International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (Multilateral) [1980] UKTS TS0030 (31 December 1980)

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Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Accession	24-Sep-2003	24-Oct-2003
ALBANIA	Accession	22-Jan-2002	21-Feb-2002
ALGERIA	Accession	18-Dec-1996	17-Jan-1997
ALGERIA	Reservation	18-Dec-1996
ANDORRA	Accession	23-Sep-2004	23-Oct-2004
Anguilla	Extension	22-Dec-1980
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	06-Aug-1986	05-Sep-1986
ARGENTINA	Accession	18-Sep-1991	18-Oct-1991
ARMENIA	Accession	16-Mar-2004	15-Apr-2004
Aruba	Extension	06-Dec-1988
AUSTRALIA	Accession	21-May-1990	20-Jun-1990
AUSTRIA	Signature	03-Oct-1980
AUSTRIA	Ratification	22-Aug-1986	21-Sep-1986
AUSTRIA	Communication	07-Feb-2008
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	29-Feb-2000	30-Mar-2000
BAHAMAS	Accession	04-Jun-1981
BAHRAIN	Accession	16-Sep-2005	16-Oct-2005
BANGLADESH	Accession	20-May-2005	19-Jun-2005
BARBADOS	Accession	09-Mar-1981
BELGIUM	Signature	03-Jan-1980
BELGIUM	Ratification	16-Apr-1999	16-May-1999
BELIZE	Accession	14-Nov-2001	14-Dec-2001
BENIN	Accession	31-Jul-2003	30-Aug-2003
Berlin West	Extension	15-Dec-1980
Bermuda	Extension	22-Dec-1980
BHUTAN	Accession	31-Aug-1981
BOLIVIA	Signature	25-Mar-1980
BOLIVIA	Ratification	07-Jan-2002	06-Feb-2002
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	01-Sep-1993	06-Mar-1992
BOTSWANA	Accession	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
BRAZIL	Accession	08-Mar-2000	07-Apr-2000
BRAZIL	Reservation	08-Mar-2000
British Virgin Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	18-Oct-1988
BULGARIA	Accession	10-Mar-1988	09-Apr-1988
BULGARIA	Reservation	10-Mar-1988
BULGARIA	Declaration	10-Mar-1988
BULGARIA	Withdrawal Res.	24-Jun-1992
BURKINA FASO	Accession	01-Oct-2003	31-Oct-2003
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Accession	01-Jul-1987	31-Jul-1987
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Reservation	01-Jul-1987
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Declaration	01-Jul-1987
CAMBODIA	Accession	27-Jul-2006	26-Aug-2006
CAMEROON	Accession	09-Mar-1988	08-Apr-1988
CANADA	Signature	18-Feb-1980
CANADA	Ratification	04-Dec-1985	03-Jan-1986
CANADA	Communication	20-Nov-2007	20-Nov-2007
CAPE VERDE	Accession	10-Sep-2002	10-Oct-2002
Cayman Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	09-Jul-2007	08-Aug-2007
CHAD	Accession	01-Nov-2006	01-Dec-2006
CHILE	Signature	03-Jan-1980
CHILE	Ratification	12-Nov-1981
CHILE	Declaration	12-Nov-1981
CHINA	Communication	03-Dec-1999	20-Dec-1999
COLOMBIA	Accession	14-Apr-2005	14-May-2005
COLOMBIA	Reservation	14-Apr-2005
COMOROS	Accession	25-Sep-2003	25-Oct-2003
Cook Islands	Extension	12-Nov-1985	12-Dec-1985
COSTA RICA	Accession	24-Jan-2003	23-Feb-2003
COTE DIVOIRE	Accession	22-Aug-1989	21-Sep-1989
CROATIA	Succession	23-Sep-2003	08-Oct-1991
CUBA	Accession	15-Nov-2001	15-Dec-2001
CUBA	Reservation	15-Nov-2001	15-Dec-2001
CYPRUS	Accession	13-Sep-1991	13-Oct-1991
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	22-Feb-1993	01-Jan-1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	21-Jan-1988	26-Feb-1988
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Reservation	21-Jan-1988
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Withdrawal Res.	26-Apr-1991
DENMARK	Accession	11-Aug-1987	10-Sep-1987
DENMARK	Ratification	31-Aug-2001
DENMARK	Declaration	31-Aug-2001
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Accession	09-Sep-1986	09-Oct-1986
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Understanding	09-Sep-1986
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	12-Aug-1980
ECUADOR	Accession	02-May-1988	01-Jun-1988
EGYPT	Signature	18-Dec-1980
EGYPT	Ratification	02-Oct-1981
