Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
LAW OF TREATIES
Signed at
Signed on
23 May 1969
In force on
27 January 1980

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. Anguilla
  5. ARGENTINA
  6. ARMENIA
  7. Aruba
  8. AUSTRALIA
  9. AUSTRIA
  10. BARBADOS
  11. BELGIUM
  12. Bermuda
  13. BOLIVIA
  14. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  15. BRAZIL
  16. British Virgin Islands
  17. BULGARIA
  18. BURKINA FASO
  19. BYELORUSSIA S S R
  20. CAMBODIA
  21. CAMEROON
  22. CANADA
  23. Cayman Islands
  24. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  25. CHILE
  26. CHINA
  27. CHINA REPUBLIC OF
  28. COLOMBIA
  29. COSTA RICA
  30. CROATIA
  31. CUBA
  32. CYPRUS
  33. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  34. CZECH REPUBLIC
  35. DENMARK
  36. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  37. ECUADOR
  38. EGYPT
  39. EL SALVADOR
  40. ESTONIA
  41. ETHIOPIA
  42. Falkland Islands
  43. FINLAND
  44. GABON
  45. GEORGIA
  46. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  47. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  48. GHANA
  49. Gibraltar
  50. GREECE
  51. GUATEMALA
  52. GUINEA
  53. GUYANA
  54. HAITI
  55. HOLY SEE
  56. HONDURAS
  57. HUNGARY
  58. IRAN
  59. IRELAND
  60. ISRAEL
  61. ITALY
  62. IVORY COAST
  63. JAMAICA
  64. JAPAN
  65. KAZAKHSTAN
  66. KENYA
  67. KIRIBATI
  68. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  69. KUWAIT
  70. KYRGYZSTAN
  71. Land Berlin
  72. LAOS
  73. LATVIA
  74. LESOTHO
  75. LIBERIA
  76. LIBYA
  77. LIECHTENSTEIN
  78. LITHUANIA
  79. LUXEMBOURG
  80. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  81. MADAGASCAR
  82. MALAWI
  83. MALAYSIA
  84. MALDIVES
  85. MALI
  86. MALTA
  87. MAURITIUS
  88. MEXICO
  89. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  90. MONGOLIA
  91. MONTENEGRO
  92. Montserrat
  93. MOROCCO
  94. MOZAMBIQUE
  95. MYANMAR
  96. NAURU
  97. NEPAL
  98. Netherlands Antilles
  99. NETHERLANDS THE
  100. NEW ZEALAND
  101. NIGER
  102. NIGERIA
  103. OMAN
  104. PAKISTAN
  105. PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)
  106. PANAMA
  107. PARAGUAY
  108. PERU
  109. PHILIPPINES
  110. Pitcairn Islands
  111. POLAND
  112. PORTUGAL
  113. RWANDA
  114. SAUDI ARABIA
  115. SENEGAL
  116. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  117. SLOVENIA
  118. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  119. South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands
  120. SOVIET UNION
  121. SPAIN
  122. St Helena And Dependencies
  123. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  124. SUDAN
  125. SURINAME
  126. SWEDEN
  127. SWITZERLAND
  128. SYRIA
  129. TAJIKISTAN
  130. TANZANIA
  131. TIMOR-LESTE
  132. TOGO
  133. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  134. TUNISIA
  135. TURKMENISTAN
  136. Turks And Caicos Islands
  137. UKRAINE S S R
  138. UNITED KINGDOM
  139. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  140. URUGUAY
  141. UZBEKISTAN
  142. VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF
  143. YUGOSLAVIA
  144. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
  145. ZAIRE
  146. ZAMBIA

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Signature 23 May 1969
ALBANIA Accession 27 June 2001 27 July 2001
ALGERIA Accession 8 November 1988 8 December 1988
ALGERIA Declaration 8 November 1988
ALGERIA Reservation 8 November 1988
ALGERIA Objection 8 November 1988
Anguilla Extension 25 June 1971
ARGENTINA Signature 5 December 1972
ARGENTINA Reservation 5 December 1972
ARMENIA Accession 17 May 2005 16 June 2005
ARMENIA Acceptance 13 July 2006
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Accession 13 June 1974
AUSTRIA Accession 30 April 1979
AUSTRIA Notification 1 February 1990
AUSTRIA Objection 16 September 1998
AUSTRIA Communication 8 January 2001
AUSTRIA Objection 14 November 2001
BARBADOS Signature 24 June 1971
BELGIUM Accession 1 September 1992 1 October 1992
BELGIUM Communication 18 February 1993
BELGIUM Reservation 18 February 1993 21 June 1993
BELGIUM Notification 27 July 1993
BELGIUM Communication 30 September 1998
Bermuda Ratification 25 June 1971
BOLIVIA Signature 23 May 1969
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 1 September 1993 6 March 1992
BRAZIL Signature 23 May 1969
BRAZIL Ratification 25 September 2009 25 October 2009
BRAZIL Reservation 25 September 2009
British Virgin Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
BULGARIA Accession 21 April 1987 21 May 1987
BULGARIA Communication 24 October 2002
