STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION

(Paris, 14/12/1960)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 23-May-66

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 26/05/06
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Solomon Islands   19/03/1982 d    
 
1This Convention entered into force on 22 May 1962. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of declaration of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations        
2Instrument of ratification deposited by the authorities representing China at UNESCO at the time of the deposit. The Director-General received from the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO the following communication dated 2 September 1974: “All signatures affixed to the Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications by the Chiang Kai-shek Clique usurping the name of China are illegal and without force. The Chinese Government does not recognize them and shall in no way be bound by them”. By a communication dated 17 May 1988, the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO informed the Director-General that the preceding declaration also applied to the Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States and to the Convention against Discrimination in Education        
3The Democratic Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of South Viet Nam (the latter having replaced the Republic of Viet Nam) united on 2 July 1976 to form a new State, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Viet Nam). At the time of writing, the Government of Viet Nam had not yet made known its position regarding any succession        
Albania   21 Nov 1963 Rt    
Algeria   24 Dec 1968 A    
Argentina   30 Oct 1963 Rt    
Armenia   5 Sep 1993 d    
Australia   29 Nov 1966 A    
Barbados   24 Jun 1975 d    
Belarus   12 Dec 1962 Rt    
Belize   1 Dec 1982 d    
Benin   9 Jul 1963 A    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   12 Jul 1993 d    
Brazil   19 Apr 1968 Rt    
Brunei Darusalaam   25 Jan 1985 d    
Bulgaria   4 Dec 1962 A    
C?d'Ivoire   24 Nov 1999 Rt    
Central African Republic   22 Feb 1962 A    
Chile   26 Oct 1971 Rt    
China2   12 Feb 1965 Rt    
Congo   16 Sep 1968 Rt    
Costa Rica   10 Sep 1963 Rt    
Croatia   6 Jul 1992 d    
Cuba   2 Nov 1962 Rt    
Cyprus   9 Jun 1970 A    
Czech Republic   26 Mar 1993 d    
Denmark   4 Oct 1963 Rt    
Dominica   14 Mar 1983 d    
Dominican Republic   30 Aug 1977 Rt    
Ecuador   5 Mar 1979 A    
Egypt   28 Mar 1962 A    
Finland   18 Oct 1971 Rt    
France   11 Sep/9/1961 Rt    
Georgia   4 Nov 1992 d    
Germany   17 Jul 1968 Rt    
Guatemala   4 Feb 1983 Rt    
Guinea   11 Dec 1964 A    
Hungary   16 Jan 1964 Rt    
Indonesia   10 Jan 1967 A    
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   17 Jul 1968 A    
Iraq   28 Jun 1977 Rt    
Israel   22 Sep 1961 Rt    
Italy   6 Oct 1966 Rt    
Jamaica   16 Mar 2006 Rt    
Jordan   6 Apr 1976 A    
Kuwait   15 Jan 1963 A    
Kyrgyzstan   3 Jul 1995 A    
Lebanon   27 Oct 1964 Rt    
Liberia   17 May 1962 Rt    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   9 Jan 1973 Rt    
Luxembourg   20 Jan 1970 Rt    
Madagascar   21 Dec 1964 Rt    
Malta   5 Jan 1966 d    
Mauritius   20 Aug 1970 d    
Mongolia   4 Nov 1964 Rt    
Morocco   30 Aug 1968 A    
Netherlands   25 Mar 1966 Rt    
New Zealand   12 Feb 1963 Rt    
Nicaragua   28 Sep 1981 Rt    
Niger   16 Jul 1968 A    
Nigeria   18 Nov 1969 A    
Norway   8 Jan 1963 Rt    
Notes        
Panama   10 Aug 1967 A    
Peru   19 Dec 1966 Rt    
Philippines   19 Nov 1964 A    
Poland   15 Sep 1964 Rt    
Portugal   8 Jan 1981Rt    
Republic of Moldova   17 Mar 1993 d    
Romania   9 Jul 1964 R    
Russian Federation   1 Aug 1962 R    
Rwanda   28 Dec 2000 A    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   22 Jan 1985 d    
Saudi Arabia   17 Aug 1973 Rt    
Senegal   25 Sep 1967 Rt    
Serbia and Montenegro   11 Sep 2001d    
Sierra Leone   2 Jun 1967 Rt    
Slovakia   31 Mar 1993 d    
Slovenia   5 Nov 1992 d    
South Africa   9 Mar 2000 Rt    
Spain   20 Aug 1969 A    
Sri Lanka   11 Aug 1983 A    
Swaziland   8 Oct 1970 A    
Sweden   21 Mar 1968 Rt    
Tajikistan   28 Aug 1992 d    
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   30 Apr 1997 d    
Tunisia   29 Aug 1969 Rt    
Uganda   9 Sep 1968 A    
Ukraine   19 Dec 1962 Rt    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   14 Mar 1962 A    
United Republic of Tanzania   3 Jan 1979 Rt    
Uruguay   3 May 2004 A    
Uzbekistan   8 Dec 1997 Rt    
Venezuela   16 Dec 1968 Rt    
Viet Nam3   12 Jun 1968 Rt    
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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