International Convention for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in
Obscene Publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923, amended by the Protocol,
signed at Lake Success, 12 November 1947
Treaty data
Treaty number
004073
Date of conclusion
12-11-1947
Place of conclusion
New York
Provisional application
Entry into force
02-02-1950
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Bulletin of Acts and Decrees
1927, 329
Approval act
1926, 225
Comment
The International Convention is in force for the entire Kingdom as of 02-02-1950.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijksdeel
Provisional
Entry into force
Retroactive effect
Termination
Netherlands (in Europe)
02-05-1950
26-07-1986
Netherlands (Bonaire)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
10-10-2010
Aruba
01-01-1986
Curaçao
10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
10-10-2010
PartiesTooltip Parties with a link have a reservation.
Party
Signature
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
12-11-1947
Albania
25-07-1949
Australia
13-11-1947
Austria
04-08-1950
Belarus
08-09-1998 (Su)
25-08-1991
Belgium
12-11-1947
Brazil
03-04-1950
Cambodia
30-03-1959 (A)
30-03-1959
Canada
24-11-1947
China
Cuba
02-12-1983
Cyprus
16-05-1963 (Su)
15-05-1963
Czech Republic
30-12-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
11-04-1927 (R)
11-04-1927
Democratic Republic of the Congo
31-05-1962 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
21-11-1949
16-08-1967
16-08-1968
Egypt
12-11-1947
Fiji
01-11-1971
Finland
06-01-1949
Ghana
07-04-1958 (Su)
06-03-1957
Greece
05-04-1960
Guatemala
26-08-1949
Haïti
26-08-1953 (R)
26-08-1953
Hungary
02-02-1950
India
12-11-1947
Ireland
28-02-1952
Italy
16-06-1949
Jamaica
30-07-1964 (Su)
06-08-1962
Jordan
11-05-1959 (A)
11-05-1959
Lesotho
28-11-1975 (Su)
04-10-1966
Liberia
16-09-2005 (A)
16-09-2005
Luxembourg
14-03-1955
Madagascar
10-04-1963 (A)
10-04-1963
Malawi
22-07-1965 (A)
22-07-1965
Malaysia
21-08-1958 (Su)
21-08-1958
Malta
24-03-1967 (Su)
21-09-1964
Mauritius
18-07-1969 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
04-02-1948
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Myanmar
13-05-1949
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 02-02-1950
New Zealand
28-10-1948
Nigeria
26-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
Norway
28-11-1947
Pakistan
12-11-1947
Poland
21-12-1950
Romania
02-11-1950
Russian Federation
18-12-1947
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Sierra Leone
13-03-1962 (Su)
27-04-1961
Slovakia
28-05-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Solomon Islands
03-09-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
South Africa
12-11-1947
Sri Lanka
15-04-1958 (A)
15-04-1958
Tanzania
28-11-1962 (A)
28-11-1962
Trinidad and Tobago
11-04-1966 (Su)
11-05-1966
Türkiye
12-11-1947
United Kingdom
16-05-1949
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
02-05-1929 (R)
02-05-1929
Zambia
01-11-1974 (Su)
01-12-1974
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