Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
RED CROSS
Signed at
Signed on
12 August 1949
In force on
21 October 1950

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. ANDORRA
  5. ANGOLA
  6. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  7. ARGENTINA
  8. ARMENIA
  9. Aruba
  10. AUSTRALIA
  11. AUSTRIA
  12. AZERBAIJAN
  13. BAHAMAS
  14. Bahrain
  15. BANGLADESH
  16. BARBADOS
  17. Belgian Congo
  18. BELGIUM
  19. BELIZE
  20. BHUTAN
  21. BOLIVIA
  22. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  23. BOTSWANA
  24. BRAZIL
  25. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
  26. BULGARIA
  27. BURUNDI
  28. BYELORUSSIA S S R
  29. CAMBODIA
  30. CAMEROON
  31. CANADA
  32. CAPE VERDE
  33. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  34. CEYLON
  35. CHAD
  36. CHILE
  37. CHINA
  38. COLOMBIA
  39. COMOROS
  40. CONGO
  41. CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
  42. Cook Islands
  43. COSTA RICA
  44. CROATIA
  45. CUBA
  46. CYPRUS
  47. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  48. CZECH REPUBLIC
  49. DAHOMEY
  50. DENMARK
  51. DJIBOUTI
  52. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  53. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  54. ECUADOR
  55. EGYPT
  56. EL SALVADOR
  57. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  58. ESTONIA
  59. ETHIOPIA
  60. Fiji
  61. FINLAND
  62. FRANCE
  63. GABON
  64. GAMBIA THE
  65. GEORGIA
  66. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  67. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  68. GHANA
  69. GREECE
  70. GRENADA
  71. GUATEMALA
  72. GUINEA
  73. GUINEA BISSAU
  74. GUYANA
  75. HAITI
  76. HONDURAS
  77. HUNGARY
  78. ICELAND
  79. INDIA
  80. INDONESIA
  81. IRAN
  82. IRAQ
  83. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  84. ISRAEL
  85. ITALY
  86. IVORY COAST
  87. JAMAICA
  88. JAPAN
  89. JORDAN
  90. KAZAKHSTAN
  91. KENYA
  92. KIRIBATI
  93. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
  94. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  95. KUWAIT
  96. KYRGYZSTAN
  97. Land Berlin
  98. LAOS
  99. LATVIA
  100. LEBANON
  101. LESOTHO
  102. LIBERIA
  103. LIBYA
  104. LIECHTENSTEIN
  105. LITHUANIA
  106. LUXEMBOURG
  107. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  108. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