BURKINA FASO Accession 25 May 2006 24 June 2006
BYELORUSSIA S S R Accession 1 May 1986 31 May 1986
CAMBODIA Signature 23 May 1969
CAMEROON Accession 23 October 1991 22 November 1991
CANADA Accession 14 October 1970
CANADA Communication 14 May 2014
Cayman Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Accession 10 December 1971
CHILE Signature 23 May 1969
CHILE Ratification 9 April 1981 9 May 1981
CHILE Reservation 9 April 1981
CHILE Objection 9 April 1981
CHINA Accession 3 September 1997 3 October 1997
CHINA Reservation 3 September 1997
CHINA REPUBLIC OF Signature 27 April 1970
COLOMBIA Signature 23 May 1969
COLOMBIA Ratification 10 April 1985 10 May 1985
COLOMBIA Reservation 10 April 1985
COSTA RICA Signature 23 May 1969
COSTA RICA Ratification 22 November 1996 21 December 1996
COSTA RICA Declaration 22 November 1996
CROATIA Succession 12 October 1992 8 October 1991
CROATIA Notification 14 December 1992
CUBA Accession 9 September 1998 9 October 1998
CUBA Reservation 9 September 1998
CUBA Declaration 9 September 1998
CYPRUS Accession 28 December 1976
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 22 February 1993 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Accession 29 July 1987 28 August 1987
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Reservation 29 July 1987
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Withdrawal Res. 19 October 1990
DENMARK Signature 18 April 1970
DENMARK Ratification 1 June 1976
DENMARK Reservation 1 June 1976
DENMARK Notification 7 March 1995
DENMARK Objection 16 September 1998
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Accession 1 April 2010 1 May 2010
ECUADOR Signature 23 May 1969
ECUADOR Ratification 11 February 2005 13 March 2005
ECUADOR Declaration 11 February 2005 1 January 1900
EGYPT Accession 11 February 1982 13 March 1982
EGYPT Objection 11 February 1982
EL SALVADOR Signature 16 February 1970
ESTONIA Accession 21 October 1991 20 November 1991
ETHIOPIA Signature 30 April 1970
Falkland Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
FINLAND Signature 23 May 1969
FINLAND Ratification 19 August 1977
FINLAND Reservation 19 August 1977
FINLAND Objection 16 September 1998
FINLAND Withdrawal Dec. 20 April 2001
GABON Accession 5 November 2004 5 December 2004
GEORGIA Accession 8 June 1995 8 July 1995
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 20 October 1986 19 November 1986
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Reservation 20 October 1986
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Declaration 20 October 1986
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 30 April 1970
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 21 July 1987 20 August 1987
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 21 July 1987
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 27 January 1988
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Objection 21 September 1988
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 21 September 1998
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Objection 10 November 1999
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 12 March 2001
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Objection 12 June 2002
GHANA Signature 23 May 1969
Gibraltar Ratification 25 June 1971
GREECE Accession 30 October 1974
GUATEMALA Signature 23 May 1969
GUATEMALA Ratification 21 July 1997
GUATEMALA Reservation 21 July 1997
GUATEMALA Communication 24 February 1998
GUATEMALA Withdrawal Res. 15 March 2007 15 March 2007
GUINEA Accession 16 September 2005 16 October 2005
GUYANA Signature 23 May 1969
GUYANA Ratification 15 September 2005 15 October 2005
HAITI Accession 25 August 1980 24 September 1980
HOLY SEE Signature 30 September 1969
HOLY SEE Ratification 25 February 1977
HONDURAS Signature 23 May 1969
HONDURAS Ratification 20 September 1979
HUNGARY Accession 19 June 1987 19 July 1987
HUNGARY Reservation 19 June 1987
HUNGARY Withdrawal Res. 8 December 1989
IRAN Signature 23 May 1969
IRELAND Accession 7 August 2006 6 September 2006
ISRAEL Objection 16 March 1970
ISRAEL Objection 16 November 1970
ITALY Signature 22 April 1970
ITALY Ratification 25 July 1974
IVORY COAST Signature 23 July 1969
JAMAICA Signature 23 May 1969
JAMAICA Ratification 28 July 1970
JAPAN Accession 2 July 1981 1 August 1981
JAPAN Objection 2 July 1981
JAPAN Objection 3 April 1987
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 5 January 1994 4 February 1994
KENYA Signature 23 May 1969
KENYA Notification 3 June 1988
KIRIBATI Accession 15 September 2005 15 October 2005
