Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Multilateral) [1985] UKTS TS0107 (04 February 1985)

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Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Signature	04-Feb-1985
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	01-Apr-1987	26-Jun-1987
AFGHANISTAN	Reservation	01-Apr-1987
AFGHANISTAN	Objection	23-Jun-2011
ALBANIA	Accession	11-May-1994	10-Jun-1994
ALGERIA	Signature	26-Nov-1985
ALGERIA	Ratification	12-Sep-1989	12-Oct-1989
ALGERIA	Declaration	12-Sep-1989
ANDORRA	Signature	05-Aug-2002
ANDORRA	Ratification	22-Sep-2006	22-Oct-2006
ANDORRA	Declaration	22-Nov-2006
ANGOLA	Signature	24-Sep-2013
Anguilla	Extension	08-Dec-1988
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	19-Jul-1993	18-Aug-1993
ARGENTINA	Signature	04-Feb-1985
ARGENTINA	Ratification	24-Sep-1986	26-Jun-1987
ARGENTINA	Declaration	24-Sep-1986
ARGENTINA	Objection	14-Apr-1989
ARGENTINA	Declaration	17-Apr-1991
ARMENIA	Accession	13-Sep-1993	13-Oct-1993
Aruba	Extension	21-Dec-1988
AUSTRALIA	Signature	10-Dec-1985
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	08-Aug-1989	07-Sep-1989
AUSTRALIA	Objection	08-Aug-1989
AUSTRALIA	Objection	07-Nov-1989
AUSTRALIA	Declaration	28-Jan-1993
AUSTRALIA	Objection	28-Jun-2011
AUSTRIA	Signature	14-Mar-1985
AUSTRIA	Ratification	29-Jul-1987	28-Aug-1987
AUSTRIA	Declaration	29-Jul-1987
AUSTRIA	Objection	29-Sep-1988
AUSTRIA	Objection	09-Nov-1989
AUSTRIA	Objection	24-Jun-2011
AUSTRIA	Objection	31-Jan-2013
AUSTRIA	Objection	23-Sep-2013
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	16-Aug-1996
AZERBAIJAN	Declaration	04-Feb-2002
BAHAMAS	Signature	16-Dec-2008
BAHRAIN	Accession	06-Mar-1998	05-Apr-1998
BAHRAIN	Reservation	06-Mar-1998
BAHRAIN	Withdrawal Res.	04-Aug-1999
BANGLADESH	Accession	05-Oct-1998	04-Nov-1998
BANGLADESH	Declaration	05-Oct-1998
BELARUS	Withdrawal Res.	03-Oct-2001
BELGIUM	Signature	04-Feb-1985
BELGIUM	Ratification	25-Jun-1999	25-Jul-1999
BELGIUM	Declaration	25-Jun-1999
BELGIUM	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
BELGIUM	Objection	23-Jul-2013
BELIZE	Accession	17-Mar-1986	26-Jun-1987
BENIN	Acceptance	12-Mar-1992	11-Apr-1992
Berlin West	Extension	01-Oct-1990
Bermuda	Extension	08-Dec-1992	08-Dec-1992
BOLIVIA	Signature	04-Feb-1985
BOLIVIA	Ratification	12-Apr-1999	12-May-1999
BOLIVIA	Declaration	14-Feb-2006
BOLIVIA	Declaration	14-Feb-2006
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	01-Sep-1993	06-Mar-1992
BOTSWANA	Signature	08-Sep-2000
BOTSWANA	Reservation	08-Sep-2000
BOTSWANA	Ratification	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
BRAZIL	Signature	23-Sep-1985
BRAZIL	Ratification	28-Sep-1989	28-Oct-1989
BRAZIL	Declaration	26-Jun-2006
British Virgin Islands	Extension	08-Dec-1988
BULGARIA	Signature	10-Jun-1986
BULGARIA	Reservation	10-Jun-1986
BULGARIA	Ratification	16-Dec-1986	26-Jun-1987
BULGARIA	Reservation	16-Dec-1986
BULGARIA	Objection	24-Jan-1990
BULGARIA	Withdrawal Res.	24-Jun-1992
BULGARIA	Declaration	12-May-1993
BULGARIA	Withdrawal Res.	25-Jun-1999
BURKINA FASO	Accession	04-Jan-1999	04-Apr-1999
BURUNDI	Accession	18-Mar-1993	20-Mar-1992
BURUNDI	Declaration	10-Jun-2003
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Signature	19-Dec-1985
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Reservation	19-Dec-1985
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	13-Mar-1987	26-Jun-1987
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Reservation	13-Mar-1987
