STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BE DEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELY INJURIOUS OR TO HAVE INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS

(Geneva, 10/10/1980)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 2 DECEMBER 1983

Depositary: Secretary General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 2 July 2007
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Albania   28 Aug 2002(Rt) (a)    
Argentina 02 Dec 1981 10 Oct 1995 (Rt) (a) ,02 Oct 1995( r)    
Australia 08 Apr 1982 29 Sep 1983(Rt) (a)    
Austria 10 Apr 1981 14 Mar 1983(Rt) (a)    
Bangladesh   06 Sep 2000(Rt) (a)    
Belarus 10 Apr 1981 23 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
Belgium 10 Apr 1981 02 Feb 1995(Rt) (a)    
Benin   27 Mar 1989(Rt) (a)    
Bolivia   21 Sep 2001(Rt) (a)    
Bosnia-Herzegovina   01 Sep 1993(Rt) (a)    
Brazil   03 Oct 1995(Rt) (a)    
Bulgaria 10 Apr 1981 15 Oct 1982(Rt) (a)    
Burkina Faso   26 Nov 2003(Rt) (a)    
Cambodia   25 Mar 1997(Rt) (a)    
Cameroon   07 Dec 2006(Rt) (a)    
Canada 10 Apri 1981 24 Jun 1994(Rt) (a) 24 Jun 1994( r)    
Cape Verde   16 Sep 1997(Rt) (a)    
Chile   15 Oct 2003(Rt) (a)    
China 14 Sep 1981 07 Apr 1982(Rt) (a) 14 Sep 1981( r)    
Colombia   06 Mar 2000(Rt) (a)    
Costa Rica   17 Dec 1998(Rt) (a)    
Croatia   02 Dec 1998(Rt) (a)    
Cuba 10 Apr 1981 02 Mar 1987(Rt) (a)    
Cyprus   12 Dec 1988(Rt) (a) 12 Dec 1988( r)    
Czech Republic   22 Feb 1993(Rt) (a)    
Denmark 10 Apr 1981 07 Jul 1982(Rt) (a)    
Djibouti   29 Jul 1996(Rt) (a)    
Ecuador 09 Sep 1981 04 May 1982(Rt) (a)    
El Salvador   26 Jan 2000(Rt) (a)    
Estonia   20 Apr 2000(Rt) (a)    
Finland 10 Apr 1981 08 May 1982(Rt) (a)    
Former Yugoslave Republic of Macedonia   30 Dec 1996(Rt) (a)    
France 10 Apr 1981 04 Mar 1988(Rt) (a) ,10 Apr 1981( r)    
Georgia   29 Apr 1996(Rt) (a)    
Germany 10 Apr 1981 25 Nov 1992(Rt) (a)    
Greece 10 Apr 1981 28 Jan 1992(Rt) (a)    
Guatemala   21 Jul 1983(Rt) (a)    
Holy See   22 Jul 1997(Rt) (a), 22 Jul 1997( r)    
Honduras   30 Oct 2003(Rt) (a)    
Hungary 10 Apr 1981 14 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
India 15 May 1981 01 Mar 1984(Rt) (a)    
Ireland 10 Apr 1981 13 Mar 1995(Rt) (a)    
Israel   22 Mar 1995(Rt) (a), 22 Mar 1995( r)    
Italy 10 Apr 1981 20 Jan 1995(Rt) (a), 10 Apr 1981( r)    
Japan 22 Sep 1981 09 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
Jordan   19 Oct 1995(Rt) (a)    
Korea (Republic of)   09 May 2001(Rt) (a)    
Lao People's Dem.Rep   03 Jan 1983(Rt) (a)    
Latvia   04 Jan 1993(Rt) (a)    
Lesotho   06 Sep 2000(Rt) (a)    
Liberia   16 Sep 2000(Rt) (a)    
Liechtenstein 11 Feb 1982 16 Aug 1989(Rt) (a)    
Lithuania   03 Jun 1998(Rt) (a)    
Luxembourg 10 Apr 1981 21 May 1996(Rt) (a)    
Maldives   07 Sep 2000(Rt) (a)    
Mali   24 Oct 2001(Rt) (a)    
Malta   26 Jun 1995(Rt) (a)    