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Signature 27 November 1969
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Ratification 27 April 1977
KUWAIT Accession 11 November 1975
KUWAIT Declaration 11 November 1975
KYRGYZSTAN Accession 11 May 1999 10 June 1999
Land Berlin Extension 21 July 1987
LAOS Accession 31 March 1998 30 April 1998
LATVIA Accession 4 May 1993 3 June 1993
LESOTHO Signature 3 March 1972
LIBERIA Signature 23 May 1969
LIBERIA Ratification 29 August 1985 28 September 1985
LIBYA Accession 22 December 2008 21 January 2009
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 8 February 1990 10 March 1990
LITHUANIA Accession 15 January 1992 14 February 1992
LUXEMBOURG Signature 4 September 1969
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 23 May 2003 22 June 2003
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Communication 3 March 1998
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Accession 8 July 1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Declaration 27 April 2011
MADAGASCAR Signature 23 May 1969
MALAWI Accession 23 August 1983 22 September 1983
MALAYSIA Accession 27 July 1994 26 August 1994
MALDIVES Accession 14 September 2005 14 October 2005
MALI Accession 31 August 1998 30 September 1998
MALTA
MAURITIUS Accession 18 January 1973
MEXICO Signature 23 May 1969
MEXICO Ratification 25 September 1974
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 26 January 1993 25 February 1993
MONGOLIA Accession 16 May 1988 15 June 1988
MONGOLIA Reservation 16 May 1988
MONGOLIA Declaration 16 May 1988
MONGOLIA Withdrawal Res. 19 July 1990
MONTENEGRO Succession 23 October 2006 3 June 2006
Montserrat Ratification 25 June 1971
MOROCCO Signature 23 May 1969
MOROCCO Ratification 26 September 1972
MOROCCO Declaration 26 September 1972
MOZAMBIQUE Accession 8 May 2001 7 June 2001
MYANMAR Accession 16 September 1998 16 October 1998
NAURU Signature 5 May 1978
NEPAL Signature 23 May 1969
Netherlands Antilles Extension 9 April 1985 9 May 1985
NETHERLANDS THE Accession 9 April 1985 9 May 1985
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 9 April 1985
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 9 April 1985
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 23 September 1987
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 14 July 1988
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 28 July 1988
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 30 January 1989
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 14 September 1998
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 15 November 1999
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 11 October 2001
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 4 December 2001
NEW ZEALAND Signature 29 April 1970
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 4 August 1971
NEW ZEALAND Objection 14 October 1971
NEW ZEALAND Objection 10 August 1972
NIGER Accession 27 October 1971
NIGERIA Signature 23 May 1969
NIGERIA Ratification 31 July 1969
OMAN Accession 18 October 1990 17 November 1990
OMAN Declaration 18 October 1990
PAKISTAN Signature 29 April 1970
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Accession 2 April 2014 2 May 2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 6 June 2014
PANAMA Accession 28 July 1980 27 August 1980
PARAGUAY Accession 3 February 1972
PARAGUAY Notification 22 September 1994
PERU Signature 23 May 1969
PERU Ratification 14 September 2000
PERU Communication 21 January 2002
PHILIPPINES Signature 23 May 1969
PHILIPPINES Ratification 15 November 1972
Pitcairn Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
POLAND Accession 2 July 1990 1 August 1990
PORTUGAL Accession 6 February 2004 7 March 2004
PORTUGAL Declaration 6 February 2004 1 January 1900
PORTUGAL Declaration 5 October 2011
RWANDA Accession 3 January 1980 2 February 1980
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 14 April 2003 14 May 2003
SAUDI ARABIA Reservation 14 May 2003 14 May 2003
SENEGAL Accession 11 April 1986 11 May 1986
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 28 May 1993 1 January 1993
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Notification 9 July 2004 1 January 1900
SLOVENIA Succession 1 July 1992 25 June 1991
SOLOMON ISLANDS Accession 9 August 1989 8 September 1989
South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
SOVIET UNION Accession 29 April 1986 29 May 1986
SOVIET UNION Reservation 29 April 1986
SOVIET UNION Declaration 29 April 1986
SPAIN Accession 16 May 1972
SPAIN Communication 3 January 2001
