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1996 PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BYDUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, 1972 (LC PROT 1996)

a.k.a. London Convention Protocol 1996Done at London, 7 November 1996

Entry into force : 24 March 2006 _________________________________________________________________

As at 9 January 2014

I. Signatories

Argentina Subject to ratification

Australia Subject to ratification

Belgium Subject to ratification

Brazil Subject to ratification

China [Translation] Subject to ratification

DenmarkWith the qualification that the Protocol will notapply to the Faroe or to Greenland pending afurther decision

Finland Subject to acceptance

Germany, Federal Republic of Subject to ratification

Iceland Subject to ratification

Morocco Subject to ratification

Netherlands Subject to acceptance

New Zealand Subject to ratification

Norway Subject to ratification

Spain Ad referendumSweden Subject to ratification

Switzerland Sous rserve de ratification

United Kingdom Subject to ratification

United States Subject to ratification

II. Contracting States

Date of deposit of instrument Date of entry of instrument into force

Angola (accession) 4 October 2001 24 March 2006

Australia (ratification) 4 December 2000 24 March 2006

Barbados (accession) 25 July 2006 24 August 2006

Belgium (ratification) 13 February 2006 24 March 2006

Bulgaria (accession) 25 January 2006 24 March 2006

Canada (accession) 15 May 2000 24 March 2006

Chile (accession) 26 September 2011 26 October 2011

China (ratification)2,4 29 September 2006 29 October 2006


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Denmark (signature)1 17 April 1997 24 March 2006

Egypt (accession) 20 May 2004 24 March 2006

Estonia (accession) 10 July 2013 9 August 2013

France (accession) 7 January 2004 24 March 2006

Georgia (accession) 18 April 2000 24 March 2006

Germany (ratification) 16 October 1998 24 March 2006

Ghana (accession) 2 June 2010 2 July 2010

Iceland (ratification) 21 May 2003 24 March 2006

Ireland (accession) 26 April 2001 24 March 2006

Italy (accession) 13 October 2006 12 November 2006

Japan (accession) 2 October 2007 1 November 2007

Kenya (accession) 14 January 2008 13 February 2008

Luxembourg (accession) 21 November 2005 24 March 2006

Marshall Islands (accession) 9 May 2008 8 June 2008

Mexico (accession) 22 February 2006 24 March 2006

New Zealand (ratification)1 30 July 2001 24 March 2006

Netherlands (acceptance)5 24 September 2008 24 October 2008

Nigeria (accession) 1 October 2010 31 October 2010

Norway (ratification)2 16 December 1999 24 March 2006

Philippines (accession) 9 May 2012 8 June 2012

Republic of Korea (accession)2 22 January 2009 21 February 2009

Saint Kitts and Nevis (accession) 7 October 2004 24 March 2006

Saudi Arabia (accession) 2 February 2006 24 March 2006

Sierra Leone (accession) 10 March 2008 9 April 2008

Slovenia (accession) 3 March 2006 2 April 2006

South Africa (accession) 23 December 1998 24 March 2006

Spain (ratification) 24 March 1999 24 March 2006

Suriname (accession) 11 February 2007 13 March 2007

Sweden (ratification)2 16 October 2000 24 March 2006

Switzerland (ratification) 8 September 2000 24 March 2006

Tonga (accession) 18 September 2003 24 March 2006

Trinidad and Tobago (accession) 6 March 2000 24 March 2006

United Kingdom (ratification)3 15 December 1998 24 March 2006

Uruguay (accession) 17 December 2013 16 January 2014

Vanuatu (accession) 18 February 1999 24 March 2006

Yemen (accession) 24 January 2011 23 February 2011

Number of Contracting States: 44(the combined merchant fleets of which constitute approximately 35.92% of the gross tonnage of the worldsmerchant fleet)

In 1996, Parties adopted a Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping ofWastes and Other Matter, 1972 (known as the London Protocol) which entered into force in 2006.


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The Protocol, which is meant to eventually replace the 1972 Convention, represents a major change of approach tothe question of how to regulate the use of the sea as a depository for waste materials. Rather than stating whichmaterials may not be dumped, it prohibits all dumping, except for possibly acceptable wastes on the so -called"reverse list", contained in an annex to the Protocol.

The London Protocol stresses the precautionary approach, which requires that appropriate preventative

measures are taken when there is reason to believe that wastes or other matter introduced into the marineenvironment are likely to cause harm even when there is no conclusive evidence to prove a causal relationbetween inputs and their effects. It also states that "the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution" and emphasizes that ContractingParties should ensure that the Protocol should not simply result in pollution being transferred from one part of theenvironment to another.

Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention of 10 December 1982relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratoryfish stocks

(in force as from 11/12/2001)

The United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on theLaw of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks andHighly Migratory Fish Stocks sets out principles for the conservation and management of those fish stocks andestablishes that such management must be based on the precautionary approach and the best available scientificinformation. The Agreement elaborates on the fundamental principle, established in the Convention, that Statesshould cooperate to ensure conservation and promote the objective of the optimum utilization of fisheriesresources both within and beyond the exclusive economic zone.

