STATUS REPORT

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS

(New York, 15/12/1997)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 24-May-05

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 02-05-10
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Kiribati   15 Sep 2005 a    
Marshall Islands   27 Jan 2003 a    
Nauru   2 Aug 2005 a    
Palau   14 Nov 2001 a    
Papua New Guinea   30 Sep 2003 a    
Tonga   9 Dec 2002 a    
 
Afghanistan   24 Sep 2003 a    
Albania   22 Jan 2002 a    
Algeria 17 Dec 1998 8 Nov 2001 Rt    
Andorra   23 Sep 2004 a    
Argentina 2 Sep 1998 25 Sep 2003 Rt    
Armenia   16 Mar 2004 a    
Australia   9 Aug 2002 a    
Austria 9 Feb 1998 6 Sep 2000 Rt    
Azerbaijan   2 Apr 2001 a    
Bahrain   21 Sep 2004 a    
Bangladesh   20 May 2005 a    
Barbados   18 Sep 2002 a    
Belarus 20 Sep 1999 1 Oct 2001 Rt    
Belgium 12 Jan 1998 20 May 2005 Rt    
Belize   14 Nov 2001 a    
Benin   31 Jul 2003 a    
Bolivia   22 Jan 2002 a    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   11 Aug 2003 a    
Botswana   8 Sep 2000 a    
Brazil 12 Mar 1999 23 Aug 2002 Rt    
Brunei Darussalem   14 Mar 2002 a    
Bulgaria   12 Feb 2002 a    
Burkina Faso   1 Oct 2003 a    
Burundi 4 Mar 1998      
Cameroon   21 Mar 2005 a    
Canada 12 Jan 1998 3 Apr 2002 Rt    
Cape Verde   10 Nov 2002 a    
Chile   10 Nov 2001 a    
China1   13 Nov 2001 a    
Colombia   14 Sep 2004 a    
Comoros 1 Oct 1998 25 Sep 2003 Rt    
Costa Rica 16 Jan 1998 20 Sep 2001 Rt    
Craotia   2 Jun 2005 a    
Cuba   15 Nov 2001 a    
Cyprus 26 Mar 1998 24 Jan 2001 Rt    
Czech Republic 29 Jul 1998 6 Sep 2000 Rt    
Cфte d'Ivoire 25 Sep 1998 13 Mar 2002 Rt    
Denmark2 23 Dec 1999 31 Aug 2001 Rt    
Djibouti   1 Jun 2004 a    
Dominica   24 Sep 2004 a    
Egypt 14 Dec 1999 9 Aug 2005 Rt    
El Salvador   15 May 2003 a    
Equatorial Guinea   7 Feb 2003 a    
Estonia 27 Dec 1999 10 Apr 2002 Rt    
Ethiopia   16 Apr 2003 a    
Finland 23 Jan 1998 28 May 2002 A    
France 12 Jan 1998 19 Aug 1999 Rt    
Gabon   10 Mar 2005 a    
Georgia   18 Feb 2004 a    
Germany 26 Jan 1998 23 Apr 2003 Rt    
Ghana   6 Sep 2002 a    
Greece 2 Feb 1998 27 May 2003 Rt    
Grenada   13 Dec 2001 a    
Guatemala   12 Feb 2002 a    
Guinea   7 Sep 2000 a    
Honduras   25 Mar 2003 a    
Hungary 21 Dec 1999 13 Nov 2001 Rt    
Iceland 28 Sep 1998 15 Apr 2002 Rt    
India 17 Sep 1999 22 Sep 1999 Rt    
Ireland 29 May 1998 30 Jun 2005 Rt    
Israel 29 Jan 1999 10 Feb 2003 Rt    
Italy 4 Mar 1998 16 Apr 2003 Rt    
Jamaica   9 Aug 2005 a    
Japan 17 Apr 1998 16 Nov 2001 A    
Kazakhstan   6 Nov 2002 a    
Kenya   16 Nov 2001 a    
Kuwait   19 Apr 2004 a    
Kyrgyzstan   1 May 2001 a    
Lao People's Democratic Republic   22 Aug 2002 a    
