STATUS REPORT

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

(Geneva, 30/09/1921)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 16-Jun-26

Depositary: Secretary-General of the League of Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 02-Dec-08
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
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Other
Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji     12 June 1972 d  
 
Nauru        
"The Government of the German Democratic Republic takes the view that in accordance with the applicable rules of international law and the international practice of States the regulations on the reapplication of agreements concluded under international law are an internal affair of the successor State concerned. Accordingly, the German Democratic Republic was entitled to determine the date of reapplication of the International Convention when it established its status as a party by way of succession."        
1. See League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 9, p. 415        
2. On 6 and 10 June 1997, respectively, Secretary-General received communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (see also note 2 under "China" and note 2 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region        
3. See note 1 under "Myanmar" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
4. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume)        
5. See note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
6. According to a reservation made by the Danish Government when ratifying the Convention, the latter was to take effect, in respect of Denmark, only upon the coming into force of the Danish Penal Code of April 15th, 1930. This Code having entered into force on January 1st, 1933, the Convention has become effective for Denmark from the same date        
7. In a notification received on 21 February 1974, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated that the German Democratic Republic had declared the reapplication of the Convention as from 8 March 1958        
8. On 11 August 1999, the Government of Portugal informed the Secretary-General that the Convention would apply to Macao        
9. See note 1 regarding "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
Actions subsequent to the assumption of depositary functions by the Secretary-General of the United Nations        
Afghanistan a     (10 April 1935 )  
Argentina (a)        
Australia     (28 June 1922)  
Austria     (9 August 1922 )  
Bahamas     10 June 1976 d  
Bahamas, Barbados, British Honduras,Ceylon,Cyprus, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hong-Kong, Kenya (Colony and Protectorate), Malta, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Seychelles, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Southern Rhodesia, Straits Settlements, Trinidad and Tobago     18 September 1922 a  
Belarus     21 May 1948 a  
Belgium     (15 June 1922)  
Brazil     (18 August 1933)  
British Empire 2     (28 June 1922)  
British Guiana and FijiOctober 24th, 1922 a Jamaica and Mauritius March 7th, 1924 a Leeward Islands March 7th, 1924 a Falkland Islands and Dependencies May 8th, 1924 a Gold Coast Colony July 3rd, 1924 a Sierra Leone (Colony) November 16th, 1927 a Gambia (Colony and Protectorate), Tanganyika (Territory), Uganda (Protectorate) April 10th, 1931 a British Solomon Islands (Protectorate), Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Colony), Palestine (including Trans-Jordan), Sarawak (Protected State) November 2nd, 1931 a Zanzibar (Protectorate) January 14th, 1932 a Burma 3        
Bulgaria     (29 April 1925 a)  
Burma reserves the right at her discretion to substitute the age of 16 years or any greater age that may be subsequently decided upon for the age-limit prescribed in paragraph B of the Final Protocol of the Convention of May 4th, 1910, and under Article 5 of the 1921 Convention        
Canada     (28 June 1922)  
Chile     (15 January 1929)  
China 4     (24 February 1926)  
Colombia     (8 November 1934)  
Costa Rica        
Cuba     (7 May 1923 )  
Cyprus     16 May 1963 d  
Czech Republic 5     30 December 1993 d  
Czechoslovakia 5     (29 September 1923 )  
Denmark 6     (23 April 1931 a)  
Does not include Chosen , Taiwan , the leased Territory of Kwantung , the Japanese portion of Saghalien Island and Japan 's mandated territory in the South Seas        
Does not include Papua, Norfolk Island and the mandated territory of New Guinea        
Does not include the French Colonies, the countries in the French Protectorate or the territories under French mandate        
Does not include the Island of Newfoundland, the British Colonies and Protectorates, the Island of Nauru, or any territories administered under mandates by Great Britain        
Does not include the Spanish Possessions in Africa or the territories of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco        
Does not include the mandated territory of Western Samoa        
Egypt     (13 April 1932 a)  
Estonia     (28 February 1930)  
Finland     (16 August 1926 a)  
France     (1 March 1926 a)  
Germany 7     (8 July 1924 )  
Ghana     7 April 1958 d  
Greece     (9 April 1923 )  
Hungary     (25 April 1925 )  
In accordance with its Article 11, the Convention entered into force in respect of each Party on the date of the deposit of its ratification or act of accession        
In this connection, the Secretary-General received on 2 March 1976 the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany        
India     (28 June 1922)  
Iran     (28 March 1933 )  
Iraq     (15 May 1925a)  
Ireland     (18 May 1934 a)  
Italian ColoniesJuly 27th, 1922 a        
Italy        
Jamaica     30 July 1964 d  
Japan     (15 December 1925)  
Latvia     (12 February 1924)  
Lithuania     (14 September 1931)  
Luxembourg     (31 December 1929a)  
Malta     24 March 1967 d  
Mauritius     18 July 1969 d  
Mexico     (10 May 1932a)  
Monaco     (18 July 1931a)  
Netherlands     (19 September 1923)  
New Zealand     (28 June 1922)  
Nicaragua     (12 December 1935a)  
Norway     (16 August 1922)  
Notes        
Pakistan     12 November 1947 d  
Panama (a)        
Papua, Norfolk Island , New Guinea     (2 September 1936)  
Peru (a)        
Poland     (8 October 1924)  
Portugal 8     (1 December 1923)  
Reserves the right at its discretion to substitute the age of 16 years or any greater age that may be subsequently decided upon for the age-limit prescribed in paragraph (b) of the Final Protocol of the Convention of 4 May 1910 , and in Article 5 of the present Convention        
Romania     (5 September 1923)  
Russian Federation     18 December 1947 a  
See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
Sierra Leone     13 March 1962 d  
Singapore     7 June 1966 d  
Slovakia 5     28 May 1993 d  
Spain     (12 May 1924a)  
Subject to the age-limit for native women and children, referred to in Article 5, being reduced from twenty-one to sixteen years        
Subsequently, in a communication received on 17 June 1976, the Government of the German Democratic Republic declared        
Subsequently, the Secretary-General received communications regarding the status of Macao from China and Portugal (see note 3 under "China" and note 1 under "Portgual" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will also apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region        
Sudan     (1 June 1932a)  
Sweden     (9 June 1925)  
Switzerland     (20 January 1926)  
Syria and Lebanon June 2nd, 1930 a        
Thailand     (13 July 1922)  
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 9     18 January 1994 d  
The Government of Iraq desire to reserve to themselves the right to fix an age-limit lower than that specified in Article 5 of the Convention        
This ratification does not include Greenland , the Convention, in view of the special circumstances, being of no interest for that possession        
Trinidad and Tobago     11 April 1966 d  
Turkey     (15 April 1937a)  
Union of South Africa     (28 June 1922)  
Uruguay     (21 October 1924a)  
With reference to the communication by the German Democratic Republic of 31 January 1974, concerning the application, as from 8 March 1958, of the International Convention of 30 September 1921 for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that in the relation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic the declaration of application has no retroactive effect beyond 21 June 1973        
With reservation as to the age-limit prescribed in paragraph (b) of the Final Protocol of the Convention of 1910 and Article 5 of this Convention, in so far as concerns the nationals of Thailand        
Yugoslavia (former) 9     (2 May 1929a)  
Zambia     26 March 1973 d  
Zimbabwe     1 December 1998 d  
including Netherlands Indies, Surinam and CuraŠ·ao)        

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