EL SALVADOR	Signature	10-Jun-1980
EL SALVADOR	Reservation	10-Jun-1980
EL SALVADOR	Ratification	12-Feb-1981
EL SALVADOR	Reservation	12-Feb-1981
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	07-Mar-2003	09-Mar-2003
ESTONIA	Accession	08-Mar-2002	07-Apr-2002
ETHIOPIA	Accession	16-Apr-2003	16-May-2003
ETHIOPIA	Reservation	16-Apr-2003	01-Jan-1900
Falkland Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
FIJI	Accession	15-May-2008	14-Jun-2008
FINLAND	Signature	29-Oct-1980
FINLAND	Ratification	14-Apr-1983
FRANCE	Communication	04-Jun-1982
FRANCE	Accession	09-Jun-2000	09-Jul-2000
FRANCE	Declaration	09-Jun-2000
FRANCE	Communication	16-Nov-2007	16-Nov-2007
GABON	Signature	29-Feb-1980
GABON	Ratification	19-Apr-2005	19-May-2005
GEORGIA	Accession	18-Feb-2004	19-Mar-2004
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	02-May-1988	01-Jun-1988
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	02-May-1988
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Declaration	02-May-1988
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	18-Dec-1979
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	15-Dec-1980
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	15-Dec-1980
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	12-Aug-1982
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	21-Nov-2007	21-Nov-2007
GHANA	Accession	10-Nov-1987	10-Dec-1987
Gibraltar	Extension	22-Dec-1980
GREECE	Signature	18-Mar-1980
GREECE	Ratification	18-Jun-1987	18-Jul-1987
GRENADA	Accession	10-Dec-1990	09-Jan-1991
GUATEMALA	Signature	30-Apr-1980
GUATEMALA	Ratification	11-Mar-1983
GUINEA BISSAU	Accession	06-Aug-2008	05-Sep-2008
GUYANA	Accession	12-Sep-2007	12-Oct-2007
HAITI	Signature	21-Apr-1980
HAITI	Ratification	17-May-1989	16-Jun-1989
HONDURAS	Signature	11-Jun-1980
HONDURAS	Ratification	01-Jun-1981
HONG KONG SAR	Application	06-Jun-1997	01-Jul-1997
HUNGARY	Accession	02-Sep-1987	02-Oct-1987
HUNGARY	Reservation	02-Sep-1987
HUNGARY	Withdrawal Res.	08-Dec-1989
ICELAND	Extension	06-Jul-1981
INDIA	Accession	07-Sep-1994	07-Oct-1994
INDIA	Reservation	07-Sep-1994
IRAN	Accession	20-Nov-2006	20-Dec-2006
IRAN	Reservation	20-Nov-2006
IRAQ	Signature	14-Oct-1980
IRAQ	Ratification	26-Aug-2013	25-Sep-2013
IRELAND	Accession	30-Jun-2005	30-Jul-2005
ISRAEL	Signature	19-Nov-1980
ISRAEL	Understanding	19-Nov-1980
ISRAEL	Declaration	19-Nov-1980
ISRAEL	Objection	17-May-1989
ISRAEL	Communication	22-May-1991
ISRAEL	Objection	09-Sep-1998
ITALY	Signature	18-Apr-1980
ITALY	Declaration	18-Apr-1980
ITALY	Ratification	20-Mar-1986	19-Apr-1986
ITALY	Objection	27-Mar-2007
JAMAICA	Signature	27-Feb-1980
JAMAICA	Ratification	09-Aug-2005	08-Sep-2005
JAPAN	Signature	22-Dec-1980
JAPAN	Ratification	08-Jun-1987	08-Jul-1987
JAPAN	Communication	27-Nov-2007	27-Nov-2007
JORDAN	Accession	19-Feb-1986	21-Mar-1986
JORDAN	Declaration	19-Feb-1986
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	21-Feb-1996	22-Mar-1996
KENYA	Accession	08-Dec-1981
KENYA	Reservation	08-Dec-1981
KIRIBATI	Accession	15-Sep-2005	15-Oct-2005
KIRIBATI	Accession	15-Sep-2005	15-Oct-2005
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Accession	12-Nov-2001	12-Dec-2001
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Reservation	12-Nov-2001	12-Dec-2001
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	04-May-1983
KUWAIT	Accession	06-Feb-1989	08-Mar-1989
KUWAIT	Declaration	06-Feb-1989
KYRGYZSTAN	Accession	02-Oct-2003	01-Nov-2003
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	22-Aug-2002	21-Sep-2002
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	22-Aug-2002
LATVIA	Accession	14-Dec-2002
LATVIA	Objection	24-Oct-2007
LEBANON	Accession	04-Dec-1997	03-Jan-1998
LEBANON	Declaration	04-Dec-1997
LESOTHO	Signature	17-Apr-1980
LESOTHO	Ratification	05-Nov-1980
