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RatificationS=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 08-10-1951 19-03-1958 (R) 19-03-1958
Armenia 23-08-2010 (A) 23-08-2010
Australia 05-03-1992 (A) 05-03-1992
Austria 12-06-1958 (A) 12-06-1958
Barbados 13-04-1973 (Su) 30-11-1966
Belgium 22-11-1950 31-10-1957 (R) 31-10-1957
Benin 18-05-2017 (A) 18-05-2017
Bolivia 22-11-1950 29-09-1970 (R) 29-09-1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina 01-09-1993 (Su) 06-03-1992
Bulgaria 14-03-1997 (A) 14-03-1997
Burkina Faso 14-09-1965 (A) 14-09-1965
Cambodia 05-11-1951 (A) 21-05-1952
Cameroon 15-05-1964 (A) 15-05-1964
China 22-11-1950
Colombia 22-11-1950
Côte d'Ivoire 19-07-1963 (A) 19-07-1963
Croatia 26-07-1993 (Su) 08-10-1991
Cuba 27-08-1952 (A) 27-08-1952
Cyprus 16-05-1963 (Su) 16-08-1960
Czech Republic 22-08-1997 (A) 22-08-1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo 03-05-1962 (Su) 30-06-1960
Denmark 04-04-1960 (A) 04-04-1960
Dominican Republic 22-11-1950
Ecuador 22-11-1950
Egypt 22-11-1950 08-02-1952 (R) 21-05-1952
El Salvador 04-12-1950 24-06-1953 (R) 24-06-1953
Estonia 01-08-2001 (A) 01-08-2001
Fiji 31-10-1972 (Su) 10-10-1970
Finland 30-04-1956 (A) 30-04-1956
France 14-05-1951 14-10-1957 (R) 14-10-1957
Gabon 04-09-1962 (A) 04-09-1962
Germany 09-08-1957 (A) 09-08-1957
Ghana 07-04-1958 (Su) 06-03-1957
Greece 22-11-1950 12-12-1955 (R) 12-12-1955
Guatemala 22-11-1950 08-07-1960 (R) 08-07-1960
Guinea-Bissau 24-09-2013
Haïti 22-11-1950 14-05-1954 (R) 14-05-1954
Holy See 22-08-1979 (A) 22-08-1979
Honduras 13-04-1954
Hungary 15-03-1979 (A) 15-03-1979
Iran 09-02-1951 07-01-1966 (R) 07-01-1966
Iraq 11-08-1972 (A) 11-08-1972
Ireland 19-09-1978 (A) 19-09-1978
Israel 22-11-1950 27-03-1952 (R) 21-05-1952
Italy 26-11-1962 (A) 26-11-1962
Japan 17-06-1970 (A) 17-06-1970
Jordan 31-12-1958 (A) 31-12-1958
Kazakhstan 21-12-1998 (A) 21-12-1998
Kenya 14-03-1967 (A) 14-03-1967
Kyrgyzstan 19-07-2005 (R) 19-07-2005
Laos 28-02-1952 (A) 21-05-1952
Latvia 20-11-2001 (R) 20-11-2001
Liberia 16-09-2005 (R) 16-09-2005
Libya 22-01-1973 (A) 22-01-1973
Liechtenstein 29-04-1953 (A) 29-04-1953
Lithuania 21-08-1998 (A) 21-08-1998
Luxembourg 22-11-1950 31-10-1957 (R) 31-10-1957
Madagascar 23-05-1962 (A) 23-05-1962
Malawi 17-08-1965 (A) 17-08-1965
Malaysia 29-06-1959 (Su) 31-08-1957
Mali 16-07-2014 (A) 16-07-2014
Malta 19-01-1968 (Su) 21-09-1964
Mauritius 18-07-1969 (Su) 12-03-1968
Moldova 03-09-1998 (A) 03-09-1998
Monaco 18-03-1952 (A) 21-05-1952
Montenegro 23-10-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 25-07-1968 (A) 25-07-1968
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 22-11-1950 31-10-1957 (R) 31-10-1957
New Zealand 16-03-1951 29-06-1962 (R) 29-06-1962
Nicaragua 17-12-1963 (A) 17-12-1963
Niger 22-04-1968 (A) 22-04-1968
Nigeria 26-06-1961 (Su) 01-10-1960
North Macedonia 02-09-1997 (Su) 17-11-1991
Norway 02-04-1959 (A) 02-04-1959
Oman 19-12-1977 (A) 19-12-1977
Pakistan 19-05-1951 17-01-1952 (R) 21-05-1952
Peru 08-07-1964
Philippines 22-11-1950 30-08-1952 (R) 30-08-1952
Poland 24-12-1971 (A) 24-12-1971
Portugal 11-06-1984 (A) 11-06-1984
Republic of the Congo 26-08-1968 (A) 26-08-1968
Romania 24-11-1970 (A) 24-11-1970
Russian Federation 07-10-1994 (A) 07-10-1994
Rwanda 01-12-1964 (Su) 01-07-1962
San Marino 30-07-1985 (A) 30-07-1985
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su) 27-04-1992
Sierra Leone 13-03-1962 (Su) 27-04-1961
Singapore 11-07-1969 (A) 11-07-1969
Slovakia 09-06-1997 (A) 09-06-1997
Slovenia 06-07-1992 (Su) 25-06-1991
Solomon Islands 03-09-1981 (Su) 07-07-1978
Spain 07-07-1955 (A) 07-07-1955
Sri Lanka 08-01-1952 (A) 21-05-1952
Sweden 20-11-1951 21-05-1952 (R) 21-05-1952
Switzerland 22-11-1950 07-04-1953 (R) 07-04-1953
Syria 07-08-1979 16-09-1980 (R) 16-09-1980
Tanzania 26-03-1963 (A) 26-03-1963
Thailand 22-11-1950 28-06-1951 (R) 21-05-1952
Togo 16-11-2009 (R) 16-11-2009
Tonga 11-11-1977 (Su) 04-06-1970
Trinidad and Tobago 11-04-1966 (Su) 31-08-1962
Tunisia 14-05-1971 (A) 14-05-1971
Uganda 15-04-1965 (A) 15-04-1965
United Kingdom 22-11-1950 11-03-1954 (R) 11-03-1954
United States of America 24-06-1959 02-11-1966 (R) 02-11-1966
Uruguay 27-04-1964 20-04-1999 (R) 20-04-1999
Venezuela 01-05-1992 (A) 01-05-1992
Vietnam 01-06-1952 (A) 01-06-1952
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 26-04-1951 (A) 21-05-1952
Zambia 04-11-1974 (Su) 24-10-1964
Zimbabwe 01-12-1998 (Su) 18-04-1980