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Withdrawal Res.	19-Apr-1989
CAMBODIA	Accession	15-Oct-1992	14-Nov-1992
CAMEROON	Accession	19-Dec-1986	26-Jun-1987
CAMEROON	Declaration	12-Oct-2000
CANADA	Signature	23-Aug-1985
CANADA	Ratification	24-Jun-1987	24-Jul-1987
CANADA	Objection	05-Oct-1988
CANADA	Objection	23-Oct-1989
CANADA	Declaration	13-Nov-1989
CANADA	Objection	27-Jun-2011	27-Jun-2011
CANADA	Communication	14-May-2014
CAPE VERDE	Accession	04-Jun-1992	04-Jul-1992
Cayman Islands	Extension	08-Dec-1988
CHAD	Accession	09-Jun-1995	09-Jul-1995
CHILE	Signature	23-Sep-1987
CHILE	Reservation	23-Sep-1987
CHILE	Ratification	30-Sep-1988	30-Oct-1988
CHILE	Reservation	30-Sep-1988
CHILE	Withdrawal Res.	07-Sep-1990
CHILE	Withdrawal Dec.	07-Sep-1990
CHILE	Withdrawal Res.	03-Sep-1999
CHILE	Declaration	15-Mar-2004	01-Jan-1900
CHILE	Declaration	15-Mar-2004	01-Jan-1900
CHILE	Notification	15-Mar-2004	01-Jan-1900
CHILE	Declaration	15-Mar-2004	01-Jan-1900
CHINA P R	Signature	12-Dec-1986
CHINA P R	Reservation	12-Dec-1986
CHINA P R	Reservation	03-Oct-1988
CHINA P R	Ratification	04-Oct-1988	03-Nov-1988
CHINA P R	Communication	19-Oct-1999
CHINA P R	Declaration	19-Oct-1999
COLOMBIA	Signature	10-Apr-1985
COLOMBIA	Ratification	08-Dec-1987	07-Jan-1988
COMOROS	Signature	22-Sep-2000
CONGO	Accession	30-Jul-2003	29-Aug-2003
COSTA RICA	Signature	04-Feb-1985
COSTA RICA	Ratification	11-Nov-1993	11-Dec-1993
COSTA RICA	Declaration	27-Feb-2002
CROATIA	Succession	12-Oct-1992	08-Oct-1991
CROATIA	Declaration	12-Oct-1992
CUBA	Signature	27-Jan-1986
CUBA	Ratification	17-May-1995	16-Jun-1995
CUBA	Declaration	17-May-1995
CYPRUS	Signature	09-Oct-1985
CYPRUS	Ratification	18-Jul-1991	17-Aug-1991
CYPRUS	Declaration	08-Apr-1993
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	22-Feb-1993	01-Jan-1993
CZECH REPUBLIC	Declaration	22-Feb-1993
CZECH REPUBLIC	Withdrawal Res.	03-Sep-1996
CZECH REPUBLIC	Declaration	03-Sep-1996
CZECH REPUBLIC	Objection	20-Jun-2011	20-Jun-2011
CZECH REPUBLIC	Objection	15-Jul-2013
CZECH REPUBLIC	Objection	25-Sep-2013
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	08-Sep-1986
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Reservation	08-Sep-1986
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	07-Jul-1988	06-Aug-1988
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Reservation	07-Jul-1988
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Objection	20-Sep-1989
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Withdrawal Res.	26-Apr-1991
DENMARK	Signature	04-Feb-1985
DENMARK	Ratification	27-May-1987	26-Jun-1987
DENMARK	Declaration	27-May-1987
DENMARK	Objection	29-Sep-1988
DENMARK	Objection	07-Sep-1989
DENMARK	Communication	21-Feb-2001
DENMARK	Objection	04-Oct-2001
DENMARK	Objection	28-Jun-2011
DJIBOUTI	Accession	05-Nov-2002	05-Dec-2002
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	04-Feb-1985
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	24-Jan-2012	23-Feb-2012
ECUADOR	Signature	04-Feb-1985
ECUADOR	Ratification	30-Mar-1988	29-Apr-1988
ECUADOR	Reservation	30-Mar-1988
EGYPT	Accession	25-Jun-1986	26-Jun-1987
EL SALVADOR	Accession	17-Jun-1996	17-Jul-1996
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	08-Oct-2002	07-Nov-2002
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Declaration	08-Oct-2002
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Reservation	08-Oct-2002
ERITREA	Accession	25-Sep-2014	25-Oct-2014
ESTONIA	Accession	21-Oct-1991	20-Nov-1991
ETHIOPIA	Accession	14-Mar-1994	13-Apr-1994