LIBERIA	Signature	30-Jan-1980
LIBERIA	Ratification	05-Mar-2003	04-Apr-2003
LIBYA	Accession	25-Sep-2000	25-Oct-2000
LIECHTENSTEIN	Accession	28-Nov-1994	28-Dec-1994
LIECHTENSTEIN	Declaration	28-Nov-1994
LITHUANIA	Accession	02-Feb-2001	04-Mar-2001
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	18-Dec-1979
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	29-Apr-1991	29-May-1991
Macao	Application	28-Jun-1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Succession	12-Mar-1998	17-Nov-1991
MADAGASCAR	Accession	24-Sep-2003	24-Oct-2003
MALAWI	Accession	17-Mar-1986	16-Apr-1986
MALAWI	Declaration	17-Mar-1986
MALAYSIA	Accession	29-May-2007	28-Jun-2007
MALAYSIA	Declaration	29-May-2007
MALAYSIA	Reservation	29-May-2007
MALI	Accession	08-Feb-1990	10-Mar-1990
MALTA	Accession	11-Nov-2001	11-Nov-2001
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	27-Jan-2003	26-Feb-2003
MAURITANIA	Accession	13-Mar-1998	12-Apr-1998
MAURITIUS	Signature	18-Jun-1980
MAURITIUS	Ratification	17-Oct-1980
MEXICO	Accession	28-Apr-1987	28-May-1987
MEXICO	Declaration	28-Apr-1987
MEXICO	Declaration	06-Aug-1987
MICRONESIA	Accession	06-Jul-2004	05-Aug-2004
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	10-Oct-2002	09-Nov-2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Reservation	10-Oct-2002
MONACO	Accession	16-Oct-2001
MONGOLIA	Accession	09-Jun-1992	09-Jul-1992
Montserrat	Extension	22-Dec-1980
MOROCCO	Accession	09-May-2007	08-Jun-2007
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	14-Jan-2003	13-Feb-2003
MOZAMBIQUE	Declaration	14-Jan-2003
MYANMAR	Accession	04-Jun-2004	04-Apr-2004
MYANMAR	Reservation	04-Jun-2004	04-Jul-2004
NAURU	Accession	02-Aug-2005	01-Sep-2005
NEPAL	Accession	09-Mar-1990	08-Apr-1990
Netherlands Antilles	Extension	06-Dec-1988
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	18-Dec-1980
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	06-Dec-1988	05-Jan-1989
NETHERLANDS THE	Reservation	06-Dec-1988
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	06-Dec-1988
NETHERLANDS THE	Communication	10-Dec-2007	10-Dec-2007
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	24-Dec-1980
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	12-Nov-1985	12-Dec-1985
NEW ZEALAND	Reservation	12-Nov-1985
NICARAGUA	Accession	24-Sep-2003	24-Oct-2003
NIGERIA	Accession	24-Sep-2013	24-Oct-2013
NIUE	Accession	22-Jun-2009	22-Jul-2009
Niue Island	Extension	12-Nov-1985	12-Dec-1985
NORWAY	Signature	18-Dec-1980
NORWAY	Ratification	02-Jul-1981
OMAN	Accession	22-Jul-1988	21-Aug-1988
PAKISTAN	Accession	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
PALAU	Accession	14-Nov-2001
PANAMA	Signature	24-Jan-1980
PANAMA	Ratification	19-Aug-1982
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	30-Sep-2003	30-Oct-2003
PARAGUAY	Accession	22-Sep-2004	22-Oct-2004
PERU	Accession	06-Jul-2001	05-Aug-2001
PHILIPPINES	Signature	02-May-1980
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	14-Oct-1980
Pitcairn,Henderson,Ducie & Oeno Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
POLAND	Accession	25-May-2000	24-Jun-2000
PORTUGAL	Signature	16-Jun-1980
PORTUGAL	Ratification	06-Jul-1984	05-Aug-1984
PORTUGAL	Communication	27-Oct-1999
PORTUGAL	Communication	19-Nov-2007	19-Nov-2007
PORTUGAL	Objection	09-Nov-2011
QATAR	Accession	11-Sep-2012	11-Oct-2012
QATAR	Reservation	11-Sep-2012	11-Oct-2012
ROMANIA	Accession	17-May-1990	16-Jun-1990
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Withdrawal Res.	01-May-2007	01-May-2007
RWANDA	Accession	13-May-2002	12-Jun-2002
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	08-Jan-1991	07-Feb-1991
SAUDI ARABIA	Reservation	08-Jan-1991	07-Feb-1991
SAUDI ARABIA	Declaration	08-Jan-1991	07-Feb-1991
SAUDI ARABIA	Communication	11-Dec-2001
SENEGAL	Signature	02-Jun-1980