Latvia   25 Nov 2002 a    
Lesotho   12 Nov 2001 a    
Liberia   5 Mar 2003 a    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   22 Sep 2000 a    
Liechtenstein   26 Nov 2002 a    
Lithuania 8 Jun 1998 17 Mar 2004 Rt    
Luxembourg 6 Feb 1998 6 Feb 2004 Rt    
Madagascar 1 Oct 1999 24 Sep 2003 Rt    
Malawi   11 Aug 2003 a    
Malaysia   24 Sep 2003 a    
Maldives   7 Sep 2000 a    
Mali   28 Mar 2002 a    
Malta   11 Nov 2001 a    
Mauritania   30 Apr 2003 a    
Mauritius   24 Jan 2003 a    
Mexico   20 Jan 2003 a    
Micronesia (Federated States of)   23 Sep 2002 a    
Monaco 25 Nov 1998 6 Sep 2001 Rt    
Mongolia   7 Sep 2000 a    
Mozambique   14 Jan 2003 a    
Myanmar   12 Nov 2001 a    
Nepal 24 Sep 1999      
Netherlands3 12 Mar 1998 7 Feb 2002 A    
New Zealand4   4 Nov 2002 a    
Nicaragua   17 Jan 2003 a    
Niger   26 Oct 2004 a    
Norway 31 Jul 1998 20 Sep 1999 Rt    
Pakistan   13 Aug 2002 a    
Panama 3 Sep 1998 5 Mar 1999 Rt    
Paraguay   22 Sep 2004 a    
Peru   10 Nov 2001 a    
Philippines 23 Sep 1998 7 Jan 2004 Rt    
Poland 14 Jun 1999 3 Feb 2004 Rt    
Portugal 30 Dec 1999 10 Nov 2001 Rt    
Republic of Korea 3 Dec 1999 17 Feb 2004 Rt    
Republic of Moldova   10 Oct 2002 a    
Romania 30 Apr 1998 29 Jul 2004 Rt    
Russian Federation 12 Jan 1998 8 May 2001 Rt    
Rwanda   13 May 2002 a    
Saint Kitts and Nevis   16 Nov 2001 a    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   15 Sep 2005 a    
San Marino   12 Mar 2002 a    
Sao Tome and Principe   12 Apr 2006 a    
Senegal   27 Oct 2003 a    
Serbia and Montenegro   31 Jul 2003 a    
Seychelles   22 Aug 2003 a    
Sierra Leone   26 Sep 2003 a    
Slovakia 28 Jul 1998 8 Dec 2000 Rt    
Slovenia 30 Oct 1998 25 Sep 2003 Rt    
South Africa 21 Dec 1999 1 May 2003 Rt    
Spain 1 May 1998 30 Apr 1999 Rt    
Sri Lanka 12 Jan 1998 23 Mar 1999 Rt    
Sudan 7 Oct 1999 8 Sep 2000 Rt    
Swaziland   4 Apr 2003 a    
Sweden 12 Feb 1998 6 Sep 2001 Rt    
Switzerland   23 Sep 2003 a    
Tajikistan   29 Jul 2002 a    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 16 Dec 1998      
Togo 21 Aug 1998 10 Mar 2003 Rt    
Trinidad and Tobago   2 Apr 2001 a    
Tunisia   22 Apr 2005 a    
Turkey 20 May 1999 30 May 2002 Rt    
Turkmenistan 18 Feb 1999 25 Jun 1999 Rt    
Uganda 11 Jun 1999 5 Nov 2003 Rt    
Ukraine   26 Mar 2002 a    
United Arab Emirates   23 Sep 2005 a    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12 Jan 1998 7 Mar 2001 Rt    
United Republic of Tanzania   22 Jan 2003 a    
United States of America 12 Jan 1998 26 Jun 2002 Rt    
Uruguay 23 Nov 1998 10 Nov 2001 Rt    
Uzbekistan 23 Feb 1998 30 Nov 1998 Rt    
Venezuela 23 Sep 1998 23 Sep 2003 Rt    
Yemen   23 Apr 2001 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)