Falkland Islands	Extension	08-Dec-1988
FINLAND	Signature	04-Feb-1985
FINLAND	Ratification	30-Aug-1989	29-Sep-1989
FINLAND	Declaration	30-Aug-1989
FINLAND	Objection	20-Oct-1989
FINLAND	Objection	27-Feb-1996
FINLAND	Objection	13-Dec-1999
FINLAND	Objection	16-Jan-2001
FINLAND	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
FINLAND	Objection	22-Jul-2013
FINLAND	Objection	20-Sep-2013
FRANCE	Signature	04-Feb-1985
FRANCE	Ratification	18-Feb-1986	26-Jun-1987
FRANCE	Declaration	18-Feb-1986
FRANCE	Reservation	18-Feb-1986
FRANCE	Objection	23-Jun-1988
FRANCE	Objection	20-Sep-1989
FRANCE	Objection	30-Sep-1999
FRANCE	Objection	24-Jan-2001
FRANCE	Objection	27-Jun-2011
GABON	Signature	21-Jan-1986
GABON	Ratification	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
GAMBIA THE	Signature	23-Oct-1985
GEORGIA	Accession	26-Oct-1994	25-Nov-1994
GEORGIA	Declaration	30-Jun-2005
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Signature	07-Apr-1986
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	07-Apr-1986
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Ratification	09-Sep-1987	09-Oct-1987
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	09-Sep-1987
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Withdrawal Res.	13-Sep-1990
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Declaration	13-Sep-1991
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	13-Oct-1986
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	13-Oct-1986
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	01-Oct-1990	31-Oct-1990
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	01-Oct-1990
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	26-Feb-1996
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	17-Dec-1999
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Objection	23-Jan-2001
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	19-Oct-2001
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Objection	22-Jul-2013
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Objection	25-Sep-2013
GHANA	Signature	07-Sep-2000
GHANA	Ratification	07-Sep-2000	07-Oct-2000
GHANA	Declaration	07-Sep-2000
Gibraltar	Extension	08-Dec-1988
GREECE	Signature	04-Feb-1985
GREECE	Ratification	06-Oct-1988	05-Nov-1988
GREECE	Declaration	06-Oct-1988
GREECE	Objection	06-Oct-1988
GREECE	Objection	13-Oct-1989
GREECE	Objection	22-Jun-2011
GREECE	Objection	23-Sep-2013
GUATEMALA	Accession	05-Jan-1990	04-Feb-1990
GUATEMALA	Reservation	05-Jan-1990
GUATEMALA	Withdrawal Res.	09-Mar-1990
GUATEMALA	Declaration	25-Sep-2003	01-Jan-1900
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Extension	08-Dec-1992	08-Dec-1992
GUINEA	Signature	30-May-1986
GUINEA	Ratification	10-Oct-1989	09-Nov-1989
GUINEA BISSAU	Signature	12-Sep-2000
GUINEA BISSAU	Ratification	24-Sep-2013	24-Oct-2013
GUYANA	Signature	25-Jan-1988
GUYANA	Ratification	18-Jun-1988	19-May-1988
HAITI	Signature	16-Aug-2013
HOLY SEE	Accession	26-Jun-2002
HONDURAS	Accession	05-Dec-1996	04-Jan-1997
Hong Kong	Extension	08-Dec-1992	08-Dec-1992
Hong Kong	Notification	10-Jun-1997	01-Jul-1997
HONG KONG SAR	Application	10-Jun-1997	01-Jul-1997
HONG KONG SAR	Declaration	10-Jun-1997
HUNGARY	Signature	28-Nov-1986
HUNGARY	Reservation	28-Nov-1986
HUNGARY	Ratification	15-Apr-1987	26-Jun-1987
HUNGARY	Reservation	15-Apr-1987
HUNGARY	Withdrawal Res.	13-Sep-1989
HUNGARY	Declaration	13-Sep-1989
HUNGARY	Objection	28-Jun-2011
ICELAND	Signature	04-Feb-1985
ICELAND	Ratification	23-Oct-1996	22-Nov-1996
ICELAND	Declaration	23-Oct-1996
