Europees Verdrag betreffende de niet-toepasselijkheid van verjaring terzake van misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid en oorlogsmisdrijven

Partijen met voorbehouden, verklaringen en bezwaren

Partij	Voorbehoud / verklaring	Bezwaren
België	Ja	Nee
Montenegro	Ja	Nee
Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der	Ja	Nee
Oekraïne	Ja	Nee

België

26-03-2003

The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium stipulates that Article 2 of the Convention is without prejudice to any rule of international law which is binding upon Belgium and to any Belgian law which contains or may contain provisions of a larger scope.

Montenegro

06-12-2010

With regard to Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, Montenegro declares that the Convention shall apply to the territory of Montenegro.

Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der

25-11-1981

The offences specified in Article 85 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I) of 12 December 1977 are, for the purposes of Article 1, paragraph 3, to be regarded as violations of a nature comparable to those referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2, where these offences are particularly serious in view of the actual circumstances and measure of intent on the part of the perpetrator, and of the extent of the foreseeable consequences.

09-01-2012

The declaration made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time of acceptance of the Convention, on 25 November 1981, is confirmed for the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). The declaration remains valid for the European part of the Netherlands.

Oekraïne

19-04-2022

The Permanent Representation of Ukraine to the Council of Europe presents its compliments to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and has the honour […] to inform about the impossibility to guarantee the implementation by the Ukrainian Side in full of its obligations under the above mentioned international treaties of Ukraine for the period of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine, until full termination of the infringement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders of Ukraine.

07-12-2023

[…]
Referring to Ukraine’s notification dated 18 April 2022 N° 31011/32-119-26603 [Council of Europe Notification JJ9359C dated 13 May 2022] in connection with the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, [the Government of Ukraine] further clarif[ies] that international treaties mentioned therein are implemented on the territory of Ukraine in full, with the exception of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted, or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, on which it is impossible to fully guarantee the Ukrainian Party’s fulfillment of its obligations under the relevant treaties as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as the introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine until the complete cessation of encroachment on the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine.
The regularly updated list of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted, or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation is located at the link below:
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1668-22#Text