STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN

(New York, 31/03/1953)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 08-Jul-58

Depositary: United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: N/A
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other
Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji   12 Jun 1972 d    
Papua New Guinea   27 Jan 1982 a    
Solomon Islands   3 Sep 1981 a    
 
Afganistan   16 Nov 1966 a    
Albania   12 May 1955 a    
Algeria   5 Aug 2004 a    
Angola   17 Sep 1986 a    
Antigua and Barbuda   25 Oct 1988 d    
Argentina 31 Mar 1953 27 Feb 1961 Rt    
Australia   10 Dec 1974 a    
Austria 19 Oct 1959 18 Apr 1969 Rt    
Bahamas   16 Aug 1977 d    
Bangladesh   5 Oct 1998 a    
Barbados   12 Jan 1973 a    
Belarus 31 Mar 1953 11 Aug 1954 Rt    
Belgium   20 May 1964 a    
Bolivia 9 Apr 1953 22 Sep 1970 Rt    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   1 Sep 1993 d    
Brazil 20 May 1953 13 Aug 1963 Rt    
Bulgaria   17 Mar 1954 a    
Burundi   18 Feb 1993 a    
Cambodia 11 Nov 2001      
Canada   30 Jan 1957 a    
Central African Republic   4 Sep 1962 d    
Chile 31 Mar 1953 18 Oct 1967 Rt    
China        
Colombia   5 Aug 1986 a    
Congo   15 Oct 1962 d    
Costa Rica 31 Mar 1953 25 Jul 1967 Rt    
Croatia   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cuba 31 Mar 1953 8 Apr 1954 Rt    
Cyprus 10 Sep 1968 12 Nov 1968 Rt    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993 d    
Cфte d'Ivoire   18 Dec 1995 a    
Democratic Republic of the Congo   12 Oct 1977 a    
Denmark 29 Oct 1953 7 Jul 1954 Rt    
Dominican Republic 31 Mar 1953 11 Dec 1953 Rt    
Ecuador 31 Mar 1953 23 Apr 1954 Rt    
Egypt   8 Sep 1981 a    
El Salvador 24 Jun 1953      
Ethiopia 31 Mar 1953 21 Jan 1969 Rt    
Finland   6 Oct 1958 a    
France 31 Mar 1953 22 Apr 1957 Rt    
Gabon 19 Apr 1967 19 Apr 1967 Rt    
Georgia   6 Jul 2005 a    
Germany   4 Nov 1970 a    
Ghana   28 Dec 1965 a    
Greece 1 Apr 1953 29 Dec 1953 Rt    
Guatemala 31 Mar 1953 7 Oct 1959 Rt    
Guinea 19 Mar 1975 24 Jan 1978 Rt    
Haiti 23 Jul 1957 12 Feb 1958 Rt    
Hungary 2 Sep 1954 20 Jan 1955 Rt    
Iceland 25 Nov 1953 30 Jun 1954 Rt    
India 29 Apr 1953 1 Nov 1961 Rt    
Indonesia 31 Mar 1953 16 Dec 1958 Rt    
Ireland   14 Nov 1968 a    
Israel 14 Apr 1953 6 Jul 1954 Rt    
Italy   6 Mar 1968 a    
Jamaica   14 Aug 1966 a    
Japan 1 Apr 1955 13 Jul 1955 Rt    
Jordan   1 Jul 1992 a    
Kazakhstan   28 Mar 2000 a    
Kyrgyzstan   10 Feb 1997 a    
Lao People's Democratic Republic   28 Jan 1969 a    
Latvia   14 Apr 1992 a    
Lebanon 24 Feb 1954 5 Jun 1956 Rt    
Lesotho   4 Nov 1974 a    
Liberia 9 Dec 1953      
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   16 May 1989 a    
Luxembourg 4 Jun 1969 1 Nov 1976 Rt    
Madagascar   12 Feb 1964 a    
Malawi   29 Jun 1966 a    
Mali   16 Jul 1974 a    
Malta   9 Jul 1968 a    
Mauritania   4 May 1976 a    
Mauritius   18 Jul 1969 d    
Mexico 31 Mar 1953 23 Mar 1981 Rt    
Mongolia   18 Aug 1965 a    
Morocco   22 Nov 1976 a    
Myanmar 14 Sep 1954      
Nepal   26 Apr 1966 a    
Netherlands 8 Aug 1968 30 Jul 1971 Rt    
New Zealand   22 May 1968 a    
Nicaragua   17 Jan 1957 a    
Niger   7 Dec 1964 d    
Nigeria 11 Jul 1980 17 Nov 1980 Rt    
Norway 18 Sep 1953 24 Aug 1956 Rt    
Pakistan 18 May 1954 7 Dec 1954 Rt    
Paraguay 16 Nov 1953 22 Feb 1990 Rt    
Peru   1 Jul 1975 a    
Philippines 23 Sep 1953 12 Sep 1957 Rt    
Poland 31 Mar 1953 11 Aug 1954 Rt    
Republic of Korea   23 Jun 1959 a    
Republic of Moldova   26 Jan 1993 a    
Romania 27 Apr 1954 6 Aug 1954 Rt    
Russian Federation 31 Mar 1953 3 May 1954 Rt    
Rwanda   26 Sep 2003 a    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   27 Apr 1999 d    
Senegal   2 May 1963 d    
Serbia and Montenegro   12 Mar 2001 d    
Sierra Leone   25 Jul 1962 a    
Slovakia   28 May 1993 d    
Slovenia   6 Jul 1992 d    
South Africa 29 Jan 1993      
Spain   14 Jan 1974 a    
Swaziland   20 July 1970 a    
Sweden 6 Oct 1953 31 Mar 1954 Rt    
Tajikistan   7 Jun 1999 a    
Thailand 5 Mar 1954 30 Nov 1954 Rt    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   18 Jan 1994 d    
Trinidad and Tobago   24 Jun 1966 a    
Tunisia   24 Jan 1968 a    
Turkey 12 Jan 1954 26 Jan 1960 Rt    
Turkmenistan   11 Oct 1999 a    
Uganda   21 Jun 1995 a    
Ukraine 31 Mar 1953 15 Nov 1954 Rt    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   24 Feb 1967 a    
United Republic of Tanzania   19 Jun 1975 a    
United States of America   8 Apr 1976 a    
Uruguay 26 May 1953      
Uzbekistan   29 Sep 1997 a    
Venezuela   31 May 1983 a    
Yemen   9 Feb 1987 a    
Zambia   4 Feb 1972 a    
Zimbabwe   5 Jun 1995 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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