INDIA	Signature	14-Oct-1997
INDONESIA	Signature	23-Oct-1985
INDONESIA	Ratification	28-Oct-1998	27-Nov-1998
INDONESIA	Declaration	28-Oct-1998
INDONESIA	Reservation	28-Oct-1998
IRAQ	Accession	07-Jul-2011	06-Aug-2011
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	28-Sep-1992
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	11-Apr-2002	11-May-2002
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	11-Apr-2002
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Objection	23-Jun-2011
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Objection	18-Jul-2013
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Objection	18-Sep-2013
Isle Of Man	Extension	08-Dec-1992	08-Dec-1992
ISRAEL	Signature	22-Oct-1986
ISRAEL	Ratification	03-Oct-1991	02-Nov-1991
ISRAEL	Reservation	03-Oct-1991
ITALY	Signature	04-Feb-1985
ITALY	Ratification	12-Jan-1989	11-Feb-1989
ITALY	Objection	12-Jan-1989
ITALY	Declaration	10-Oct-1989
ITALY	Objection	14-Dec-1989
ITALY	Communication	05-Feb-2001
ITALY	Objection	28-Jun-2011
ITALY	Objection	23-Sep-2013
IVORY COAST	Accession	18-Dec-1995	17-Jan-1996
JAPAN	Accession	29-Jun-1999	29-Jul-1999
JAPAN	Declaration	29-Jun-1999
Jersey, Bailiwick of	Extension	08-Dec-1992	08-Dec-1992
JORDAN	Accession	13-Nov-1991	13-Dec-1991
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	26-Aug-1998	25-Sep-1998
KAZAKHSTAN	Declaration	21-Feb-2008
KAZAKHSTAN	Declaration	22-Feb-2008
KENYA	Accession	21-Feb-1997	23-Mar-1997
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	09-Jan-1995	08-Feb-1995
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	09-Nov-2007	09-Nov-2007
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	09-Nov-2007	09-Nov-2007
KUWAIT	Accession	08-Mar-1996	07-Apr-1996
KUWAIT	Reservation	08-Mar-1996
KYRGYZSTAN	Accession	05-Sep-1997	05-Oct-1997
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Signature	21-Sep-2010
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Ratification	26-Sep-2012	26-Oct-2012
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	26-Sep-2012	26-Oct-2012
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Declaration	26-Sep-2012	26-Oct-2012
LATVIA	Accession	14-Apr-1992	14-May-1992
LATVIA	Objection	29-Jun-2011	29-Jun-2011
LATVIA	Objection	26-Sep-2013
LEBANON	Accession	05-Oct-2000	04-Nov-2000
LESOTHO	Accession	12-Nov-2001	12-Dec-2001
LIBERIA	Accession	22-Sep-2004	22-Oct-2002
LIBYA	Accession	16-May-1989	15-Jun-1989
LIECHTENSTEIN	Signature	27-Jun-1985
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	02-Nov-1990	02-Dec-1990
LITHUANIA	Accession	01-Feb-1996	02-Mar-1996
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	22-Feb-1985
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	29-Sep-1987	29-Oct-1987
LUXEMBOURG	Declaration	29-Sep-1987
LUXEMBOURG	Objection	04-Sep-1988
LUXEMBOURG	Objection	12-Sep-1989
LUXEMBOURG	Objection	06-Apr-2000
Macao	Extension	15-Jun-1999	15-Jun-1999
Macao	Communication	21-Oct-1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Succession	12-Dec-1994	17-Sep-1991
MADAGASCAR	Signature	01-Oct-2001
MADAGASCAR	Ratification	13-Dec-2005	12-Jan-2006
MALAWI	Accession	11-Jun-1996	11-Jul-1996
MALDIVES	Accession	20-Apr-2004	20-May-2004
MALI	Accession	26-Feb-1999	28-Mar-1999
MALTA	Accession	13-Sep-1990	13-Oct-1990
MALTA	Declaration	13-Sep-1990
MAURITANIA	Accession	17-Nov-2004	17-Dec-2004
MAURITANIA	Reservation	17-Nov-2004	01-Jan-1900
MAURITIUS	Accession	09-Dec-1992	08-Jan-1993
MEXICO	Signature	18-Mar-1985
MEXICO	Ratification	23-Jan-1986	26-Jun-1987