SENEGAL	Ratification	10-Mar-1987	09-Apr-1987
SEYCHELLES	Accession	12-Nov-2003	12-Dec-2003
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	26-Sep-2003	26-Oct-2003
SINGAPORE	Accession	22-Oct-2010	21-Nov-2010
SINGAPORE	Reservation	22-Oct-2010
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	28-May-1993	01-Jan-1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	01-Jul-1992	25-Jun-1991
SOUTH AFRICA	Accession	23-Sep-2003	23-Oct-2003
South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
SOVIET UNION	Communication	09-Nov-1981
SOVIET UNION	Accession	11-Jun-1987	11-Jul-1987
SOVIET UNION	Reservation	11-Jun-1987
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	11-Jun-1987
SPAIN	Accession	26-Mar-1984	25-Apr-1984
SPAIN	Communication	06-Feb-2008
SPAIN	Objection	21-Oct-2011
SRI LANKA	Accession	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
St Helena And Dependencies	Extension	22-Dec-1980
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Accession	17-Jan-1991	16-Feb-1991
ST LUCIA	Accession	17-Oct-2012	16-Nov-2012
ST LUCIA	Reservation	17-Oct-2012
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Acceptance	12-Sep-2000	12-Oct-2000
SUDAN	Accession	19-Jun-1990	19-Jul-1990
SURINAME	Signature	30-Jul-1980
SURINAME	Ratification	05-Nov-1981
SWEDEN	Signature	25-Feb-1980
SWEDEN	Ratification	15-Jan-1981
SWITZERLAND	Signature	18-Jul-1980
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	05-Mar-1985	04-Apr-1985
SWITZERLAND	Declaration	05-Mar-1985
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	06-May-2002	05-Jun-2002
TANZANIA	Accession	22-Jan-2003	21-Feb-2003
THAILAND	Accession	02-Oct-2007	01-Nov-2007
THAILAND	Reservation	02-Oct-2007	01-Nov-2007
TOGO	Signature	08-Jul-1980
TOGO	Ratification	25-Jul-1986	24-Aug-1986
TONGA	Accession	09-Dec-2002	08-Jan-2003
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	01-Apr-1981
TURKEY	Accession	15-Aug-1989	14-Sep-1989
TURKEY	Reservation	15-Aug-1989
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	25-Jun-1999	25-Jul-1999
Turks And Caicos Islands	Extension	22-Dec-1980
UGANDA	Signature	10-Nov-1980
UGANDA	Ratification	05-Nov-2003	05-Dec-2003
UKRAINE S S R	Accession	19-Jun-1987	19-Jul-1987
UKRAINE S S R	Reservation	19-Jun-1987
UKRAINE S S R	Declaration	19-Jun-1987
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	24-Sep-2003	24-Oct-2003
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	18-Dec-1979
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	04-Jun-1982
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	22-Dec-1982
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	10-Jun-1997	01-Jul-1997
UNITED KINGDOM	Reservation	06-Jun-2005
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	27-Nov-2007	27-Nov-2007
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	21-Dec-1979
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	04-Jun-1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	07-Dec-1984	06-Jan-1985
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	16-Nov-2007	16-Nov-2007
URUGUAY	Accession	04-Mar-2003	03-Apr-2003
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	19-Jan-1998	18-Feb-1998
VENEZUELA	Accession	13-Dec-1988	12-Jan-1989
VENEZUELA	Declaration	13-Dec-1988
VIETNAM	Reservation	09-Jan-2014
VIETNAM	Declaration	09-Jan-2014
VIETNAM	Accession	09-Jan-2014	08-Feb-2014
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	29-Dec-1980
YUGOSLAVIA	Reservation	29-Dec-1980
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	19-Apr-1985	19-May-1985
YUGOSLAVIA	Declaration	19-Apr-1985
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	12-Mar-2001	27-Apr-1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	12-Mar-2001
ZAIRE	Signature	02-Jul-1980

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