The Agreement attempts to achieve this objective by providing a framework for cooperation in the conservationand management of those resources. It promotes good order in the oceans through the effective management andconservation of high seas resources by establishing, among other things, detailed minimum internationalstandards for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks; ensuringthat measures taken for the conservation and management of those stocks in areas under national jurisdiction andin the adjacent high seas are compatible and coherent; ensuring that there are effective mechanisms forcompliance and enforcement of those measures on the high seas; and recognizing the special requirements ofdeveloping States in relation to conservation and management as well as the development and participation infisheries for the two types of stocks mentioned above.

The Agreement was adopted on 4 August 1995 by the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks andHighly Migratory Fish Stocks and opened for signature on 4 December 1995. It remained open for signature until 4December 1996 and was signed by 59 States and entities.

The requirements for the entry into force of the Agreement were met on 11 November 2001, when the Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of Malta deposited an instrument of accession to the Agreement with the Secretary-General.The instrument was the thirtieth instrument of ratification or accession deposited. The Agreement entered into
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force on 11December 2001, i.e., 30 days after the date of deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification oraccession, in accordance with article 40 (1) of the Agreement.

81. Croatia (10 September 2013)

80. Bangladesh (5 November 2012)

79. Morocco (19 September 2012)

78.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (29 October2010)

77. Nigeria (2 November 2009)

76. Indonesia (28 September 2009)

75. Tuvalu (2 February 2009)

74. Panama (16 December 2008)

73. Mozambique (10 December 2008)

72. Slovakia (6 November 2008)

71. Hungary (16 May 2008)

70. Oman (14 May 2008)

69. Palau (26 March 2008)

68. Republic of Korea (1 February 2008)

67. Romania (16 July 2007)

66. Czech Republic (19 March 2007)

65. Lithuania (1 March 2007)

64. Latvia (5 February 2007)

63. Bulgaria (13 December 2006)

62. Niue (11 October 2006)

61. Trinidad and Tobago (13 September 2006)

60. Japan (7 August 2006)


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59. Estonia (7 August 2006)

58. Slovenia (15 June 2006)

57. Poland (14 March 2006)

56. Liberia (16 September 2005)

55. Guinea (16 September 2005)

54. Kiribati (15 September 2005)

53. Belize (14 July 2005)

52. Kenya (13 July 2004)

51. Sweden (19 December 2003)

50. Spain (19 December 2003)

49. Portugal (19 December 2003)

48. Netherlands (19 December 2003)

47. Luxembourg (19 December 2003)

46. Italy (19 December 2003)

45. Ireland (19 December 2003)

44. Greece (19 December 2003)

43. Germany (19 December 2003)

42. France (19 December 2003)

41. Finland (19 December 2003)

40. Denmark (19 December 2003)

39. Belgium (19 December 2003)

38. Austria (19 December 2003)

37. European Union (19 December 2003)

36. India (19 August 2003)

35. South Africa (14 August 2003)


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34. Marshall Islands (19 March 2003)

33. Ukraine (27 February 2003)

32. Cyprus (25 September 2002)

31.United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland (10 December 2001); (19 December2003) For details, refer to UN Treaties .

30. Malta (11 November 2001)

29. Costa Rica (18 June 2001)

28. New Zealand (18 April 2001)

27. Barbados (22 September 2000)

26. Brazil (8 March 2000)

25. Australia (23 December 1999)

24. Uruguay (10 September 1999)

23. Canada (3 August 1999)

22. Monaco (9 June 1999)

21. Papua New Guinea (4 June 1999)

20. Cook Islands (1 April 1999)

19. Maldives (30 December 1998)

18. Iran (Islamic Republic of) (17 April 1998)

17. Namibia (8 April 1998)

16. Seychelles (20 March 1998)

15. Russian Federation (4 August 1997)

14. Micronesia (Federated States of) (23 May 1997)

13. Mauritius (25 March 1997)

12. Iceland (14 February 1997)

11. Solomon Islands (13 February 1997)
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10. Senegal (30 January 1997)

9. Bahamas (16 January 1997)

8. Nauru (10 January 1997)

7. Norway (30 December 1996)

6. Fiji (12 December 1996)

5. Samoa (25 October 1996)

4. Sri Lanka (24 October 1996)

3. United States of America (21 August 1996)

2. Saint Lucia (9 August 1996)

1. Tonga (31 July 1996)

The Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (theOSPAR Convention')

Open for signature at the Ministerial Meeting of the Oslo and Paris Commissions in Paris on 22 September 1992. Itwas adopted together with a Final declaration and an Action Plan.

The Convention has been signed and ratified by all of the Contracting Parties to the original Oslo or ParisConventions:

1. Belgium2. Denmark3. the European Union4. Finland5. France6. Germany7. Iceland8. Ireland9. the Netherlands10. Norway11. Portugal12. Spain13. Sweden14. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)15. Luxembourg16. Switzerland
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The OSPAR Convention entered into force on 25 March 1998. It replaces the Oslo and Paris Conventions butDecisions, Recommendations and all other agreements adopted under those Conventions will continue to beapplicable, unaltered in their legal nature, unless they are terminated by new measures adopted under the 1992OSPAR Convention.