MEXICO	Declaration	15-Mar-2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	28-Nov-1995	28-Dec-1995
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	02-Sep-2011	02-Sep-2011
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	02-Sep-2011	02-Sep-2011
MONACO	Accession	06-Dec-1991	05-Jan-1992
MONACO	Declaration	06-Dec-1991
MONACO	Reservation	06-Dec-1991
MONGOLIA	Ratification	02-Nov-2000
MONGOLIA	Accession	24-Jan-2002	23-Feb-2002
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23-Oct-2006	03-Jun-2006
MONTENEGRO	Confirmation	23-Oct-2006
Montserrat	Extension	08-Dec-1988
MOROCCO	Signature	08-Jan-1986
MOROCCO	Reservation	08-Jan-1986
MOROCCO	Ratification	21-Jun-1993	21-Jul-1993
MOROCCO	Declaration	21-Jun-1993
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	14-Sep-1999	14-Oct-1999
NAMIBIA	Accession	28-Nov-1994	28-Dec-1994
NAURU	Signature	12-Nov-2001
NAURU	Ratification	26-Sep-2012	26-Oct-2012
NEPAL	Accession	14-May-1991	13-Jun-1991
Netherlands Antilles	Extension	21-Dec-1988
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	04-Feb-1985
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	21-Dec-1988	20-Jan-1989
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	21-Dec-1988
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	02-Feb-1989
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	07-Nov-1989
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	26-Feb-1996
NETHERLANDS THE	Communication	20-Dec-1999
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	19-Jan-2001
NETHERLANDS THE	Communication	30-Jun-2011
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	16-Jul-2013
NETHERLANDS THE	Objection	19-Sep-2013
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	14-Jan-1986
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	10-Dec-1989	09-Jan-1990
NEW ZEALAND	Reservation	10-Dec-1989
NEW ZEALAND	Declaration	10-Dec-1989
NEW ZEALAND	Objection	10-Dec-1989
NICARAGUA	Signature	15-Apr-1985
NICARAGUA	Ratification	05-Jul-2005	04-Aug-2005
NIGER	Accession	05-Oct-1998	04-Nov-1998
NIGERIA	Signature	28-Jul-1988
NIGERIA	Ratification	28-Jun-2001	28-Jul-2001
NORWAY	Signature	04-Feb-1985
NORWAY	Ratification	09-Jul-1986	26-Jun-1987
NORWAY	Declaration	09-Jul-1986
NORWAY	Objection	28-Sep-1988
NORWAY	Objection	29-Sep-1989
NORWAY	Objection	18-Jan-2001
NORWAY	Objection	04-Oct-2001
NORWAY	Objection	29-Jun-2011
NORWAY	Objection	24-Jul-2013
NORWAY	Objection	07-Oct-2013
PAKISTAN	Signature	17-Apr-2008
PAKISTAN	Reservation	17-Apr-2008
PAKISTAN	Ratification	23-Jun-2010
PAKISTAN	Withdrawal Res.	20-Sep-2011	20-Sep-2011
PALAU	Signature	20-Sep-2011	20-Sep-2011
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)	Accession	02-Apr-2014	02-May-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)	Communication	06-Jun-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)	Communication	06-Jun-2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)	Communication	06-Jun-2014
PANAMA	Signature	22-Feb-1985
PANAMA	Ratification	24-Aug-1987	23-Sep-1987
PANAMA	Reservation	24-Aug-1987
PARAGUAY	Signature	23-Oct-1989
PARAGUAY	Ratification	12-Mar-1990	11-Apr-1990
PARAGUAY	Declaration	29-May-2002
PERU	Signature	29-May-1985
PERU	Ratification	07-Jul-1988	06-Aug-1988
PERU	Declaration	17-Oct-2002
PHILIPPINES	Accession	18-Jun-1986	26-Jun-1987
Pitcairn Islands	Extension	08-Dec-1988
POLAND	Signature	13-Jan-1986
POLAND	Reservation	13-Jan-1986
POLAND	Ratification	26-Jul-1989	25-Aug-1989
POLAND	Declaration	12-May-1993
POLAND	Objection	03-Jun-2011	03-Jun-2011