Note

1. On 13 November 2001, the Government of China notified the Secretary-General of the following

In accordance with the provisions of Article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and Article 138 of the Basic Law of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings shall apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

2. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland

3. For the Kingdom in Europe

4. With a territorial exclusion with resepct to Tokelau to the effect that: ".....consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this accession shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultations with that territory.

5. With regard to the declaration made by the Government of Pakistan upon accession, the Secretary-General received a communciation from the following State on the date indicated hereinafter

Republic of Moldova (6 october 2003)

The Government of the Republic of Moldova has examined the declaration made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the time of its accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 1997

The Government of the Republic of Moldova considers that the declaration is, in fact, a reservation that seeks to limit the scope of the Convention on a unilateral basis and is therefore contrary to its object and purpose, namely the suppression of terrorist bombings, irrespective of where they take place and of who carries them out

The declaration is furthermore contrary to the terms of Article 5 of the Convention, according to which States Parties commit themselves to "adopt such measures as may be necessary, including, where appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal acts within the scope of this Convention...are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature and are punished by penalties consistent with their grave nature

The Government of the Republic of Moldova recalls that, according to Article 19 (c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention shall not be permitted. It is in the common interest of States that treaties to which they have chosen to become parties are respected as to their object and purpose, by all parties, and that States are prepared to undertake any legislative changes necessary to comply with their obligations under the treaties

The Government of the Republic of Moldova therefore objects to the aforesaid reservation made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. This objection shall not preclude the entry into force of the Convention between the Republic of Moldova and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Convention enters into force in its entirety between the two States, without Pakistan benefiting from its reservation.

Russian Federation (22 September 2003)

The Russian Federation has considered the declaration made by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan upon accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, of 1997

The Russian Federation takes the position that every State which has agreed to the binding nature of the provisions of the Convention must adopt such measures as may be necessary, pursuant to article 5, to ensure that criminal acts which, in accordance with article 2, are within the scope of the Convention, in particular where they are intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature and are punished by penalties consistent with their grave nature

The Russian Federation notes that the realization of the right of peoples to self- determination must not conflict with other fundamental principles of international law, such as the principle of the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means, the principle of the territorial integrity of States, and the principle of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms

The Russian Federation believes that the declaration made by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan upon accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. In the view of the Russian Federation, the declaration made by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan may jeopardize the fulfilment of the provisions of the Convention in relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and other States Parties and thereby impede cooperation in combating acts of terrorist bombing. It is in the common interest of States to develop and strengthen cooperation in formulating and adopting effective practical measures to prevent terrorist acts and punish the perpetrators

The Russian Federation, once again declaring its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustified, regardless of their motives and in all their forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomever they are perpetrated, calls upon the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to reconsider its position and withdraw the declaration

Poland (3 February 2004)

The Government of the Republic of Poland considers that the declaration made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the time of its accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings of 15 December 1997 is in fact a reservation that seeks to limit the scope of the Convention on a unilateral basis and which is contrary to its object and purpose, namely the suppression of terrorist bombings, irrespective of where they take place and of who carries them out

The Government of the Republic of Poland further considers the declaration to be contrary to the terms of article 5 of the Convention, according to which each State Party commits itself to 'adopt such measures as may be necessary, including, where appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal acts within the scope of this Convention (...) are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature and are punished by penalties consistent with their grave nature

The Government of the Republic of Poland wishes to recall that, according to the customary international law as codified in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty shall not be permitted

The Government of the Republic of Poland therefore objects to the aforesaid declaration made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings

This objection shall not, however, preclude the entry into force of the Convention between the Republic of Poland and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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