| Countries/Territories |
Entry into force |
Ratification * |
Simple signature |
| Albania |
Sep 1, 2001
|
Jun 1, 2001
[2]
|
- |
| Algeria |
Dec 1, 2005
|
- |
- |
| Argentina |
Jan 1, 1992
|
Oct 1, 1991
[2]
|
- |
| Australia |
Sep 1, 1991
|
Jun 26, 1991
[2]
|
- |
| Austria |
Jul 1, 2005
|
Apr 1, 2005
[1]
|
- |
| Belgium |
Oct 1, 1990
|
Jul 11, 1990
[2]
|
- |
| Benin |
Apr 1, 1986
|
Jan 14, 1986
[2]
|
- |
| Bangladesh |
Dec 1, 2005
|
Sep 1, 2005
[1]
|
- |
| Burkina Faso |
Jan 1, 1990
|
Oct 9, 1989
[2]
|
- |
| Belarus |
Sep 1, 2003
|
Apr 30, 2003
[1]
|
Apr 30, 2003
|
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Mar 1, 2003
|
Dec 16, 2002
[2]
|
- |
| Bulgaria |
Nov 1, 1999
|
Aug 1, 1999
[2]
|
- |
| Central African Republic |
Dec 1, 2018
|
- |
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Chad |
Sep 1, 1997
|
Jun 1, 1997
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Chile |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Sep 15, 1981
[2]
|
- |
| Cameroon |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Sep 7, 1981
[1]
|
Jun 10, 1980
|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
Sep 1, 1990
|
Jun 22, 1990
[2]
|
- |
| Congo |
Jan 1, 2000
|
- |
- |
| Croatia |
Oct 1, 2000
|
- |
- |
| Cabo Verde |
Apr 1, 2006
|
- |
- |
| Cyprus |
Nov 1, 2001
|
- |
- |
| Czech Republic |
May 1, 1994
|
Feb 8, 1994
[2]
|
- |
| Denmark |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Aug 5, 1982
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Djibouti |
Nov 1, 2004
|
Aug 2, 2004
[2]
|
- |
| Ecuador |
Feb 1, 2004
|
Dec 1, 2003
[2]
|
- |
| Egypt |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Feb 11, 1982
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Eritrea |
Feb 1, 2005
|
- |
- |
| European Union |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Aug 1, 1983
[2]
|
- |
| Finland |
Jan 1, 1989
|
Oct 3, 1988
[2]
|
- |
| France |
Jul 1, 1990
|
Apr 23, 1990
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Gambia |
Aug 1, 2001
|
Dec 14, 2000
[2]
|
- |
| United Kingdom |
Oct 1, 1985
|
Jul 23, 1985
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
Sep 1, 1995
|
Jun 19, 1995
[2]
|
- |
| Georgia |
Jun 1, 2000
|
- |
- |
| Germany |
Oct 1, 1984
|
Jul 31, 1984
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Ghana |
Apr 1, 1988
|
Jan 19, 1988
[2]
|
- |
| Greece |
Oct 1, 1999
|
- |
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Guinea |
Aug 1, 1993
|
- |
- |
| Hungary |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Jul 12, 1983
[2]
|
- |
| India |
Nov 1, 1983
|
May 4, 1982
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Ireland |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Aug 5, 1983
[1]
|
Jun 20, 1980
|
| Israel |
Nov 1, 1983
|
May 17, 1983
[2]
|
- |
| Italy |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Aug 26, 1983
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Jul 1, 2003
|
Apr 1, 2003
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Jordan |
Mar 1, 2001
|
- |
- |
| Kazakhstan |
May 1, 2006
|
- |
- |
| Kenya |
May 1, 1999
|
Feb 26, 1999
[2]
|
- |
| Latvia |
Jul 1, 1999
|
Apr 26, 1999
[2]
|
- |
| Liberia |
Dec 1, 2004
|
Sep 2, 2004
[2]
|
- |
| Libya |
Sep 1, 2002
|
May 31, 2002
[1]
|
- |
| Liechtenstein |
Nov 1, 1997
|
Aug 18, 1997
[2]
|
- |
| Lithuania |
Feb 1, 2002
|
Oct 8, 2001
[2]
|
- |
| Luxembourg |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Nov 30, 1982
[1]
|
Mar 26, 1980
|
| North Macedonia |
Nov 1, 1999
|
- |
- |
| Madagascar |
Jan 1, 2007
|
- |
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Mauritius |
Jun 1, 2004
|
- |
- |
| Mauritania |
Jul 1, 1998
|
Feb 19, 1998
[2]
|
- |
| Mali |
Oct 1, 1987
|
Jul 28, 1987
[2]
|
- |
| Malta |
Jun 1, 2001
|
- |
- |
| Monaco |
Jun 1, 1993
|
Mar 1, 1993
[2]
|
- |
| Moldova, Republic of |
Apr 1, 2001
|
- |
- |
| Mongolia |
Nov 1, 1999
|
- |
- |
| Morocco |
Nov 1, 1993
|
Aug 12, 1993
[2]
|
- |
| Niger |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Jul 3, 1980
