STATUS REPORT

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE CONCERNING THE COMPULSORY SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

(Geneva, 29/04/1958)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 01-Oct-66

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 12-06-10
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Solomon Islands   3 Sept 1981 d    
 
1. Article V of the Protocol provides that the latter "shall remain open for signature by all States who become Parties to any Convention on the Law of the Sea and is subject to ratification, where necessary, according to the constitutional requirements of the signatory States". Consequently, the signatures listed above appear in the second or third column according to whether they have been affixed subject or not to ratification        
2. The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Optional Protocol on 29 April 1958 and 28 January 1966, 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. Signature affixed without reservation as to ratification on behalf of the Republic of China on 29 April 1958. 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)        
4. In signing the Optional Protocol, the delegation of Colombia reserved the obligations of Colombia arising out of conventions concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes which Colombia has ratified and out of any previous conventions concerning the same subject which Colombia may ratify        
5. See 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. In a communication received on 24 December 1958, the Government of Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that according to the constitutional requirements of Indonesia, the signature affixed on its behalf to this Protocol is subject to ratification        
8. In a communication received on 10 June 1963, the Government of the United States of America informed the Secretary-General that the Protocol "will not enter into force with respect to the United States until the Protocol has been ratified on the part of the United States and instrument of ratification has been deposited"        
Australia   14 May 1963 s    
Austria 27 Oct 1958      
Belgium   6 Jan 1972 s    
Bolivia   17 Oct 1958 s    
Bosnia and Herzegovina2   12 Jan 1994 d    
Cambodia 22 Jan 1970      
Canada 29 Apr 1958      
China3        
Colombia4   29 Apr 1958 s    
Costa Rica   29 Apr 1958 s    
Cuba   29 Apr 1958 s    
Denmark 29 Apr 1958 26 Sep 1968 Rt    
Dominican Republic   29 Apr 1958 s    
Finland 27 Oct 1958 16 Feb 1965    
France   30 Oct 1958 s    
Germany5,6 30 Oct 1958 26 Jul 1973 Rt    
Ghana   29 Apr 1958 s    
Haiti 29 Apr 1958 29 Mar 1960 Rt    
Holy See   30 Apr 1958 s    
Hungary   8 Dec 1989 s    
Indonesia7 8 May 1958      
Israel 29 Apr 1958      
Liberia   27 May 1958 s    
Madagascar   10 Aug 1962 s    
Malawi   17 Dec 1965 s    
Malaysia   1 May 1961 s    
Malta   19 May 1966 d    
Mauritius   5 Oct 1970 d    
Nepal   29 Apr 1958 s    
Netherlands 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966 Rt    
New Zealand   29 Oct 1958 s    
Notes        
Pakistan   6 Nov 1958 s    
Panama   2 May 1958 s    
Portugal 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963 Rt    
Serbia and Montenegro2   12 Mar 2001 d    
Sierra Leone   14 Feb 1963 s    
Sri Lanka   30 Oct 1958 s    
Sweden 1 Jun 1966 28 Jun 1966 Rt    
Switzerland 24 May 1958 18 May 1966 Rt    
The States listed herein are bound by this Protocol to the extent that they have signed it definitively, ratified it or succeeded to it, and that they are bound by one at least of the four Law of the Sea Conventions        
Uganda   15 Sep 1964 s    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   9 Sep 1958 s    
United States of America8 15 Sep 1958      
Uruguay   29 Apr 1958 s    
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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