUGAL Accession 09-Feb-1999 10-May-1999
PORTUGAL Declaration 09-Feb-1999
ROMANIA Accession 02-Nov-1950
ROMANIA Reservation 02-Nov-1950
ROMANIA Withdrawal Res. 02-Apr-1997
Ruanda Urundi Extension 13-Mar-1952
RWANDA Accession 16-Apr-1975 15-Jul-1975
RWANDA Declaration 16-Apr-1975
SAN MARINO Accession 08-Nov-2013 06-Feb-2014
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 13-Jul-1950
SENEGAL Accession 04-Aug-1983 02-Nov-1983
Seychelles Extension 30-Jan-1970
SEYCHELLES Accession 05-May-1992 03-Aug-1992
SINGAPORE Accession 18-Aug-1995 16-Nov-1995
SINGAPORE Reservation 18-Aug-1995
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 28-May-1993 01-Jan-1993
SLOVENIA Succession 06-Jul-1992 25-Jun-1991
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 10-Dec-1998 10-Mar-1999
SOVIET UNION Signature 16-Dec-1949
SOVIET UNION Ratification 03-May-1954
SOVIET UNION Reservation 03-May-1954
SOVIET UNION Objection 12-Sep-1974
SOVIET UNION Statement 08-Dec-1975
SOVIET UNION Withdrawal Res. 08-Mar-1989
SPAIN Accession 13-Sep-1968
SPAIN Reservation 13-Sep-1968
SPAIN Objection 29-Dec-1989
SPAIN Withdrawal Res. 24-Sep-2009 24-Sep-2009
St Helena And Dependencies Extension 30-Jan-1970
St Lucia Extension 30-Jan-1970
St Vincent Extension 30-Jan-1970
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 09-Nov-1981 07-Feb-1982
SUDAN Accession 13-Oct-2003 11-Jan-2003
SWEDEN Signature 30-Dec-1949
SWEDEN Ratification 27-May-1952
SWEDEN Objection 22-Dec-1989
SWEDEN Objection 14-Mar-2002
SWITZERLAND Accession 07-Sep-2000 06-Dec-2000
SYRIA Accession 25-Jun-1955
TAIWAN Signature 20-Jul-1949
TAIWAN Ratification 19-Jul-1951
TANZANIA Accession 05-Apr-1984 04-Jul-1984
TOGO Accession 24-May-1984 22-Aug-1984
Tonga Extension 02-Jun-1970
TONGA Accession 16-Feb-1972 16-May-1972
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Accession 13-Dec-2002 13-Mar-2003
TUNISIA Accession 29-Nov-1956
TURKEY Accession 31-Jul-1950
Turks And Caicos Islands Extension 30-Jan-1970
UGANDA Accession 14-Nov-1995 12-Feb-1996
UKRAINE S S R Signature 16-Dec-1949
UKRAINE S S R Ratification 15-Nov-1954
UKRAINE S S R Reservation 15-Nov-1954
UKRAINE S S R Statement 19-Sep-1974
UKRAINE S S R Withdrawal Res. 20-Apr-1989
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Accession 11-Nov-2005 09-Feb-2006
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Reservation 11-Nov-2005
UNITED KINGDOM Accession 30-Jan-1970
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 30-Jan-1970
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 17-Jun-1974
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 08-Jul-1975
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 21-Nov-1975
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 26-Aug-1983
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 28-Feb-1985
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 30-Dec-1987
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 22-Dec-1989
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 20-Mar-1996
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 11-Dec-1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 17-Jun-1974
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 08-Jul-1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 25-Nov-1988 23-Feb-1989
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Reservation 25-Nov-1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Understanding 25-Nov-1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Communication 13-May-2014
UPPER VOLTA Accession 14-Sep-1965
URUGUAY Signature 11-Dec-1948
URUGUAY Ratification 11-Jul-1967
UZBEKISTAN Accession 09-Sep-1999 01-Dec-1999
VENEZUELA Accession 12-Jul-1960
VENEZUELA Declaration 12-Jul-1960
VENEZUELA Reservation 12-Jul-1960
VIETNAM Accession 09-Jun-1981 07-Sep-1981
VIETNAM Declaration 09-Jun-1981
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF Accession 11-Aug-1950
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC Accession 06-Apr-1989 05-Jul-1989
YEMEN, PEOPLESS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Accession 09-Feb-1987 10-May-1987
YEMEN, PEOPLESS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Declaration 09-Feb-1987
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 11-Dec-1948
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 29-Aug-1950
YUGOSLAVIA Objection 15-Jun-1993
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Accession 12-Mar-2001 10-Jun-2001
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Reservation 12-Mar-2001
ZAIRE Succession 31-May-1962
ZIMBABWE Accession 13-May-1991 11-Aug-1991


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