Mauritius   06 May 1996(Rt) (a)    
Mexico 10 Apr 1981 11 Feb 1982(Rt) (a)    
Moldova (Republic of)   08 Sep 2000(Rt) (a)    
Monaco   12 Aug 1997(Rt) (a)    
Mongolia 10 Apr 1981 08 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
Montenegro (Republic of)   23 Oct 2006(Rt) (a)    
Morocco 10 Apr 1981 19 Mar 2002(Rt) (a)    
Netherlands 10 Apr 1981 18 Jun 1987(Rt) (a), 18 Jun 1987( r)    
New Zealand 10 Apr 1981 18 Oct 1993(Rt) (a)    
Nicaragua 20 May 1981 05 Dec 2000(Rt) (a)    
Niger   10 Nov 1992(Rt) (a)    
Norway 10 Apr 1981 07 Jun 1983(Rt) (a)    
Pakistan 26 Jan 1982 01 Apr 1985(Rt) (a)    
Panama   26 Mar 1997(Rt) (a)    
Paraguay   22 Sep 2004(Rt) (a)    
Peru   03 Jul 1997(Rt) (a)    
Philippines 15 May 1981 15 Jul 1996(Rt) (a)    
Poland 10 Apr 1981 02 Jun 1983(Rt) (a)    
Portugal 10 Apr 1981 04 Apr 1997(Rt) (a)    
Romania 08 Apr 1982 26 Jul 1995(Rt) (a), 08 Apr 1982( r)    
Russian Federation 10 Apr 1981 10 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
Senegal   29 Nov 1999(Rt) (a)    
Serbia (Republic of)   12 Mar 2001(Rt) (a)    
Seychelles   08 Jun 2000(Rt) (a)    
Sierra Leone 01 May 1981 30 Sep 2004(Rt) (a)    
Slovakia   28 May 1993(Rt) (a)    
South Africa   13 Sep 1995(Rt) (a)    
Spain 10 Apr 1981 29 Dec 1993(Rt) (a)    
Sri Lanka   24 Sep 2004(Rt) (a)    
Sweden 10 Apr 1981 07 Jul 1982(Rt) (a)    
Switzerland 18 Jun 1981 20 Aug 1982(Rt) (a)    
Tajikistan   12 Oct 1999(Rt) (a)    
Togo 15 Sep 1981 04 Dec 1995(Rt) (a)    
Tunisia   15 May 1987(Rt) (a)    
Turkey 26 Mar 1982 02 Mar 2005(Rt) (a), 02 Mar 2005( r)    
Turkmenistan   19 Mar 2004(Rt) (a)    
Uganda   14 Nov 1995(Rt) (a)    
Ukraine 10 Apr 1981 23 Jun 1982(Rt) (a)    
United Kingdom 10 Apr 1981 13 Feb 1995(Rt) (a), 13 Feb 1995( r)    
United States of America 08 Apr 1982 24 Mar 1995(Rt) (a), 24 Mar 1995( r)    
Uruguay   06 Oct 1994(Rt) (a)    
Uzbekistan   29 Sep 1997(Rt) (a)    
Venezuela   19 Apr 2005(Rt) (a)    
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)

1) Ratification : a treaty is generally open for signature for a certain time following the conference which has adopted it. However, a signature is not binding on a State unless it has been endorsed by ratification. The time limits having elapsed, the Conventions and the Protocols are no longer open for signature. The States which have not signed them may at any time accede or, in the appropriate circumstances, succeed to them

Accession : instead of signing and then ratifying a treaty, a State may become party to it by the single act called accession

2) Reservation / Declaration : unilateral statement, however phrased or named, made by a State when ratifying, acceding or succeeding to a treaty, whereby it purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State (provided that such reservations are not incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty)

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