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Netherlands |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Jun 5, 1981
[1]
|
Jun 20, 1980
|
| Nigeria |
Jan 1, 1987
|
Oct 15, 1986
[2]
|
- |
| Norway |
Aug 1, 1985
|
May 30, 1985
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| New Zealand |
Oct 1, 2000
|
- |
- |
| Pakistan |
Dec 1, 1987
|
Sep 22, 1987
[2]
|
- |
| Panama |
May 1, 1989
|
Feb 20, 1989
[2]
|
- |
| Paraguay |
Jan 1, 1999
|
Oct 12, 1998
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Peru |
Jun 1, 1997
|
Mar 14, 1997
[2]
|
- |
| Philippines |
Feb 1, 1994
|
- |
Jun 20, 1980
|
| Poland |
May 1, 1996
|
Feb 1, 1996
[2]
|
- |
| Portugal |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Jan 21, 1981
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Romania |
Jul 1, 1998
|
Apr 14, 1998
[2]
|
- |
| Rwanda |
Jan 1, 2005
|
- |
- |
| South Africa |
Dec 1, 1991
|
Sep 27, 1991
[2]
|
- |
| Samoa |
Nov 1, 2005
|
- |
- |
| Saudi Arabia |
Mar 1, 1991
|
Dec 17, 1990
[2]
|
- |
| Senegal |
Jun 1, 1988
|
Mar 18, 1988
[2]
|
- |
| Seychelles |
Aug 1, 2005
|
- |
- |
| Slovakia |
Mar 1, 1995
|
- |
- |
| Slovenia |
Feb 1, 1999
|
- |
- |
| Somalia |
Feb 1, 1986
|
Nov 11, 1985
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Spain |
May 1, 1985
|
Feb 12, 1985
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Sri Lanka |
Sep 1, 1990
|
Jun 6, 1990
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Dec 1, 2001
|
Jul 22, 2001
[2]
|
- |
| Sweden |
Nov 1, 1983
|
Jun 9, 1983
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Switzerland |
Jul 1, 1995
|
Apr 7, 1995
[2]
|
- |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Jun 1, 2003
|
- |
- |
| Tajikistan |
Feb 1, 2001
|
- |
- |
| Tanzania, Un. Rep. of |
Jul 1, 1999
|
Apr 23, 1999
[2]
|
- |
| Togo |
Feb 1, 1996
|
Nov 9, 1995
[1]
|
Jun 23, 1979
|
| Tunisia |
Jun 1, 1987
|
May 27, 1987
[2]
|
- |
| Uganda |
Aug 1, 2000
|
- |
Jun 22, 1980
|
| Ukraine |
Nov 1, 1999
|
- |
- |
| Uruguay |
May 1, 1990
|
Feb 1, 1990
[2]
|
- |
| Uzbekistan |
Sep 1, 1998
|
Jun 12, 1998
[2]
|
- |
| Yemen |
Dec 1, 2006
|
- |
- |
| Angola |
Dec 1, 2006
|
- |
- |
| Honduras |
Apr 1, 2007
|
- |
- |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Oct 1, 2007
|
- |
- |
| Costa Rica |
Aug 1, 2007
|
- |
- |
| Cuba |
Feb 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Feb 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Palau |
Feb 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Serbia |
Mar 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Gabon |
Aug 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Estonia |
Oct 1, 2008
|
- |
- |
| Montenegro |
Mar 1, 2009
|
Dec 9, 2008
[2]
|
- |
| Mozambique |
Aug 1, 2009
|
Aug 1, 2009
[1]
|
- |
| Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
Aug 1, 2006
|
- |
- |
| Ethiopia |
Jan 1, 2010
|
- |
- |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Aug 1, 2010
|
- |
- |
| Armenia |
Mar 1, 2011
|
Mar 1, 2011
[1]
|
- |
| Burundi |
Jul 1, 2011
|
Jul 1, 2011
[1]
|
- |
| Zimbabwe |
Jun 1, 2012
|
- |
Jun 1, 2012
|
| Eswatini, Kingdom of |
Jan 1, 2013
|
- |
- |
| Fiji |
Apr 1, 2013
|
Apr 1, 2013
[3]
|
- |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Aug 1, 2014
|
May 1, 2014
[2]
|
- |
| Afghanistan |
Aug 1, 2015
|
May 1, 2015
[2]
|
- |
| Brazil |
Oct 1, 2015
|
Jul 1, 2015
[2]
|
- |
| United Arab Emirates |
May 1, 2016
|
Feb 1, 2016
[2]
|
- |
| Iraq |
Aug 1, 2016
|
May 1, 2016
[2]
|
- |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Feb 28, 2019
|
Jan 12, 2018
[2]
|
- |
| Dominican Republic |
Feb 1, 2018
|
Nov 1, 2017
[2]
|
- |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Mar 1, 2018
|
Dec 1, 2017
[2]
|
- |
| Lebanon |
Sep 1, 2019
|
Jun 1, 2019
[2]
|
- |
| Malawi |
Sep 1, 2019
|
- |
- |
| Maldives |
Nov 1, 2019
|
- |
- |
* [1] Ratification
[2] Accession/approbation
[3] Acceptance/approval
[4] Succession
[5] Consent to be bound
[6] Definite signature