PORTUGAL	Signature	04-Feb-1985
PORTUGAL	Ratification	09-Feb-1989	11-Mar-1989
PORTUGAL	Declaration	09-Feb-1989
PORTUGAL	Objection	09-Feb-1989
PORTUGAL	Objection	06-Oct-1989
PORTUGAL	Communication	20-Jul-2001
PORTUGAL	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
PORTUGAL	Objection	13-Sep-2013
QATAR	Accession	11-Jan-2000	02-Feb-2000
QATAR	Reservation	11-Jan-2000
QATAR	Withdrawal	14-Mar-2013
ROMANIA	Accession	18-Dec-1990	17-Jan-1991
ROMANIA	Objection	02-Jul-2013
RWANDA	Accession	15-Dec-2008	14-Jan-2009
SAN MARINO	Signature	18-Sep-2002
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Signature	06-Sep-2000
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	23-Sep-1997	23-Oct-1997
SAUDI ARABIA	Reservation	23-Sep-1997
SENEGAL	Signature	04-Feb-1985
SENEGAL	Ratification	21-Aug-1986	26-Jun-1987
SENEGAL	Declaration	16-Oct-1996
SEYCHELLES	Accession	05-May-1992	04-Jun-1992
SEYCHELLES	Declaration	06-Aug-2001
SIERRA LEONE	Signature	18-Mar-1985
SIERRA LEONE	Ratification	25-Apr-2001	25-May-2001
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	28-May-1993	01-Jan-1993
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Reservation	28-May-1993
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Withdrawal Res.	17-Mar-1995
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Declaration	17-Mar-1995
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Extension	23-Jun-2011
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Objection	23-Jun-2011	23-Jun-2011
SLOVENIA	Accession	16-Jul-1993	15-Aug-1993
SLOVENIA	Declaration	16-Jul-1993
SOMALIA	Accession	24-Jan-1990	23-Feb-1990
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	29-Jan-1993
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	10-Dec-1998	09-Jan-1999
SOUTH AFRICA	Declaration	10-Dec-1998
SOVIET UNION	Signature	10-Dec-1985
SOVIET UNION	Reservation	10-Dec-1985
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	03-Mar-1987	26-Jun-1987
SOVIET UNION	Reservation	03-Mar-1987
SOVIET UNION	Withdrawal Res.	01-Oct-1991
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	01-Oct-1991
SPAIN	Signature	04-Feb-1985
SPAIN	Ratification	21-Oct-1987	20-Nov-1987
SPAIN	Declaration	21-Oct-1987
SPAIN	Objection	06-Oct-1988
SPAIN	Objection	26-Sep-1989
SPAIN	Objection	13-Dec-1999
SPAIN	Objection	14-Mar-2000
SPAIN	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
SRI LANKA	Accession	03-Jan-1994	02-Feb-1994
St Helena And Dependencies	Extension	08-Dec-1988
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	01-Aug-2001	31-Aug-2001
SUDAN	Signature	04-Jun-1986
SWAZILAND	Accession	26-Mar-2004	25-Apr-2004
SWEDEN	Signature	04-Feb-1985
SWEDEN	Ratification	08-Jan-1986	26-Jun-1987
SWEDEN	Declaration	08-Jan-1986
SWEDEN	Objection	28-Sep-1988
SWEDEN	Objection	25-Sep-1989
SWEDEN	Objection	27-Feb-1996
SWEDEN	Objection	14-Dec-1999
SWEDEN	Objection	27-Apr-2000
SWEDEN	Objection	02-Oct-2001
SWEDEN	Objection	29-Sep-2008	29-Sep-2008
SWEDEN	Objection	22-Jun-2011	22-Jun-2011
SWEDEN	Objection	07-Mar-2013
SWEDEN	Objection	23-Sep-2013
SWITZERLAND	Signature	04-Feb-1985
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	02-Dec-1986	26-Jun-1987
SWITZERLAND	Declaration	02-Dec-1986
SWITZERLAND	Objection	07-Oct-1988
SWITZERLAND	Objection	08-Nov-1989
SWITZERLAND	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
SWITZERLAND	Objection	01-Jul-2013
SYRIA	Accession	19-Aug-2004	18-Sep-2004
SYRIA	Declaration	19-Aug-2004	18-Sep-2004
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	11-Jan-1995	10-Feb-1995
