STATUS REPORT

GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES AT SEA

[SECOND GENEVA CONVENTION]

(Geneva, 12th August 1949, 12/08/1949)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21 OCTOBER 1950

Depositary: The Archives of the Swiss Confederation

Last updated by PacLII: 12/06/07
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Cook Islands   11 Jun 2001    
Fiji   09 Aug 1971    
Kiribati   05 Jan 1989    
Marshall Islands   01 Jun 2004    
Nauru   27 Jun 2006    
Palau   25 Jun 1996    
Papua New Guinea   26 May 1976    
Samoa   23 Aug 1984    
Solomon Islands   06 Jul 1981    
Tonga   13 Apr 1978    
Tuvalu   19 Feb 1981    
Vanuatu   27 Oct 1982    
 
Afghanistan 08 Dec 1949 26 Sep 1956    
Albania 12 Dec 1949 27 May 1957 (r )    
Algeria   20 Jun 1960    
Andorra   17 Sep 1993    
Angola   20 Sep 1984 (r )    
Antigua and Barbuda   06 Oct 1986    
Argentina 08 Dec 1949 18 Sep 1956    
Armenia   07 Jun 1993    
Australia 14 Jan 1950 14 Oct 1958 (r )    
Austria 12 Aug 1949 27 Aug 1953    
Azerbaijan   01 Jun 1993    
Bahamas   11 Jul 1975    
Bahrain   30 Nov 1971    
Bangladesh   04 Apr 1972 (20 Dec 1988 (r ))    
Barbados   10 Sep 1968 (r )    
Belarus 12 Dec 1949 03 Aug 1954    
Belgium 08 Aug 1949 03 Sep 1952    
Belize   29 Jun 1984    
Benin   14 Dec 1961    
Bhutan   10 Jan 1991    
Bolivia 8 Dec 1949 10 Dec 1976    
Bosnia-Herzegovina   31 Dec 1992    
Botswana   29 Mar 1968    
Brazil 08 Dec 1949 29 Jun 1957    
Brunei Darussalam   14 Oct 1991    
Bulgaria 28 Dec 1949 22 Jul 1954    
Burkina Faso   07 Nov 1961    
Burundi   27 Dec 1971    
Cambodia   08 Dec 1958    
Cameroon   16 Sep 1963    
Canada 08 Dec 1949 14 May 1965    
Cape Verde   11 May 1984    
Central African Republic   01 Aug 1966    
Chad   05 Aug 1970    
Chile 12 Aug 1949 12 Oct 1950    
China 10 Dec 1949 28 Dec 1956 (r )    
Colombia 12 Aug 1949 08 Nov 1961    
Comoros   21 Nov 1985    
Congo   04 Feb 1967    
Congo (Dem. Rep)   24 Feb 1961    
Costa Rica   15 Oct 1969    
Cote d'Ivoire   28 Dec 1961    
Croatia   11 May 1992    
Cuba 12 Aug 1949 15 Apr 1954    
Cyprus   23 May 1962    
Czech Republic   05 Feb 1993 (19 Dec 1950(r ))    
Denmark 12 Aug 1949 27 Jun 1951    
Djibouti   06 Mar 1978    
Dominica   28 Sep 1981    
Dominican Republic   22 Jan 1958    
Ecuador 12 Aug 1949 11 Aug 1954    
Egypt 08 Dec 1949 10 Nov 1952    
El Salvador 08 Dec 1949 17 Jun 1953    
Equatorial Guinea   24 Jul 1986    
Eritrea   14 Aug 2000    
Estonia   18 Jan 1993    
Ethiopia 08 Dec 1949 02 Oct 1969    
Finland 8 Dec 1949 22 Feb 1955    
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   01 Sep 1993 (18 Oct 1996(r ))    
France 08 Dec 1949 28 Jun 1951    
Gabon   26 Feb 1965    
Gambia   20 Oct 1966    
Georgia   14 Sep 1993    
Germany   03 Sep 1954 (r )    
Ghana   02 Aug 1958    
Greece 22 Dec 1949 05 Jun 1956    
Grenada   13 Apr 1981    
Guatemala 12 Aug 1949 14 May 1952    
Guinea   11 Jul 1984    
Guinea-Bissau   21 Feb 1974    
Guyana   22 Jul 1968    
Haiti   11 Apr 1957    
Holy See 08 Dec 1949 22 Feb 1951    
Honduras   31 Dec 1965    
Hungary 08 Dec 1949 03 Aug 1954    
Iceland   10 Aug 1965    
India 16 Dec 1949 09 Nov 1950    
Indonesia   30 Sep 1958    
Iran (Islamic Rep.of) 08 Dec 1949 20 Feb 1957 (r )    
Iraq   14 Feb 1956    
Ireland 19 Dec 1949 27 Sep 1962    
Israel 08 Dec 1949 06 Jul 1951(08 Dec 1949 (r ))    
Italy 08 Dec 1949 17 Dec 1951    
Jamaica   20 Jul 1964    
Japan   21 Apr 1953    
Jordan   29 May 1951    
Kazakhstan   05 May 1992    
Kenya   20 Sep 1966    
Korea (Dem.People's Rep.)   27 Aug 1957(r )    
Korea (Republic of)   16 Aug 1966(r )    
Krgyzstan   18 Sep 1992    
Kuwait   02 Sep 1967(r )    
Lao People's Dem.Rep   29 Oct 1956    
Latvia   24 Dec 1991    
Lebanon 08 Dec 1949 10 Apr 1951    
Lesotho   20 May 1968    
Liberia   29 Mar 1954    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   22 May 1956    
Liechtenstein 12 Aug 1949 21 Sep 1950    
Lithuania   03 Oct 1996    
Luxembourg 08 Dec 1949 01 Jul 1953    
Madagascar   18 Jul 1963    
Malawi   05 Jan 1963    
