STATUS REPORT

GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR

[[FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION]

(Geneva, 12/08/1949)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21 OCTOBER 1950

Depositary: The Archives of the Swiss Confederation

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