OSPAR is the mechanism by which fifteen Governments of the western coasts and catchments of Europe, togetherwith the European Union, cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It started in1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping. It was broadened to cover land-based sources and the offshoreindustry by the Paris Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-dated and extended by the 1992OSPAR Convention. The new annex on biodiversity and ecosystems was adopted in 1998 to cover non-pollutinghuman activities that can adversely affect the sea.

Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube,(1998)

a.k.a. Danube River Protection Convention

The Danube River Protection Convention forms the overall legal instrument for co-operation on transboundarywater management in the Danube River Basin. The Convention was signed on June 29 1994 in Sofia (Bulgaria) andcame into force in 1998. It aims to ensure that surface waters and groundwater within the Danube River Basin aremanaged and used sustainably and equitably.

Contracting Party Signature Entry into force

Austria 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 11.07.2005

Bulgaria 29.06.1994 02.08.1999

Croatia 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Czech Republic 10.03.1995 22.10.1998

Germany 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Hungary 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Republic of Moldova 29.06.1994 29.08.1999

Montenegro - 28.10.2008

Romania 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Republic of Serbia - 19.08.2003


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Slovakia 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Slovenia 06.12.1994 22.10.1998

Ukraine 29.06.1994 13.03.2003

European Community 29.06.1994 22.10.1998

Convention on the Protection of the Alps (1991)

The aim of this Convention is the long-term protection of the natural ecosystem of the Alps and sustainabledevelopment in the area, as well as the protection of residents' economic interests. The guiding principles of theConvention are prevention, polluter-pays and trans-border cooperation.

The Parties to the Convention are:

1. Austria2. France3. Germany4. Italy5. Liechtenstein6. Monaco7. Slovenia8. Switzerland9. the European Community.

In order to fulfil their objective effectively, the Parties to the Convention act in the areas of regional planning, the

conservation of nature and the countryside, mountain farming, mountain forests, soil conservation, tourism andrecreation, energy, transport, prevention of air pollution, water management, population and culture, and wastemanagement.

The Convention provides for the drawing up and adoption of application protocols for each of these areas as wellas for resolving disputes between the Parties.

The Parties are obliged to cooperate in the fields of research and regional monitoring as well as on legal, scientific,economic and technical matters.

A Conference of the Contracting Parties ("the Alpine Conference") holds regular meetings (in principle every twoyears) to look at issues of common interest for the Contracting Parties and to make decisions and

recommendations.

The Convention entered into force for the European Community on 4 April 1998 .

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)


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Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001)

Agreement between Australia and the Netherlands Concerning Old Dutch Shipwrecks

(1972)

Draft Articles on the Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous ActivitiesExchange of Notes Agreement Between U.K.-Italy (1952)

Exchange of Notes between UK and South Africa, 60 BYIL, (1989)

Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and AnnexedRegulations (1907)

The provisions of the two Conventions on land warfare, like most of the substantive provisions of theHague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, are considered as embodying rules of customary international law.

As such they are also binding on States which are not formally parties to them.

STATES PARTIES SIGNATURERATIFICATION/ ACCESSION

RESERVATION /DECLARATION

Austria 18.10.1907 27.11.1909 27.11.1909

Belarus 04.06.1962

Belgium 18.10.1907 08.08.1910

Bolivia 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Brazil 18.10.1907 05.01.1914

China 10.05.1917

Cuba 18.10.1907 22.02.1912

Denmark 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Dominican Republic 18.10.1907 16.05.1958

El Salvador 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Ethiopia 05.08.1935

Fiji 02.04.1973

Finland 30.12.1918

France 18.10.1907 07.10.1910

Germany 18.10.1907 27.11.1909 27.11.1909

Guatemala 18.10.1907 15.03.1911

Haiti 18.10.1907 02.02.1910
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Hungary 18.10.1907 27.11.1909 27.11.1909

Japan 18.10.1907 13.12.1911 13.12.1911

Liberia 04.02.1914

Luxembourg 18.10.1907 05.09.1912

Mexico 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Netherlands 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Nicaragua 16.12.1909

Norway 18.10.1907 19.09.1910

Panama 18.10.1907 11.09.1911

Poland 09.05.1925

Portugal 18.10.1907 13.04.1911

Romania 18.10.1907 01.03.1912

Russian Federation 18.10.1907 27.11.1909 27.11.1909

South Africa 10.03.1978

Sweden 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

Switzerland 18.10.1907 12.05.1910

Thailand 18.10.1907 12.03.1910

United Kingdom 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

United States of America 18.10.1907 27.11.1909

1) Ratification : a treaty is generally open for signature for a certain time following the conference whichhas adopted it. However, a signature is not binding on a State unless it has been endorsed by ratification.The time limits having elapsed, the Conventions and the Protocols are no longer open for signature. TheStates which have not signed them may at any time accede or, in the appropriate circumstances,succeed to them.

Accession : instead of signing and then ratifying a treaty, a State may become party to it by the singleact called accession.

