STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

(New York, Unknown date)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 11 August 1958 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 6

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 09-26-12
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji   12 Jun 1972 d    
 
Albania   27 Jul 1960 a    
Antigua and Barbuda   25 Oct 1988 d    
Argentina [#]   10 Oct 1963 a    
Armenia   18 May 1994 a    
Australia [#]   14 Mar 1961 a    
Austria   19 Jan 1968 a    
Azerbaijan   16 Aug 1996 a    
Bahamas   10 Jun 1976 d    
Barbados   26 Oct 1979 a    
Belarus 7 Oct 1957 23 Dec 1958    
Belgium 15 May 1972      
Bosnia and Herzegovina   1 Sep 1993 d    
Brazil [#] 26 Jul 1966 4 Dec 1968    
Bulgaria   22 Jun 1960 a    
Cambodia 11 Nov 2001      
Canada 20 Feb 1957 21 Oct 1959    
Chile [#] 18 Mar 1957      
China        
Colombia 20 Feb 1957      
Croatia   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cuba 20 Feb 1957 5 Dec 1957    
Cyprus   26 Apr 1971 d    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993 d    
Côte d'Ivoire   2 Nov 1999 a    
DECLARATIONS        
Denmark 20 Feb 1957 22 Jun 1959    
Dominican Republic 20 Feb 1957 10 Oct 1957    
Ecuador 16 Jan 1958 29 Mar 1960    
Finland   15 May 1968 a    
Germany   7 Feb 1974 a    
Ghana   15 Aug 1966 a    
Guatemala [#] 20 Feb 1957 13 Jul 1960    
Guinea 19 Mar 1975      
Hungary 5 Dec 1957 3 Dec 1959    
Iceland   18 Oct 1977 a    
India [#] 15 May 1957      
Ireland 24 Sep 1957 25 Nov 1957    
Israel 12 Mar 1957 7 Jun 1957    
Jamaica 12 Mar 1957 30 Jul 1964 d    
Jordan   1 Jul 1992 a    
Kazakhstan   28 Mar 2000 a    
Kyrgyzstan   10 Feb 1997 a    
Latvia   14 Apr 1992 a    
Lesotho   4 Nov 1974 d    
Liberia   16 Sep 2005 a    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   16 May 1989 a    
Luxembourg [11 Sep 1975 22 Jul 1977    
Madagascar 12 Sep 2002      
Malawi   8 Sep 1966 a    
Malaysia   24 Feb 1959 a    
Mali   2 Feb 1973 a    
Malta   7 Jun 1967 d    
Mauritius   18 Jul 1969 d    
Mexico   4 Apr 1979 a    
Montenegro   23 Oct 2006 d    
Netherlands [#]   [ 8 Aug 1966 a    
New Zealand [#] 7 Jul 1958 17 Dec 1958    
Nicaragua   9 Jan 1986 a    
Norway 9 Sep 1957 20 May 1958    
Pakistan 10 Apr 1958      
Poland   3 Jul 1959 a    
Portugal 21 Feb 1957      
Romania   2 Dec 1960 a    
Russian Federation 6 Sep 1957 17 Sep 1958    
Rwanda   26 Sep 2003 a    
Saint Lucia   14 Oct 1991 d    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   27 Apr 1999 d    
Serbia   12 Mar 2001 d    
Sierra Leone   13 Mar 1962 d    
Singapore   18 Mar 1966 d    
Slovakia   28 May 1993 d    
Slovenia   6 Jul 1992 d    
South Africa 29 Jan 1993 17 Dec 2002    
Sri Lanka   30 May 1958 a    
Swaziland   18 Sep 1970 a    
Sweden 6 May 1957 13 May 1958    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   20 Apr 1994 d    
Trinidad and Tobago   11 Apr 1966 d    
Tunisia [#]   24 Jan 1968 a    
Uganda   15 Apr 1965 a    
Ukraine 15 Oct 1957 3 Dec 1958    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [#] [20 Feb 1957 28 Aug 1957    
United Republic of Tanzania   28 Nov 1962 a    
Uruguay [#] 20 Feb 1957      
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) [#]   31 May 1983 a    
Zambia   22 Jan 1975 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)

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, accession or succession.)


