STATUS REPORT

SUPPLEMENTARY CONVENTION ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, THE SLAVE TRADE, AND INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES SIMILAR TO SLAVERY

(Geneva, 07/09/1956)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 01-May-61

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   12 Jun 1972 d    
Solomon Islands   3 Sep 1981 d    
 
Afganistan   16 Nov 1966 a    
Albania   6 Nov 1958 a    
Algeria   31 Oct 1963 a    
Antigua and Barbuda   25 Oct 1988 d    
Argentina   13 Aug 1964 a    
Australia 7 Sep 1956 6 Jan 1958 Rt    
Austria   7 Oct 1963 a    
Azerbaijan   16 Aug 1996 a    
Bahamas   10 Jun 1976 d    
Bahrain   27 Mar 1990 a    
Bangladesh   5 Feb 1985 a    
Barbados   9 Aug 1972 d    
Belarus 7 Sep 1956 5 Jun 1957 Rt    
Belgium 7 Sep 1956 13 Dec 1962 Rt    
Bolivia   6 Oct 1983 a    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   1 Sep 1993 d    
Brazil   6 Jan 1966 a    
Bulgaria 26 Jun 1957 21 Aug 1958 Rt    
Cambodia   12 Jun 1957 a    
Cameroon   27 Jun 1984 a    
Canada 7 Sep 1956 10 Jan 1963 Rt    
Central African Republic   30 Dec 1970 a    
Chile   20 Jun 1995 a    
China        
Congo   25 Aug 1977 a    
Croatia   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cuba 10 Jan 1957 21 Aug 1963 Rt    
Cyprus   11 May 1962 d    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993 d    
Cфte d'Ivoire   10 Dec 1970 a    
Democratic Republic of Congo   28 Feb 1975 a    
Denmark 27 Jun 1957 24 Apr 1958 Rt    
Djibouti   21 Mar 1979 a    
Dominica   17 Aug 1994 d    
Dominican Republic   31 Oct 1962 a    
Ecuador   29 Mar 1960 a    
Egypt   17 Apr 1958 a    
El Salvador 07 Sep 1956      
Ethiopia   21 Jan 1969 a    
Finland   1 Apr 1959 a    
France 7 Sep 1956 26 May 1964 Rt    
Germany 7 Sep 1956 14 Jan 1959 Rt    
Ghana   3 May 1963 a    
Greece 7 Sep 1956 13 Dec 1972 Rt    
Guatemala 7 Sep 1956 11 Nov 1983 Rt    
Guinea   14 Mar 1977 a    
Haiti 7 Sep 1956 12 Feb 1958 Rt    
Hungary 7 Sep 1956 26 Feb 1958 Rt    
Iceland   17 Nov 1965 a    
India 7 Sep 1956 23 Jun 1960 Rt    
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   30 Dec 1959 a    
Iraq 7 Sep 1956 30 Sep 1963 Rt    
Ireland   18 Sep 1961 a    
Israel 7 Sep 1956 23 Oct 1957 Rt    
Italy 7 Sep 1956 12 Feb 1958 Rt    
Jamaica   30 Jul 1964 d    
Jordan   27 Sep 1957 a    
Kuwait   18 Jan 1963 a    
Kyrgyzstan   05 Sep 1997 a    
Lao People's Democratic Republic   9 Sep 1957 a    
Latvia   14 Apr 1992 a    
Lesotho   04 Nov 1974 d    
Liberia 07 Sep 1956      
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   16 May 1989 Rt    
Luxembourg 07 Sep 1956 01 May 1967 Rt    
Madagascar   29 Feb 1972 a    
Malawi   02 Aug 1965 a    
Malaysia   18 Nov 1957 a    
Mali   02 Feb 1973 a    
Malta   03 Jan 1966 d    
Mauritania   06 Jun 1986 a    
Mauritius   18 Jul 1969 d    
Mexico 07 Sep 1956 30 Jun 1959 Rt    
Mongolia   20 Dec 1968 a    
Morocco   11 May 1959 Rt    
Nepal   07 Jan 1963 a    
Netherlands 07 Sep 1956 03 Dec 1957 Rt    
New Zealand   26 Apr 1962 a    
Nicaragua   14 Jan 1986 a    
Niger   22 Jul 1963 a    
Nigeria   26 Jun 1961 d    
Norway 07 Sep 1956 03 May 1960 Rt    
Pakistan 07 Sep 1956      
Peru 07 Sep 1956      
Philippines   17 Nov 1964 a    
Poland 07 Sep 1956 10 Jan 1963 Rt    
Portugal 07 Sep 1956 10 Aug 1959 Rt    
Romania 07 Sep 1956 13 Nov 1957 Rt    
Russian Federation 07 Sep 1956 12 Apr 1957 Rt    
Saint Lucia   14 Feb 1990 d    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   9 Nov 1981 a    
San Marino 07 Sep 1956 29 Aug 1967 Rt    
Saudi Arabia   5 Jul 1973 a    
Senegal   19 Jul 1979 a    
Serbia and Montenegro   12 Mar 2001 d    
Seychelles   5 May 1992 a    
Sierra Leone   13 Mar 1962 d    
Singapore   28 Mar 1972 a    
Slovakia   28 May 1993 d    
Slovenia   6 Jul 1992 d    
Spain   21 Nov 1967 a    
Sri Lanka 05 Jun 1957 21 Mar 1958 Rt    
Sudan 7 Sep 1956 9 Sep 1957 Rt    
Suriname   12 Oct 1979 d    
Sweden   28 Oct 1959 a    
Switzerland   28 Jul 1964 a    
Syrian Arab Republic   17 Apr 1958 a    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   18 Jan 1994 d    
Togo   8 Jul 1980 a    
Trinidad and Tobago   11 Apr 1966 d    
Tunisia   15 Jul 1966 a    
Turkey 28 Jun 1957 17 Jul 1964 Rt    
Turkmenistan   1 May 1997 a    
Uganda   12 Aug 1964 a    
Ukraine 7 Sep 1956 3 Dec 1958 Rt    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7 Sep 1956 30 Apr 1957 Rt    
United Republic of Tanzania   28 Nov 1962 a    
United States of America   6 Dec 1967 a    
Uruguay   7 Jun 2001 a    
Zambia   26 Mar 1973 d    
Zimbabwe   1 Dec 1998 d    
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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