THAILAND	Accession	02-Oct-2007	01-Nov-2007
THAILAND	Reservation	02-Oct-2007	01-Nov-2007
THAILAND	Declaration	02-Oct-2007	01-Nov-2007
TIMOR-LESTE	Accession	16-Apr-2003	16-May-2003
TOGO	Signature	25-Mar-1987
TOGO	Declaration	25-Mar-1987
TOGO	Ratification	18-Nov-1987	18-Dec-1987
TOGO	Declaration	18-Nov-1987
TUNISIA	Signature	26-Aug-1987
TUNISIA	Declaration	26-Aug-1987
TUNISIA	Ratification	23-Sep-1988
TURKEY	Signature	25-Jan-1988
TURKEY	Ratification	02-Aug-1988	01-Sep-1988
TURKEY	Reservation	02-Aug-1988
TURKEY	Declaration	02-Aug-1988
TURKEY	Objection	03-Nov-1989
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	25-Jun-1999	25-Jul-1999
Turks And Caicos Islands	Extension	08-Dec-1988
UGANDA	Accession	03-Nov-1986	26-Jun-1987
UGANDA	Declaration	19-Dec-2001
UKRAINE S S R	Signature	27-Feb-1986
UKRAINE S S R	Reservation	27-Feb-1986
UKRAINE S S R	Ratification	24-Feb-1987	26-Jun-1987
UKRAINE S S R	Reservation	24-Feb-1987
UKRAINE S S R	Withdrawal Res.	20-Apr-1989
UKRAINE S S R	Declaration	12-Sep-2003	01-Jan-1900
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Reservation	19-Jul-2012
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Declaration	19-Jul-2012
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	19-Jul-2012	18-Aug-2012
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	15-Mar-1985
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	15-Mar-1985
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	08-Dec-1988	07-Jan-1989
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	08-Dec-1988
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	08-Nov-1989
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	09-Nov-2001
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	28-Jun-2011	28-Jun-2011
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	23-Sep-2013	23-Sep-2013
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	15-Mar-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	18-Apr-1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Reservation	18-Apr-1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	03-Jun-1994
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	21-Oct-1994	20-Nov-1994
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Reservation	21-Oct-1994
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Understanding	21-Oct-1994
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Declaration	21-Oct-1994
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Objection	29-Jun-2011	29-Jun-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	13-May-2014
URUGUAY	Signature	04-Feb-1985
URUGUAY	Ratification	24-Oct-1986	26-Jun-1987
URUGUAY	Declaration	27-Jul-1988
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	28-Sep-1995	28-Oct-1995
VANUATU	Accession	12-Jul-2011	11-Aug-2011
VENEZUELA	Signature	15-Feb-1985
VENEZUELA	Ratification	29-Jul-1991	28-Aug-1991
VENEZUELA	Declaration	26-Apr-1994
VIETNAM	Signature	07-Nov-2013
YEMEN	Accession	05-Nov-1991	05-Dec-1991
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	18-Apr-1989
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	10-Sep-1991	10-Oct-1991
YUGOSLAVIA	Declaration	10-Sep-1991
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	12-Mar-2001	27-Apr-1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Notification	12-Mar-2001
ZAIRE	Accession	18-Mar-1996	17-Apr-1996
ZAMBIA	Accession	07-Oct-1998	06-Nov-1998
ZAMBIA	Reservation	07-Oct-1998
ZAMBIA	Withdrawal Res.	19-Feb-1999

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