2) Reservation / Declaration : unilateral statement, however phrased or named, made by a State whenratifying, acceding or succeeding to a treaty, whereby it purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect ofcertain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State (provided that such reservations are notincompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty).

FORUM OF ADOPTION :
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International Peace Conference 1907

IN FORCE :

Yes

ENTRY IN FORCE :

26.01.1910

DATE OF ADOPTION :

18.10.1907

ILC Draft Articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property, (1991)

IMO International Convention on Slavage (1989)

Adoption : 28 April 1989

Entry into force : 14 July 1996

The Convention replaced a convention on the law of salvage adopted in Brussels in 1910 which incorporated the"'no cure, no pay" principle under which a salvor is only rewarded for services if the operation is successful.

As at 9 January 2014

I. Signatories

Canada Subject to ratification

Denmark Subject to ratification

Finland Subject to approval

Germany, Federal Republic of Subject to ratification

Ireland Subject to ratification

Italy Subject to ratification

Mexico Ad referendum

Netherlands Subject to acceptance

Nigeria Subject to ratification

Norway Subject to ratification

Poland Subject to ratification

Spain Ad referendum and with reservations1

Sweden Subject to ratification

Switzerland Sous rserve de ratification

USSR [Translation] Subject to subsequent ratification

United Kingdom Subject to ratification

United States Subject to ratification

II. Contracting States


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Date of deposit of instrument Date of entry of instrument into force

Albania (accession) 14 June 2006 14 June 2007

Algeria (accession) 26 March 2012 26 March 2013

Australia (accession)1 8 January 1997 24 August 2006

Azerbaijan (accession) 12 June 2006 12 June 2007

Brazil (accession) 29 July 2009 29 July 2010

Belgium (accession) 30 June 2004 30 June 2005

Bulgaria (accession)1 14 March 2005 14 March 2006

Canada (ratification)1 14 November 1994 14 July 1996

China (accession)1, 3 30 March 1994 14 July 1996

Congo (accession) 7 September 2004 7 September 2005

Croatia (accession)1 10 September 1998 10 September 1999

Denmark (ratification) 30 May 1995 14 July 1996

Dominica (accession) 31 August 2001 31 August 2002

Ecuador (accession)1 16 February 2005 16 February 2006

Egypt (accession) 14 March 1991 14 July 1996

Estonia (accession) 31 July 2001 31 July 2002

Finland (approval)1 12 January 2007 24 March 2006

France (accession)1 21 December 2001 21 December 2002

Georgia (accession) 25 August 1995 25 August 1996

Germany (ratification)1 8 October 2001 8 October 2002

Greece (accession) 3 June 1996 3 June 1997

Guinea (accession) 2 October 2002 2 October 2003

Guyana (accession) 10 December 1997 10 December 1998

Iceland (accession) 21 March 2002 21 March 2003

India (accession) 18 October 1995 18 October 1996

Iran (Islamic Republic of)(accession)1

1 August 1994 14 July 1996

Ireland (ratification)1 6 January 1995 14 July 1996

Italy (ratification) 14 July 1995 14 July 1996

Jamaica (accession) 28 November 2013 28 November 2014

Jordan (accession) 3 October 1995 3 October 1996

Kenya (accession) 21 July 1999 21 July 2000

Kiribati (accession) 5 February 2007 5 February 2008

Latvia (accession) 17 March 1999 17 March 2000

Liberia (accession) 18 September 2008 18 September 2009Lithuania (accession)1 15 November 1999 15 November 2000

Marshall Islands (accession) 16 October 1995 16 October 1996

Mauritius (accession) 17 December 2002 17 December 2003

Mexico (ratification)1 10 October 1991 14 July 1996

Montenegro (accession) 19 April 2012 19 April 2013

Netherlands (acceptance)1,2 10 December 1997 10 December 1998


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New Zealand (accession)3 16 October 2002 16 October 2003

Nigeria (ratification) 11 October 1990 14 July 1996

Niue (accession) 27 June 2012 27 June 2013

Norway (ratification)1 3 December 1996 3 December 1997

Oman (accession) 14 October 1991 14 July 1996

Palau (accession) 29 September 2011 29 September 2012

Poland (ratification) 16 December 2005 16 December 2006

Romania (accession) 18 May 2001 18 May 2002

Russian Federation (ratification)1 25 May 1999 25 May 2000

Saint Kitts and Nevis (accession) 7 October 2004 7 October 2005

Jamaica (accession) 28 November 2013 28 November 2014

Saudi Arabia (accession)1 16 December 1991 14 July 1996

Sierra Leone (accession) 26 July 2001 26 July 2002

Slovenia (accession) 23 December 2005 23 December 2006

Spain (ratification)1 27January 2005 27 January 2006

Sweden (ratification)1 19 December 1995 19 December 1996

Switzerland (ratification) 12 March 1993 14 July 1996

Syrian Arab Republic (accession) 19 March 2002 19 March 2003

Tonga (accession) 18 September 2003 18 September 2004

Tunisia (accession)1 5 May 1999 5 May 2000

United Arab Emirates (accession) 4 October 1993 14 July 1996

United Kingdom (ratification)1, 2 29 September 1994 14 July 1996

United States (ratification) 27 March 1992 14 July 1996

Vanuatu (accession) 18 February 1999 18 February 2000

Yemen (accession) 23 September 2008 23 September 2009

Number of Contracting States: 64(the combined merchant fleets of which constitute approximately

