CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALBANIAAccession20/12/1960
ANDORRASignature14/05/1954
ANGOLAAccession07/02/201207/05/2012
ARGENTINAAccession22/03/1989
ARMENIASuccession05/09/1993
AUSTRALIASignature14/05/1954
AUSTRALIARatification19/09/198419/12/1984
AUSTRIASignature14/05/1954
AUSTRIARatification25/03/1964
AZERBAIJANSuccession06/08/1992
AZERBAIJANAccession20/09/199320/12/1993
BAHRAINAccession26/08/200826/11/2008
BARBADOSAccession09/04/200209/07/2002
BELGIUMSignature14/05/1954
BELGIUMRatification16/09/1960
BENINAccession17/04/2012
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession12/07/1993
BOTSWANAAccession03/01/200203/04/2002
BRAZILSignature14/05/1954
BRAZILRatification12/09/1958
BURMASignature14/05/1954
BURMARatification10/02/1956
BYELORUSSIA S S RSignature14/05/1954
BYELORUSSIA S S RRatification07/05/1957
BYELORUSSIA S S RObjection31/10/1967
CAMBODIASignature14/04/1954
CAMBODIARatification04/04/1962
CAMEROONAccession12/10/1961
CANADAAccession11/12/199811/03/1999
CHADAccession17/06/200817/09/2008
CHILEAccession11/09/200811/12/2008
CHINASignature14/05/1954
CHINAAccession05/01/200005/02/2000
CHINADeclaration05/01/2000
COLOMBIAAccession18/06/199818/09/1998
CONGOAccession18/04/1961
COSTA RICAAccession03/06/199803/09/1998
CROATIASuccession01/07/1992
CUBASignature14/05/1954
CUBARatification26/11/1957
CYPRUSAccession09/09/1964
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession26/03/199301/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIASignature14/05/1954
CZECHOSLOVAKIARatification06/12/1957
DENMARKSignature14/05/1954
DOMINICAN REPUBLICAccession05/01/1960
ECUADORSignature14/05/1954
ECUADORRatification02/10/1956
EGYPTSignature14/05/1954
EGYPTRatification17/08/1955
EL SALVADORRatification19/07/200119/10/2001
ESTONIAAccession04/04/199504/07/1995
FINLANDAccession16/09/199416/12/1994
FRANCESignature14/05/1954
FRANCERatification07/06/1957
GABONAccession04/12/1961
GEORGIASuccession04/11/1992
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICObjection15/12/1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAccession16/01/197416/04/1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICSignature14/05/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDeclaration02/05/1962
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICRatification11/08/1967
GHANAAccession25/07/1960
GREECESignature14/05/1954
GREECERatification09/02/198109/05/1981
GUATEMALAAccession02/10/198502/01/1986
GUINEAAccession20/09/1960
HUNGARYSignature14/05/1954
HUNGARYRatification17/05/1956
INDIASignature14/05/1954
INDIARatification16/06/1958
INDONESIASignature14/05/1954
INDONESIARatification10/01/1967
IRANSignature14/05/1954
IRANRatification22/06/1959
IRAQSignature14/05/1954
IRAQRatification21/12/1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature14/05/1954
ISRAELSignature14/05/1954
ISRAELRatification03/10/1957
ITALYSignature14/05/1954
ITALYRatification09/05/1958
IVORY COASTAccession24/01/198023/04/1980
JAPANSignature14/05/1954
JORDANSignature14/05/1954
JORDANRatification02/10/1957
KUWAITAccession06/06/1969
KYRGYZSTANAccession03/07/1995
Land BerlinExtension11/08/1967
LEBANONSignature14/05/1954
LEBANONRatification01/06/1960
LIBYASignature14/05/1954
LIBYARatification19/11/1957
LIECHTENSTEINAccession28/04/1960
LITHUANIAAccession27/07/199827/10/1998
LUXEMBOURGSignature14/05/1954
LUXEMBOURGRatification29/09/1961
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFSuccession30/04/1997
MALAGASY REPUBLICAccession03/11/1961
MALAYSIAAccession12/12/1960
MALIAccession18/05/1961
MEXICOSignature14/05/1954
MEXICORatification07/05/1956
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFAccession09/12/199909/03/2000
MONACOSignature14/05/1954
MONACORatification10/12/1957
MONGOLIAAcceptance04/11/1964
MOROCCOAccession30/08/1968
NETHERLANDS THESignature14/05/1954
NETHERLANDS THERatification14/10/1958
NEW ZEALANDSignature14/05/1954
NEW ZEALANDRatification24/07/200824/10/2008
NICARAGUASignature14/05/1954
NICARAGUARatification25/11/1959
NIGERAccession06/12/197606/03/1977
NIGERIAAccession05/06/1961
NORWAYSignature14/05/1954
NORWAYRatification19/09/1961
OMANAccession26/10/197726/01/1978
PAKISTANAccession27/03/1959
PANAMAAccession17/07/1962
PERUAccession21/07/198921/10/1989
PHILIPPINESSignature14/05/1954
POLANDSignature14/05/1954
POLANDRatification06/08/1956
POLANDObjection27/12/1967
PORTUGALSignature14/05/1954
PORTUGALRatification04/08/200004/11/2000
QATARAccession31/07/197331/10/1973
ROMANIASignature14/05/1954
ROMANIARatification21/03/1958
ROMANIAObjection29/12/1967
RWANDAAccession28/12/200028/03/2001
SALVADORSignature14/05/1954
SAN MARINOSignature14/05/1954
SAN MARINORatification09/02/1956
SAUDI ARABIAAccession20/01/197120/04/1971
SENEGALAccession17/06/198717/09/1987
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession31/03/199301/01/1993
SLOVENIASuccession28/10/1992
SOVIET UNIONSignature14/05/1954
SOVIET UNIONRatification04/01/1957
SOVIET UNIONObjection16/10/1967
SPAINSignature14/05/1954
SPAINRatification07/07/1960
SUDANAccession23/07/197023/10/1970
SWEDENAccession20/01/1985
SWITZERLANDAccession15/05/1962
SYRIASignature14/05/1954
SYRIARatification06/03/1958
TAJIKISTANSuccession11/08/1992
TANZANIAAccession23/09/197123/12/1971
THAILANDAccession02/05/1958
TUNISIAAccession28/01/198128/04/1981
TURKEYAccession15/12/1965
UKRAINESignature14/05/1954
UKRAINERatification06/02/1957
UKRAINEObjection23/10/1967
UNITED KINGDOMSignature14/05/1954
UNITED KINGDOMRatification12/09/2017
UNITED KINGDOMDeclaration12/09/2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature14/05/1954
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARatification13/03/200913/03/2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICADeclaration13/03/200913/03/2009
UPPER VOLTAAccession18/12/196918/03/1970
URUGUAYSignature14/05/1954
UZBEKISTANAccession21/02/199621/05/1996
UZBEKISTANSuccession21/02/1996
VATICAN CITYAccession24/02/1958
VENEZUELAAccession09/05/200509/08/2005
YEMENAccession06/02/197006/05/1970
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession11/09/200127/04/1992
ZIMBABWEAccession09/06/199809/09/1998