STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

(New York, 09/12/1948)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 13-Jan-55

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: N/A
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji   11 Jan 1973 d    
Papua New Guinea   27 Jan 1982 a    
Tonga   16 Feb 1972 a    
 
Afghanistan   22 Mar 1956 a    
Albania   12 May 1955 a    
Algeria   31 Oct 1963 a    
Antigua and Barbuda   25 Oct 1988 d    
Argentina   05 Jun 1956 Rt    
Armenia   23 Jun 1993 a    
Australia 11 Dec 1948 08 Jul 1949 Rt    
Austria   19 Mar 1958 a    
Azerbaijan   16 Aug 1996 a    
Bahamas   5 Aug 1975 d    
Bahrain   27 Mar 1990 a    
Bangladesh   5 Oct 1998 a    
Barbados   14 Jan 1980 a    
Belarus 16 Dec 1949 11 Aug 1954 Rt    
Belgium 12 Dec 1949 5 Sep 1951 Rt    
Belize   10 Mar 1998 a    
Bolivia 11 Dec 1948      
Bosnia and Herzegovina   29 Dec 1992 d    
Brazil 11 Dec 1948 15 Apr 1952 Rt    
Bulgaria   21 Jul 1950 a    
Burkina Faso   14 Sep 1965 a    
Burundi   6 Jan 1997 a    
Cambodia   14 Oct 1950 a    
Canada 28 Nov 1949 3 Sep 1952 Rt    
Chile 11 Dec 1948 3 Jun 1953 Rt    
China 20 Jul 1949 18 Apr 1983 Rt    
Colombia 12 Aug 1949 27 Oct 1959 Rt    
Costa Rica   14 Oct 1950 a    
Croatia   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cuba 28 Dec 1949 4 Mar 1953 Rt    
Cyprus   29 Mar 1982 a    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993 d    
Cфte d'Ivoire   18 Dec 1995 a    
Democratic People's Republic of Korea   31 Jan 1989 a    
Democratic Republic of the Congo   31 May 1962 d    
Denmark 28 Sep 1949 15 Jun 1951 Rt    
Dominican Republic 11 Dec 1948      
Ecuador 11 Dec 1948 21 Dec 1949 Rt    
Egypt 12 Dec 1948 08 Feb 1952 Rt    
El Salvador 27 Apr 1949 28 Sep 1950 Rt    
Estonia   21 Oct 1991 a    
Ethiopia 11 Dec 1948 01 Jul 1949 Rt    
Finland   18 Dec 1959 a    
France 11 Dec 1948 14 Oct 1950 Rt    
Gabon   21 Jan 1983 a    
Gambia   29 Dec 1978 a    
Georgia   11 Oct 1993 a    
Germany   24 Nov 1954 a    
Ghana   24 Dec 1958 a    
Greece 29 Dec 1949 08 Dec 1954 Rt    
Guatemala 22 Jun 1949 13 Jan 1950 Rt    
Guinea   07 Sep 2000 a    
Haiti 11 Dec 1948 14 Oct 1950 Rt    
Honduras 22 Apr 1949 5 Mar 1952 Rt    
Hungary   7 Jan 1952 a    
Iceland 14 May 1949 29 Aug 1949 Rt    
India 29 Nov 1949 27 Aug 1959 Rt    
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Dec 1949 14 Aug 1956 Rt    
Iraq   20 Jan 1959 a    
Ireland   22 Jun 1976 a    
Israel 17 Aug 1949 9 Mar 1950 Rt    
Italy   4 Jun 1952 a    
Jamaica   23 Sep 1968 a    
Jordan   3 Apr 1950 a    
Kazakhstan   26 Aug 1998 a    
Kuwait   7 Mar 1995 a    
Kyrgyzstan   5 Sep 1997 a    
Lao People's Democratic Republic   8 Dec 1950 a    
Latvia   14 Apr 1992 a    
Lebanon 30 Dec 1949 17 Dec 1953 Rt    
Lesotho   29 Nov 1974 a    
Liberia 11 Dec 1948 9 Jun 1950 Rt    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   16 May 1989 a    
Liechtenstein   24 Mar 1994 a    
Lithuania   1 Feb 1996 a    
Luxembourg   7 Oct 1981 a    
Malaysia   20 Dec 1994 a    
Maldives   24 Apr 1984 a    
Mali   16 Jul 1974 a    
Mexico 14 Dec 1948 22 Jul 1952 Rt    
Monaco   30 Mar 1950 a    
Mongolia   05 Jan 1967 a    
Morocco   24 Jan 1958 a    
Mozambique   18 Apr 1983 a    
Myanmar 30 Dec 1949 14 Mar 1956 Rt    
Namibia   28 Nov 1994 a    
Nepal   17 Jan 1969 a    
Netherlands   20 Jun 1966 a    
New Zealand 25 Nov 1949 28 Dec 1978 Rt    
Nicaragua   29 Jan 1952 a    
Norway 11 Dec 1948 22 Jul 1949 Rt    
Pakistan 11 Dec 1948 12 Oct 1957 Rt    
Panama 11 Dec 1948 11 Jan 1950 Rt    
Paraguay 11 Dec 1948 3 Oct 2001 Rt    
Peru 11 Dec 1948 24 Feb 1960 Rt    
Philippines 11 Dec 1948 7 Jul 1950 Rt    
Poland   14 Nov 1950 a    
Portugal   9 Feb 1999 a    
Republic of Korea   14 Oct 1950 a    
Republic of Moldova   26 Jan 1993 a    
Romania   2 Nov 1950 a    
Russian Federation 16 Dec 1949 3 May 1954 Rt    
Rwanda   16 Apr 1975 a    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   9 Nov 1981 a    
Saudi Arabia   13 Jul 1950 a    
Senegal   4 Aug 1983 a    
Serbia and Montenegro   12 Mar 2001 a    
Seychelles   5 May 1992 a    
Singapore   18 Aug 1995 a    
Slovakia   28 May 1993 d    
Slovenia   6 Jul 1992 d    
South Africa   10 Dec 1998 a    
Spain   13 Sep 1968 a    
Sri Lanka   12 Oct 1950 a    
Sudan   13 Oct 2003 a    
Sweden 30 Dec 1949 27 May 1952 Rt    
Switzerland   7 Sep 2000 a    
Syrian Arab Republic   25 Jun 1955 a    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   18 Jan 1994 d    
Togo   24 May 1984 a    
Trinidad and Tobago   13 Dec 2002 a    
Tunisia   29 Nov 1956 a    
Turkey   31 Jul 1950 a    
Uganda   14 Nov 1995 a    
Ukraine 16 Dec 1949 15 Nov 1954 Rt    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   30 Jan 1970 a    
United Republic of Tanzania   5 Apr 1984 a    
United States of America 11 Dec 1948 25 Nov 1988 Rt    
Uruguay 11 Dec 1948 11 Jul 1967 Rt    
Uzbekistan   9 Sep 1999 a    
Venezuela   12 Jul 1960 a    
Viet Nam   9 Jun 1981 a    
Yemen   9 Feb 1987 a    
Zimbabwe   13 May 1991 a    
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
  • Acceptance (A)
  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)
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