Malaysia   24 Aug 1962    
Maldives   18 Jun 1991    
Mali   24 May 1965    
Malta   22 Aug 1968    
Mauritania   30 Oct 1962    
Mauritius   18 Aug 1970    
Mexico 08 Dec 1949 29 Oct 1952    
Micronesia   19 Sep 1995    
Moldova (Republic of)   24 May 1993    
Monaco 12 Aug 1949 05 Jul 1950    
Mongolia   20 Dec 1958    
Montenegro (Republic of)   24 May 1993    
Morocco   26 Jul 1956    
Mozambique   14 Mar 1983    
Myanmar   25 Aug 1992    
Namibia   22 Aug 1991    
Nepal   02 Feb 1964    
Netherlands 08 Dec 1949 03 Aug 1954    
New Zealand 11 Feb 1950 02 May 1959(r )    
Nicaragua 12 Aug 1949 17 Dec 1953    
Niger   21 Apr 1964    
Nigeria   20 Jun 1961    
Norway 12 Aug 1949 03 Aug 1951    
Oman   31 Jan 1974    
Pakistan 12 Aug 1949 12 Jun 1951(r )    
Panama   10 Feb 1956    
Paraguay 10 Dec 1949 23 Oct 1961    
Peru 12 Aug 1949 15 Feb 1956    
Philippines 08 Dec 1949 06 Oct 1952    
Poland 08 Dec 1949 26 Nov 1954    
Portugal 11 Feb 1950 14 Mar 1961(r )    
Qatar   15 Oct 1975    
Romania 10 Feb 1950 01 Jun 1954    
Russian Federation 12 Dec 1949 10 May 1954 (12 Dec 1949(r ))    
Rwanda   05 May 1964    
Saint Kitts and Nevis   14 Feb 1986    
Saint Lucia   18 Sep 1981    
Saint Vincent Grenadines   01 Apr 1981    
San Marino   29 Aug 1953    
Sao Tome and Principe   21 May 1976    
Saudi Arabia   18 May 1963    
Senegal   18 May 1963    
Serbia (Republic of)   16 Oct 2001    
Seychelles   08 Nov 1984    
Sierra Leone   10 Jun 1965    
Singapore   27 Apr 1973    
Slovakia   02 Apr 1993    
Slovenia   26 Mar 1992    
Somalia   12 Jul 1962    
South Africa   31 Mar 1952    
Spain 08 Dec 1949 04 Aug 1952    
Sri Lanka 08 Dec 1949 28 Feb 1959    
Sudan   23 Sep 1957    
Suriname   13 Oct 1976 (r )    
Swaziland   28 Jun 1973    
Sweden 08 Dec 1949 28 Dec 1953    
Switzerland 12 Aug 1949 31 Mar 1950    
Syrian Arab Republic 12 Aug 1949 31 Mar 1950    
Tajikistan   13 Jan 1993    
Tanzania (United Rep.of)   12 Dec 1962    
Thailand   29 Dec 1954    
Timor-Leste   08 May 2003    
Togo   06 Jan 1962    
Trinidad and Tobago   24 Sep 1963    
Tunisia   04 May 1957    
Turkey 12 Aug 1949 10 Feb 1954    
Turkmenistan   10 Apr 1992    
Uganda   18 May 1964    
Ukraine 12 Dec 1949 03 Aug 1954    
United Arab Emirates   10 May 1972    
United Kingdom 08 Dec 1949 23 Sep 1957 (r )    
United States of America 12 Aug 1949 02 Aug 1955 (r )    
Uruguay 12 Aug 1949 05 Mar 1969(r )    
Uzbekistan   08 Oct 1993    
Venezuela 10 Feb 1950 13 Feb 1956    
Viet Nam   28 Jun 1957 (r )    
Yemen   16 Jul 1970 (25 May 1977(r ))    
Zambia   19 Oct 1966    
Zimbabwe   07 Mar 1983    

1) Ratification : a treaty is generally open for signature for a certain time following the conference which has 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. The States 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 single act called accession

2) Reservation / Declaration : unilateral statement, however phrased or named, made by a State when ratifying, acceding or succeeding to a treaty, whereby it purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State (provided that such reservations are not incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty)

Palestine : On 21 June 1989, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs received a letter from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Office at Geneva informing the Swiss Federal Council "that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, entrusted with the functions of the Government of the State of Palestine by decision of the Palestine National Council, decided, on 4 May 1989, to adhere to the Four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the two Protocols additional thereto

On 13 September 1989 , the Swiss Federal Council informed the States that it was not in a position to decide whether the letter constituted an instrument of accession, "due to the uncertainty within the international community as to the existence or non-existence of a State of Palestine

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