Amendment to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

DISARMAMENT

Signed at

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Signed on

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In force on

18 May 2004

Treaty document

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Parties

1. ALBANIA
2. ARGENTINA
3. AUSTRALIA
4. BANGLADESH
5. BELARUS
6. BELGIUM
7. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
8. BRAZIL
9. BULGARIA
10. BURKINA FASO
11. CANADA
12. CHILE
13. CHINA P R
14. COLOMBIA
15. COSTA RICA
16. CROATIA
17. CZECH REPUBLIC
18. DENMARK
19. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
20. ECUADOR
21. EL SALVADOR
22. ESTONIA
23. FINLAND
24. FRANCE
25. GEORGIA
26. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
27. GREECE
28. GUATEMALA
29. HOLY SEE
30. HONG KONG SAR
31. ICELAND
32. INDIA
33. IRAQ
34. ITALY
35. JAPAN
36. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
37. KUWAIT
38. LATVIA
39. LIBERIA
40. LIECHTENSTEIN
41. LITHUANIA
42. MACAU
43. MALTA
44. MEXICO
45. MONTENEGRO
46. NETHERLANDS THE
47. NIGER
48. NORWAY
49. PANAMA
50. PERU
51. POLAND
52. PORTUGAL
53. ROMANIA
54. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
55. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
56. SIERRA LEONE
57. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
58. SLOVENIA
59. SOUTH AFRICA
60. SPAIN
61. SRI LANKA
62. SWEDEN
63. SWITZERLAND
64. TUNISIA
65. TURKEY
66. UKRAINE
67. UNITED KINGDOM
68. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
69. URUGUAY

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Accession	12 May 2006	12 November 2006
ARGENTINA	Accession	25 February 2004	25 August 2004
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	3 December 2002
BANGLADESH	Accession	26 September 2013	26 March 2014
BELARUS	Bound	27 March 2008	27 September 2008
BELGIUM	Accession	12 February 2004	12 August 2004
BELGIUM	Ratification	12 February 2004	12 August 2004
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Accession	17 March 2008	17 September 2008
BRAZIL	Accession	30 November 2010	30 May 2011
BULGARIA	Ratification	28 February 2003
BURKINA FASO	Accession	26 November 2003	26 May 2004
CANADA	Acceptance	22 July 2002
CHILE	Acceptance	27 September 2007
CHINA P R	Ratification	11 August 2003	1 January 1900
CHINA P R	Communication	11 August 2003	1 January 1900
COLOMBIA	Accession	20 May 2009	20 November 2009
COSTA RICA	Ratification	3 June 2009	3 December 2009
CROATIA	Ratification	27 May 2003
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	6 June 2006	6 December 2006
DENMARK	Acceptance	15 September 2004	15 March 2005
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	21 June 2010	21 December 2010
ECUADOR	Accession	10 March 2009	10 September 2009
EL SALVADOR	Accession	13 September 2007	13 March 2008
ESTONIA	Ratification	12 May 2003
FINLAND	Acceptance	22 June 2004	27 December 2004
FRANCE	Approval	10 December 2002
GEORGIA	Accession	8 June 2009	8 December 2009
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Acceptance	26 January 2005	26 July 2005
GREECE	Ratification	26 November 2004	26 May 2005
GUATEMALA	Accession	13 February 2009	13 August 2009
HOLY SEE	Acceptance	9 December 2002
HOLY SEE	Declaration	9 December 2002
HONG KONG SAR	Extension	11 August 2003	11 August 2003
ICELAND	Bound	22 August 2008	22 February 2009
INDIA	Accession	18 May 2005	18 November 2005
IRAQ	Ratification	24 September 2014	24 March 2015
ITALY	Ratification	1 September 2004	1 March 2005
JAPAN	Acceptance	10 July 2003
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	13 February 2003
KUWAIT	Accession	24 May 2013	24 November 2013
LATVIA	Accession	23 April 2003
LIBERIA	Accession	16 September 2005	16 March 2006
LIECHTENSTEIN	Acceptance	18 June 2004	18 December 2004
LITHUANIA	Acceptance	12 May 2003
MACAU	Extension	11 August 2003	11 August 2003
MALTA	Accession	24 September 2004	24 March 2005
MEXICO	Acceptance	22 May 2003
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23 October 2006	3 June 2006
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	19 May 2004	19 November 2004
NETHERLANDS THE	Application	28 April 2014
NIGER	Bound	18 September 2007	18 March 2008
NORWAY	Approval	18 November 2003	1 January 1900
PANAMA	Accession	16 August 2004	16 February 2005
PERU	Ratification	14 February 2005	14 August 2005
POLAND	Ratification	15 September 2006	15 March 2007
PORTUGAL	Ratification	22 February 2008	22 August 2008
ROMANIA	Accession	25 August 2003	1 January 1900
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Acceptance	24 January 2007	24 July 2007
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	Acceptance	11 November 2003	1 January 1900
SIERRA LEONE	Ratification	30 September 2004	30 March 2005
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Ratification	11 February 2004	11 August 2004
SLOVENIA	Ratification	7 February 2008	7 August 2008
SOUTH AFRICA	Accession	24 January 2012	24 July 2012
SPAIN	Ratification	9 February 2004	9 August 2004
SRI LANKA	Accession	24 September 2004	24 March 2005
SWEDEN	Acceptance	3 December 2002
SWITZERLAND	Acceptance	19 January 2004	19 July 2004
TUNISIA	Accession	11 March 2009	11 September 2009
TURKEY	Ratification	2 March 2005	2 September 2005
UKRAINE	Acceptance	29 June 2005	29 December 2005
UNITED KINGDOM	Acceptance	25 July 2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	21 January 2009
URUGUAY	Accession	7 August 2007	7 February 2008

Citations

1. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf
2. Miscellaneous Series 011/2002: Cm 5523