St Helena And Dependencies Ratification 25 June 1971
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 27 April 1999 27 May 1999
SUDAN Signature 23 May 1969
SUDAN Ratification 18 April 1990 18 May 1990
SURINAME Accession 31 January 1991 2 March 1991
SWEDEN Signature 23 April 1970
SWEDEN Ratification 4 February 1975
SWEDEN Declaration 4 February 1975
SWEDEN Objection 4 February 1975
SWEDEN Communication 17 February 1994
SWEDEN Objection 16 September 1998
SWEDEN Objection 17 November 1999
SWEDEN Objection 25 July 2001
SWITZERLAND Accession 7 May 1990 6 June 1990
SWITZERLAND Communication 26 June 2001
SWITZERLAND Notification 7 March 2008 7 March 2008
SYRIA Accession 2 October 1970
TAJIKISTAN Accession 6 May 1996 5 June 1996
TANZANIA Accession 12 April 1976
TANZANIA Reservation 12 April 1976
TIMOR-LESTE Accession 8 January 2013 7 February 2013
TOGO Accession 28 December 1979
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Signature 23 May 1969
TUNISIA Accession 23 June 1971
TURKMENISTAN Accession 4 January 1996 3 February 1996
Turks And Caicos Islands Ratification 25 June 1971
UKRAINE S S R Accession 14 May 1986 13 June 1986
UKRAINE S S R Reservation 14 May 1986
UKRAINE S S R Declaration 14 May 1986
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 20 April 1970
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 20 April 1970
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 25 June 1971
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 25 June 1971
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 22 June 1972
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 5 June 1987
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 11 October 1989
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 6 October 1998
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 6 October 1998
UNITED KINGDOM Communication 13 October 1998
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 19 November 1999
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 22 July 2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 24 April 1970
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Objection 26 May 1971
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Objection 29 September 1972
URUGUAY Signature 23 May 1969
URUGUAY Ratification 5 March 1982 4 April 1982
UZBEKISTAN Accession 12 July 1995 11 August 1995
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF Accession 10 October 2001 9 November 2001
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF Reservation 10 October 2001 9 November 2001
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 23 May 1969
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 27 August 1970
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Succession 12 March 2001 27 April 1992
ZAIRE Accession 25 July 1977
ZAMBIA Signature 23 May 1969

Citations

  1. Australian Treaty Series 02/1974: 0
  2. Treaty Series 088/1999: Cm 4677||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1999-TS0088.pdf
  3. Treaty Series 059/2002: Cm 5855||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2002-TS0059.pdf
  4. Canadian Treaty Series 37/1980: 0
  5. Treaty Series 021/2004: Cm 6259||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2004-TS0021.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 051/2004: Cm 6564
  7. Treaty Series 037/2005: Cm 6676||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0037.pdf
  8. Treaty Series 043/2005: Cm 6776||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0043.pdf
  9. Treaty Series 028/2006: Cm 6972||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0028.pdf
  10. Treaty Series 033/2006: Cm 7045||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0033.pdf
  11. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  12. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
  13. Treaty Series 014/2008: Cm 7496||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0014.pdf
  14. Treaty Series 017/2009: Cm 7779||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2009-TS0017.pdf
  15. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870
  16. Treaty Series 020/2010: Cm 7952||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0020.pdf
  17. PRO (now TNA) FO 949/32/0: 0
  18. UN Registration 18232/0: 1155 332
  19. Treaty Series 058/1980: Cmnd 7964||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1980-TS0058.pdf
  20. Miscellaneous Series 019/1971: Cmnd 4818
Metadata

On the FCDO treaty website: Metadata • File

UUID: 57238216-7246-4467-9273-a54702d241ee
Treaty ID: 2624
Record ID: 70896