STATUS REPORT

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS CONCERNING THE COMPULSORY SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

(Vienna, 24/04/1963)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 25-Apr-68

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 06-07-10
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"... the Government of the United States of America [refers] to the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, done at Vienna April 24, 1963        
1. On 7 March 2005, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the United States of America, a communication notifying its withdrawal from the Optional Protocol. The communication reads as follows        
2. In respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Associated States (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Chrisopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent) and territories under the territorial sovereignty of the United Kingdom, as well as the British Solomon Islands Protectorate        
Argentina 24 Apr 1963      
Australia   12 Feb 1973 a    
Austria 24 Apr 1963 12 Jun 1969 Rt    
Belgium 31 Mar 1964 9 Sep 1970 Rt    
Benin 24 Apr 1963      
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 Jan 1994 d      
Bulgaria   11 Jul 1989 a    
Burkina Faso 24 Apr 1963 11 Aug 1964 Rt    
Cameroon 21 Aug 1963      
Central African Republic 24 Apr 1963      
Chile 24 Apr 1963      
Colombia 24 Apr 1963      
Congo 24 Apr 1963      
Cote d'Ivoire 24 Apr 1963      
Democratic Republic of the Congo 24 Apr 1963      
Denmark 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1972 Rt    
Dominican Republic 24 Apr 1963 4 Mar 1964 Rt    
Estonia   21 Oct 1991 a    
Finland 28 Oct 1963 2 Jul 1980 Rt    
France 24 Apr 1963 31 Dec 1970 Rt    
Gabon 24 Apr 1963 23 Feb 1965 Rt    
Ghana 24 Apr 1963      
Hungary   8 Dec 1989 a    
Iceland   1 Jun 1978 a    
India   28 Nov 1977 a    
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   5 Jun 1975 a    
Ireland 24 Apr 1963      
Italy 22 Nov 1963 25 Jun 1969    
Japan   3 Oct 1983 a    
Kenya   1 Jul 1965 a    
Kuwait 10 Jan 1964      
Lao People's Democratic Republic   9 Aug 1973 a    
Lebanon 24 Apr 1963      
Liberia 24 Apr 1963      
Liechtenstein 24 Apr 1963 18 May 1966 Rt    
Luxembourg 24 Mar 1964 8 Mar 1972 Rt    
Madagascar   17 Feb 1967 a    
Malawi   23 Feb 1981 a    
Mauritius   13 May 1970 a    
Mexico   15 Mar 2002 a    
NOTES        
Nepal   28 Sep 1965 a    
Netherlands   17 Dec 1985 a    
New Zealand   10 Sep 1974 a    
Nicaragua   9 Jan 1990 a    
Niger 24 Apr 1963 21 Jun 1978    
Norway 24 Apr 1963 13 Feb 1980 Rt    
Oman   31 May 1974 a    
Pakistan   29 Mar 1976 a    
Panama 4 Dec 1963 28 Aug 1967 Rt    
Paraguay   23 Dec 1969 a    
Peru 24 Apr 1963      
Philippines 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1965    
Republic of Korea   7 Mar 1977 a    
Senegal   29 Apr 1966 a    
Serbia and Montenegro 12 Mar 2001 d      
Seychelles   29 May 1979 a    
Slovakia   27 Apr 1999 a    
Suriname   11 Sep 1980 a    
Sweden 8 Oct 1963 19 Mar 1974 Rt    
Switzerland 23 Oct 1963 3 May 1965 Rt    
This letter constitutes notification by the United States of America that it hereby withdraws from the aforesaid Protocol. As a consequence of this withdrawal, the United States will no longer recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice reflected in that Protocol."        
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2 27 Mar 1964 9 May 1972 Rt    
United States of America1 [24 Apr 1963 24 Nov 1969    
Uruguay 24 Apr 1963      
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