50.63% of the gross tonnage of the worlds merchant fleet )

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist BombingsNew York, 15 December 1997

Entry into force : 23 May 2001, in accordance with article 22which reads as follows: "1. ThisConvention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of thedeposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval oraccession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. For each Stateratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of thetwenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, theConvention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State ofits instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. For each Stateratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of thetwenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, theConvention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of


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its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.".

Participant Signature Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Succession(d), Ratification

Afghanistan 24 Sep 2003 a

Albania 22 Jan 2002 a

Algeria 17 Dec 1998 8 Nov 2001

Andorra 23 Sep 2004 a

Antigua and Barbuda 24 Sep 2009 a

Argentina 2 Sep 1998 25 Sep 2003

Armenia 16 Mar 2004 a

Australia 9 Aug 2002 a

Austria 9 Feb 1998 6 Sep 2000

Azerbaijan 2 Apr 2001 a

Bahamas 5 May 2008 a

Bahrain 21 Sep 2004 a

Bangladesh 20 May 2005 a

Barbados 18 Sep 2002 a

Belarus 20 Sep 1999 1 Oct 2001

Belgium 1 12 Jan 1998 20 May 2005

Belize 14 Nov 2001 a

Benin 31 Jul 2003 a

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22 Jan 2002 a

Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 Aug 2003 a

Botswana 8 Sep 2000 a

Brazil 12 Mar 1999 23 Aug 2002
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Brunei Darussalam 14 Mar 2002 a

Bulgaria 12 Feb 2002 a

Burkina Faso 1 Oct 2003 a

Burundi 4 Mar 1998

Cabo Verde 10 May 2002 a

Cambodia 31 Jul 2006 a

Cameroon 21 Mar 2005 a

Canada 12 Jan 1998 3 Apr 2002

Central African Republic 19 Feb 2008 a

Chile 10 Nov 2001 a

China 2 13 Nov 2001 a

Colombia 14 Sep 2004 a

Comoros 1 Oct 1998 25 Sep 2003

Costa Rica 16 Jan 1998 20 Sep 2001

Cte d'Ivoire 25 Sep 1998 13 Mar 2002

Croatia 2 Jun 2005 a

Cuba 15 Nov 2001 a

Cyprus 26 Mar 1998 24 Jan 2001

Czech Republic 29 Jul 1998 6 Sep 2000

Democratic Republic of the Congo 27 Jun 2008 a

Denmark 3 23 Dec 1999 31 Aug 2001

Djibouti 1 Jun 2004 a

Dominica 24 Sep 2004 a

Dominican Republic 21 Oct 2008 a
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Egypt 14 Dec 1999 9 Aug 2005

El Salvador 15 May 2003 a

Equatorial Guinea 7 Feb 2003 a

Estonia 27 Dec 1999 10 Apr 2002

Ethiopia 16 Apr 2003 a

Fiji 15 May 2008 a

Finland 23 Jan 1998 28 May 2002 A

France 12 Jan 1998 19 Aug 1999

Gabon 10 Mar 2005 a

Georgia 18 Feb 2004 a

Germany 26 Jan 1998 23 Apr 2003

Ghana 6 Sep 2002 a

Greece 2 Feb 1998 27 May 2003

Grenada 13 Dec 2001 a

Guatemala 12 Feb 2002 a

Guinea 7 Sep 2000 a

Guinea-Bissau 6 Aug 2008 a

Guyana 12 Sep 2007 a

Honduras 25 Mar 2003 a

Hungary 21 Dec 1999 13 Nov 2001

Iceland 28 Sep 1998 15 Apr 2002

India 17 Sep 1999 22 Sep 1999

Indonesia 29 Jun 2006 a

Iraq 30 Jul 2013 a
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Ireland 29 May 1998 30 Jun 2005

Israel 29 Jan 1999 10 Feb 2003

Italy 4 Mar 1998 16 Apr 2003

Jamaica 9 Aug 2005 a

Japan 17 Apr 1998 16 Nov 2001 A

Kazakhstan 6 Nov 2002 a

Kenya 16 Nov 2001 a

Kiribati 15 Sep 2005 a

Kuwait 19 Apr 2004 a

Kyrgyzstan 1 May 2001 a

Lao People's Democratic Republic 22 Aug 2002 a

Latvia 25 Nov 2002 a

Lesotho 12 Nov 2001 a

Liberia 5 Mar 2003 a

Libya 22 Sep 2000 a

Liechtenstein 26 Nov 2002 a

Lithuania 8 Jun 1998 17 Mar 2004

Luxembourg 6 Feb 1998 6 Feb 2004

Madagascar 1 Oct 1999 24 Sep 2003

Malawi 11 Aug 2003 a

Malaysia

24 Sep 2003 a

Maldives 7 Sep 2000 a

Mali 28 Mar 2002 a

Malta 11 Nov 2001 a
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Marshall Islands 27 Jan 2003 a