Argentina [up]

Article 7

The Argentine Government expressly reserves the rights of the Republic with respect to the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands), the South Sandwich Islands and the lands included within the Argentine Antarctic Sector, declaring that they do not constitute a colony or possession of any nation but are part of Argentine territory and lie within its dominion and sovereignty

Article 10

The Argentine Government reserves the right not to submit disputes directly or indirectly linked with the territories under Argentine sovereignty to the procedure indicated in this article


Brazil [up]

Reservation is made concerning application of article 10.


Chile [up]

The Government of Chile makes a reservation with regard to article 10, in the sense that it does not accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice for the purpose of the settlement of disputes which may arise between Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention


Guatemala [up]

Article 10 of the said Convention shall, by reason of constitutional requirements, be applied without prejudice to article 149, paragraph 3 (b) of the Constitution of the Republic


India [up]

Reservation as to Article 10

Any dispute which may arise between any two or more Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiations shall with the consent of the parties to the dispute be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision unless the parties agree to another mode of settlement.


Tunisia [up]

[Article 10

For any dispute to be referred to the International Court of Justice, the agreement of all the parties to the dispute shall be necessary in every case


Uruguay [up]

On behalf of Uruguay we hereby make a reservation to the provisions of article 3 which has a bearing on the application of the Convention. The Constitution of Uruguay does not authorize the granting of nationality to an alien unless he is the child of a Uruguayan father or mother, in which case he may become a natural citizen. This case apart, an alien who fulfils the constitutionality and legal conditions may be granted only legal citizenship, and not nationality


Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) [up]

[See chapter XVI.1

Territorial application

Participant


Australia [up]


Netherlands [up]


New Zealand [up]


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [up]

Notifications made under article 7 (2)

Participant


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [up]

NOTES

1. Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/3572), p. 18

2. The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Convention on 27 March 1957 and 13 March 1959, respectively. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

3. Signed and ratified on behalf of the Republic of China on 20Â February 1957 and 22 September 1958, respectively. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" secton in the front matter of this volume)

In communications addressed to the Secretary-General with reference to the above-mentioned signature and/or ratification, the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, India, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia stated that, since their Governments did not recognize the Nationalist Chinese authorities as the Government of China, they could not regard the said signature or ratification as valid. The Permanent Missions of Czechoslovakia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics further stated that the sole authorities entitled to act for China and the Chinese people in the United Nations and in international relations, and to sign, ratify, accede or denounce treaties, conventions and agreements on behalf of China, were the Government of the People's Republic of China and its duly appointed representatives

In a note addressed to the Secretary-General, the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations stated that the Government of the Republic of China was the only legal Government which represented China and the Chinese people in international relations and that, therefore, the allegations made in the above-mentioned communications as to the lack of validity of the signature or ratification in question had no legal foundation whatever

4. Czechoslovakia had signed and ratified the Convention on 3 September 1957 and 5 April 1962, respectively. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

5. The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Convention with a reservation and a declaration on 27 December 1973. For the text of the reservation and the declaration, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 905, p. 76. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

6. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

7. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

8. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Nertherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

On 16 January 1992, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the Netherlands a notification of denunciation (for the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba). In accordance with article 9 (1), the denunciation will take effect one year after the date of receipt of the said notification, i.e., on 16Â January 1993

9. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

10. On 24 December 1981, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland a notification of denunciation of the said Convention

The notification specifies that the denunciation is effected on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of the following territories for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible and to which the Convention was extended in accordance with the provisions of article 7: Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Isle of Man, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and Dependencies, Turks and Caicos Islands, State of Brunei, United Kingdom Sovereign Bases Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

In accordance with the provisions of article 9 (2) of the Convention, the denunciation will take effect one year after the date of receipt of the said notification, that is to say, on 24 December 1982

11. On 12 July 2007, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Luxembourg a notification of denunciation under article 9 (1) of the Convention. In accordance with the provisions of article 9 (1) of the Convention, the denunciation will take effect one year after the date of receipt of the said notification, that is to say, on 12 July 2008

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