Mauritania 30 Apr 2003 a

Mauritius 24 Jan 2003 a

Mexico 20 Jan 2003 a

Micronesia (Federated States of) 23 Sep 2002 a

Monaco 25 Nov 1998 6 Sep 2001

Mongolia 7 Sep 2000 a

Montenegro 4 23 Oct 2006 d

Morocco 9 May 2007 a

Mozambique 14 Jan 2003 a

Myanmar 12 Nov 2001 a

Nauru 2 Aug 2005 a

Nepal 24 Sep 1999

Netherlands 5 12 Mar 1998 7 Feb 2002 A

New Zealand 6 4 Nov 2002 a

Nicaragua 17 Jan 2003 a

Niger 26 Oct 2004 a

Nigeria 24 Sep 2013 a

Niue 22 Jun 2009 a

Norway 31 Jul 1998 20 Sep 1999

Pakistan 13 Aug 2002 a

Palau 14 Nov 2001 a

Panama 3 Sep 1998 5 Mar 1999

Papua New Guinea 30 Sep 2003 a
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Paraguay 22 Sep 2004 a

Peru 10 Nov 2001 a

Philippines 23 Sep 1998 7 Jan 2004

Poland 14 Jun 1999 3 Feb 2004

Portugal 30 Dec 1999 10 Nov 2001

Qatar 27 Jun 2008 a

Republic of Korea 3 Dec 1999 17 Feb 2004

Republic of Moldova 10 Oct 2002 a

Romania 30 Apr 1998 29 Jul 2004

Russian Federation 12 Jan 1998 8 May 2001

Rwanda 13 May 2002 a

San Marino 12 Mar 2002 a

Sao Tome and Principe 12 Apr 2006 a

Saudi Arabia 31 Oct 2007 a

Senegal 27 Oct 2003 a

Serbia 31 Jul 2003 a

Seychelles 22 Aug 2003 a

Sierra Leone 26 Sep 2003 a

Singapore 31 Dec 2007 a

Slovakia 28 Jul 1998 8 Dec 2000

Slovenia 30 Oct 1998 25 Sep 2003

Solomon Islands 24 Sep 2009 a

South Africa 21 Dec 1999 1 May 2003

Spain 1 May 1998 30 Apr 1999
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Sri Lanka 12 Jan 1998 23 Mar 1999

St. Kitts and Nevis 16 Nov 2001 a

St. Lucia 17 Oct 2012 a

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15 Sep 2005 a

Sudan 7 Oct 1999 8 Sep 2000

Swaziland 4 Apr 2003 a

Sweden 12 Feb 1998 6 Sep 2001

Switzerland 23 Sep 2003 a

Tajikistan 29 Jul 2002 a

Thailand 12 Jun 2007 a

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 16 Dec 1998 30 Aug 2004

Togo 21 Aug 1998 10 Mar 2003

Tonga 9 Dec 2002 a

Trinidad and Tobago 2 Apr 2001 a

Tunisia 22 Apr 2005 a

Turkey 20 May 1999 30 May 2002

Turkmenistan 18 Feb 1999 25 Jun 1999

Uganda 11 Jun 1999 5 Nov 2003

Ukraine 26 Mar 2002 a

United Arab Emirates 23 Sep 2005 a

United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland 7 12 Jan 1998 7 Mar 2001

United Republic of Tanzania 22 Jan 2003 a

United States of America 12 Jan 1998 26 Jun 2002

Uruguay 23 Nov 1998 10 Nov 2001
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Uzbekistan 23 Feb 1998 30 Nov 1998

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 23 Sep 1998 23 Sep 2003

Viet Nam 9 Jan 2014 a

Yemen 23 Apr 2001 a

Registration : 23 May 2001, No. 37517

Status : Signatories : 58. Parties : 168

Plan of Implementation , World Summit on Sustainable Development, (2002)

Rome Statute or the Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)Rome, 17 July 1998

Entry into force : 1 July 2002, in accordance with article 126.Status : Signatories : 139. Parties : 122

Participant Signature Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Succession(d), Ratification

Afghanistan 10 Feb 2003 a

Albania 18 Jul 1998 31 Jan 2003

Algeria 28 Dec 2000

Andorra 18 Jul 1998 30 Apr 2001

Angola 7 Oct 1998

Antigua and Barbuda 23 Oct 1998 18 Jun 2001

Argentina 8 Jan 1999 8 Feb 2001

Armenia 1 Oct 1999

Australia 9 Dec 1998 1 Jul 2002

Austria 7 Oct 1998 28 Dec 2000

Bahamas 29 Dec 2000

Bahrain 11 Dec 2000

Bangladesh 16 Sep 1999 23 Mar 2010
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Barbados 8 Sep 2000 10 Dec 2002

Belgium 10 Sep 1998 28 Jun 2000

Belize 5 Apr 2000 5 Apr 2000

Benin 24 Sep 1999 22 Jan 2002

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17 Jul 1998 27 Jun 2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 Jul 2000 11 Apr 2002

Botswana 8 Sep 2000 8 Sep 2000

Brazil 7 Feb 2000 20 Jun 2002

Bulgaria 11 Feb 1999 11 Apr 2002

Burkina Faso 30 Nov 1998 16 Apr 2004

Burundi 13 Jan 1999 21 Sep 2004

Cabo Verde 28 Dec 2000 10 Oct 2011

Cambodia 23 Oct 2000 11 Apr 2002

Cameroon 17 Jul 1998

Canada 18 Dec 1998 7 Jul 2000

Central African Republic 7 Dec 1999 3 Oct 2001

Chad 20 Oct 1999 1 Nov 2006

Chile 11 Sep 1998 29 Jun 2009

Colombia 10 Dec 1998 5 Aug 2002

Comoros 22 Sep 2000 18 Aug 2006

Congo 17 Jul 1998 3 May 2004

Cook Islands 18 Jul 2008 a

Costa Rica 7 Oct 1998 7 Jun 2001

Cte d'Ivoire 30 Nov 1998 15 Feb 2013
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Croatia 12 Oct 1998 21 May 2001

Cyprus 15 Oct 1998 7 Mar 2002

Czech Republic 13 Apr 1999 21 Jul 2009

Democratic Republic of the Congo 8 Sep 2000 11 Apr 2002

Denmark 2 25 Sep 1998 21 Jun 2001

Djibouti 7 Oct 1998 5 Nov 2002

Dominica 12 Feb 2001 a

Dominican Republic 8 Sep 2000 12 May 2005

Ecuador 7 Oct 1998 5 Feb 2002

Egypt 26 Dec 2000

Eritrea 7 Oct 1998

Estonia 27 Dec 1999 30 Jan 2002

Fiji 29 Nov 1999 29 Nov 1999

Finland 7 Oct 1998 29 Dec 2000

France 18 Jul 1998 9 Jun 2000

Gabon 22 Dec 1998 20 Sep 2000

Gambia 4 Dec 1998 28 Jun 2002

Georgia 18 Jul 1998 5 Sep 2003

Germany 10 Dec 1998 11 Dec 2000

Ghana 18 Jul 1998 20 Dec 1999

Greece 18 Jul 1998 15 May 2002

Grenada 19 May 2011 a

Guatemala 2 Apr 2012 a

Guinea 7 Sep 2000 14 Jul 2003
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Guinea-Bissau 12 Sep 2000

Guyana 28 Dec 2000 24 Sep 2004

Haiti 26 Feb 1999

Honduras 7 Oct 1998 1 Jul 2002

Hungary 15 Jan 1999 30 Nov 2001

Iceland 26 Aug 1998 25 May 2000

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31 Dec 2000

Ireland 7 Oct 1998 11 Apr 2002

Israel 3 31 Dec 2000

Italy 18 Jul 1998 26 Jul 1999

Jamaica 8 Sep 2000

Japan 17 Jul 2007 a

Jordan 7 Oct 1998 11 Apr 2002

Kenya 11 Aug 1999 15 Mar 2005

Kuwait 8 Sep 2000

Kyrgyzstan 8 Dec 1998

Latvia 22 Apr 1999 28 Jun 2002

Lesotho 30 Nov 1998 6 Sep 2000

Liberia 17 Jul 1998 22 Sep 2004

Liechtenstein 18 Jul 1998 2 Oct 2001

Lithuania

10 Dec 1998 12 May 2003

Luxembourg 13 Oct 1998 8 Sep 2000

Madagascar 18 Jul 1998 14 Mar 2008

Malawi 2 Mar 1999 19 Sep 2002
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Maldives 21 Sep 2011 a

Mali 17 Jul 1998 16 Aug 2000

Malta 17 Jul 1998 29 Nov 2002

Marshall Islands 6 Sep 2000 7 Dec 2000

Mauritius 11 Nov 1998 5 Mar 2002

Mexico 7 Sep 2000 28 Oct 2005

Monaco 18 Jul 1998

Mongolia 29 Dec 2000 11 Apr 2002

Montenegro 4 23 Oct 2006 d

Morocco 8 Sep 2000

Mozambique 28 Dec 2000

Namibia 5 27 Oct 1998 25 Jun 2002

Nauru 13 Dec 2000 12 Nov 2001

Netherlands 6 18 Jul 1998 17 Jul 2001 A

New Zealand 7 7 Oct 1998 7 Sep 2000

Niger 17 Jul 1998 11 Apr 2002

Nigeria 1 Jun 2000 27 Sep 2001

Norway 28 Aug 1998 16 Feb 2000

Oman 20 Dec 2000

Panama 18 Jul 1998 21 Mar 2002

Paraguay 7 Oct 1998 14 May 2001

Peru 7 Dec 2000 10 Nov 2001

Philippines 28 Dec 2000 30 Aug 2011

Poland 9 Apr 1999 12 Nov 2001
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Portugal 7 Oct 1998 5 Feb 2002

Republic of Korea 8 Mar 2000 13 Nov 2002

Republic of Moldova 8 Sep 2000 12 Oct 2010

Romania 7 Jul 1999 11 Apr 2002

Russian Federation 13 Sep 2000

Samoa 17 Jul 1998 16 Sep 2002

San Marino 18 Jul 1998 13 May 1999

Sao Tome and Principe 28 Dec 2000

Senegal 18 Jul 1998 2 Feb 1999

Serbia 19 Dec 2000 6 Sep 2001

Seychelles 28 Dec 2000 10 Aug 2010

Sierra Leone 17 Oct 1998 15 Sep 2000

Slovakia 23 Dec 1998 11 Apr 2002

Slovenia 7 Oct 1998 31 Dec 2001

Solomon Islands 3 Dec 1998

South Africa 17 Jul 1998 27 Nov 2000

Spain 18 Jul 1998 24 Oct 2000

St. Kitts and Nevis 22 Aug 2006 a

St. Lucia 27 Aug 1999 18 Aug 2010

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3 Dec 2002 a

Sudan 8

8 Sep 2000

Suriname 15 Jul 2008 a

Sweden 7 Oct 1998 28 Jun 2001

Switzerland 18 Jul 1998 12 Oct 2001
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Syrian Arab Republic 29 Nov 2000

Tajikistan 30 Nov 1998 5 May 2000

Thailand 2 Oct 2000

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7 Oct 1998 6 Mar 2002

Timor-Leste 6 Sep 2002 a

Trinidad and Tobago 23 Mar 1999 6 Apr 1999

Tunisia 24 Jun 2011 a

Uganda 17 Mar 1999 14 Jun 2002

Ukraine 20 Jan 2000

United Arab Emirates 27 Nov 2000

United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland 9, 10

30 Nov 1998 4 Oct 2001

United Republic of Tanzania 29 Dec 2000 20 Aug 2002

United States of America 11 31 Dec 2000

Uruguay 19 Dec 2000 28 Jun 2002

Uzbekistan 29 Dec 2000

Vanuatu 2 Dec 2011 a

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14 Oct 1998 7 Jun 2000

Yemen 28 Dec 2000

Zambia 17 Jul 1998 13 Nov 2002

Zimbabwe 17 Jul 1998

Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation andSustainable Development of All Types of Forests

Treaty of Friendship Between US and Spain (1902)

Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2000)
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The Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a SpecialCourt for Sierra Leone, with the Statute of the Court annexed thereto, was signed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 16January 2002 and entered into force on 12 April 2002, following its ratification by Sierra Leone. The Special Courtis mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian lawand Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.

Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (1993)DATE OF ADOPTION :

25.05.1993

Having determined pursuant to Article 39 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations that thesituation in the former Yugoslavia constituted a threat to international peace and security, the SecurityCouncil decided to establish an international tribunal as an effective measure to deter the commission ofcrimes, bring those responsible to justice, and contribute to the restoration and maintenance of peace. Inresolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, the Security Council unanimously approved under Chapter VII both the report of the Secretary-General and the appended Statute of the International Tribunal (Statute).

The drafters of the Statute had explicitly declined to make it a self-contained criminal code. They insteadgranted the Tribunal jurisdiction over a set of very broadly defined crimes, the specific content of which was to be found in customary international law. Though the Tribunal recognizes that bindingconventional law could also provide basis for its jurisdiction, it has in practice always determined that thetreaty provisions in question are also declaratory of custom. As a consequence of this approach, articles 2,3, 4 and 5 of the Statute list the crimes within the Tribunals jurisdiction in very general terms.

After several resolutions in which the Security Council expressed its grave alarm at continuing reports of widespread violations of humanitarian law occurring in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and takinginto consideration the interim report of the Commission of Experts, the Security Council decides in itsResolution 808 (1993) that an international tribunal shall be established for the prosecution of personsresponsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the

former Yugoslavia since 1991.

The Security Council states that the situation constitutes a threat to international peace and security, andthat it is determined to put an end to such crimes and take effective measures to bring to justice thepersons who are responsible for them. The Security Council further states its conviction that in theparticular circumstances of the former Yugoslavia, the establishment of an international tribunal wouldenable this aim to be achieved and would contribute to the restoration and maintenance of peace. Thus,the Security Council decides to adopt, by its Resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, the Statute of theInternational Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Vote For: 15 Abs. 0 Against: 0

Subject Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia)

Result Adopted


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Security Council composition

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FRA

RUS

UK

USA

Non-permanent members BRA

CPV

DJI

ESP

HUN

JPN

MAR

NZL

PAK

VEN

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1994)DATE OF ADOPTION :

08.11.1994

A series of Resolutions in which the Security Council condemned the systematic, widespread and flagrant violationsof international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda, culminated in the establishment of an international Tribunal.Determining that the situation constituted a threat to international peace and security, the Security Council stated thatit was determined to put an end to such crimes and to take effective measures to bring to justice the persons who areresponsible for them. The Security Council further stated that in the particular circumstances of Rwanda, it was
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