  109. MALAWI
  110. MALAYSIA
  111. MALDIVES
  112. MALI
  113. MALTA
  114. MARSHALL ISLANDS
  115. MAURITANIA
  116. MAURITIUS
  117. MEXICO
  118. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  119. MONACO
  120. MONGOLIA
  121. MONTENEGRO
  122. MOROCCO
  123. MOZAMBIQUE
  124. MYANMAR
  125. NAMIBIA
  126. NEPAL
  127. NETHERLANDS THE
  128. NEW ZEALAND
  129. NICARAGUA
  130. NIGER
  131. NIGERIA
  132. NORWAY
  133. OMAN
  134. PAKISTAN
  135. PALAU
  136. PANAMA
  137. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  138. PARAGUAY
  139. PERU
  140. PHILIPPINES
  141. POLAND
  142. PORTUGAL
  143. Qatar
  144. ROMANIA
  145. ROUMANIA
  146. Ruanda Urundi
  147. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  148. RWANDA
  149. SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS
  150. SAINT LUCIA
  151. SAN MARINO
  152. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
  153. SAUDI ARABIA
  154. SENEGAL
  155. SEYCHELLES
  156. SIERRA LEONE
  157. SINGAPORE
  158. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  159. SLOVENIA
  160. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  161. SOMALIA
  162. SOUTH AFRICA
  163. SOUTH VIETNAM, PROV. REV. GOVT. OF REP.
  164. SOVIET UNION
  165. SPAIN
  166. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  167. SUDAN
  168. SURINAME
  169. SWAZILAND
  170. SWEDEN
  171. SWITZERLAND
  172. SYRIA
  173. TAJIKISTAN
  174. TANGANYIKA
  175. THAILAND
  176. TOGO
  177. TONGA
  178. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  179. TUNISIA
  180. TURKEY
  181. TURKMENISTAN
  182. TUVALU
  183. UGANDA
  184. UKRAINE
  185. UK Responsibility Territories
  186. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  187. UNITED KINGDOM
  188. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  189. UPPER VOLTA
  190. URUGUAY
  191. UZBEKISTAN
  192. VANUATU
  193. VATICAN CITY
  194. VENEZUELA
  195. VIETNAM
  196. VIETNAM D R
  197. VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF
  198. WESTERN SAMOA
  199. YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
  200. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  201. YUGOSLAVIA
  202. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
  203. ZAMBIA
  204. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Signature 8 December 1949
AFGHANISTAN Ratification 26 September 1956
ALBANIA Signature 12 December 1949
ALBANIA Ratification 27 May 1957
ALBANIA Reservation 27 May 1957
ALGERIA Accession 20 June 1960
ANDORRA Accession 17 September 1993 17 March 1994
ANGOLA Accession 20 September 1984 20 March 1985
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 6 October 1986 1 November 1981
ARGENTINA Signature 8 December 1949
ARGENTINA Ratification 18 September 1956
ARGENTINA Reservation 18 September 1956
ARMENIA Accession 7 June 1993 7 December 1993
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Signature 4 January 1950
AUSTRALIA Ratification 14 October 1958 14 April 1959
AUSTRIA Signature 12 August 1949
AUSTRIA Ratification 27 August 1953
AZERBAIJAN Accession 1 June 1993 1 December 1993
BAHAMAS Succession 11 July 1975 10 July 1973
Bahrain Accession 30 November 1971 30 May 1972
BANGLADESH Succession 4 April 1972
BARBADOS Accession 10 September 1968 30 November 1966
Belgian Congo Extension 9 September 1952
BELGIUM Signature 8 October 1949
BELGIUM Ratification 9 September 1952
BELGIUM Declaration 9 September 1952
BELIZE Accession 29 June 1984 29 December 1984
BHUTAN Accession 10 January 1991 10 July 1991
BOLIVIA Signature 8 December 1949
BOLIVIA Ratification 10 December 1976 10 June 1977
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 31 December 1992 6 March 1992
BOTSWANA Accession 29 March 1968
BRAZIL Signature 8 December 1949
BRAZIL Ratification 29 June 1957
BRAZIL Declaration 3 December 1973
BRAZIL Declaration 21 February 1974
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Accession 14 October 1991 14 April 1992
BULGARIA Signature 28 December 1949
BULGARIA Ratification 22 July 1954
BULGARIA Reservation 22 July 1954
BURUNDI Accession 27 December 1971 1 July 1962
BYELORUSSIA S S R Signature 12 December 1949
BYELORUSSIA S S R Ratification 3 August 1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R Reservation 3 August 1954
CAMBODIA Accession 8 December 1958
CAMEROON Accession 1 January 1960 1 January 1960
CANADA Signature 8 December 1949
CANADA Ratification 14 May 1965 14 November 1965
CAPE VERDE Accession 11 May 1984 11 November 1984
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Accession 13 August 1960
CEYLON Signature 8 December 1949
CEYLON Ratification 28 February 1959 28 August 1959
CHAD Accession 5 August 1970 5 February 1971
CHILE Signature 12 August 1949
CHILE Ratification 12 October 1950
CHINA Signature 10 December 1949
CHINA Ratification 28 December 1956
CHINA Declaration 28 December 1956
COLOMBIA Signature 12 August 1949
COLOMBIA Ratification 8 November 1961
COMOROS Accession 21 November 1985 21 May 1986
CONGO Succession 30 June 1960
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Accession 15 August 1960
Cook Islands Succession 7 February 2002 11 June 2001
COSTA RICA Accession 15 October 1969 15 April 1969
CROATIA Succession 11 May 1992 8 October 1991
CROATIA Declaration 11 May 1992
CUBA Signature 12 August 1949
CUBA Ratification 15 April 1954
CYPRUS Accession 23 May 1962
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 5 February 1993 1 January 1993
CZECH REPUBLIC Declaration 5 February 1993 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 8 December 1949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 19 December 1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Reservation 19 December 1950
DAHOMEY Accession 9 January 1962
DENMARK Signature 12 August 1949
DENMARK Ratification 27 June 1951
DJIBOUTI Succession 26 January 1978 27 June 1977
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Succession 28 September 1981 3 November 1978
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Accession 22 January 1958
ECUADOR Signature 12 August 1949
ECUADOR Ratification 11 August 1954
EGYPT Signature 8 December 1949
EGYPT Ratification 10 November 1952
EL SALVADOR Signature 8 December 1949
EL SALVADOR Ratification 17 June 1953
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Accession 24 July 1986 24 January 1987
ESTONIA Succession 18 January 1993 18 July 1993
ETHIOPIA Signature 8 December 1949
ETHIOPIA Ratification 2 October 1969 2 April 1970
Fiji Accession 9 August 1971 10 October 1970
FINLAND Signature 8 December 1949
FINLAND Ratification 22 February 1955
FRANCE Signature 8 December 1949
FRANCE Ratification 28 June 1951
GABON Accession 17 August 1960
GAMBIA THE Accession 18 February 1965
GEORGIA Accession 14 September 1993 14 March 1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 30 November 1956
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Declaration 3 December 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Accession 3 September 1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 3 December 1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 3 December 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 4 July 1976
GHANA Accession 2 August 1958
GREECE Signature 22 December 1949
GREECE Ratification 5 June 1956
GRENADA Succession 13 April 1981 7 February 1974
GUATEMALA Signature 12 August 1949
GUATEMALA Ratification 14 May 1952
GUINEA Succession 11 July 1984 11 January 1984
GUINEA BISSAU Accession 21 February 1974
GUINEA BISSAU Declaration 21 February 1974
GUYANA Accession 22 July 1968 26 May 1966
HAITI Accession 11 April 1957
HONDURAS Accession 31 December 1965
HUNGARY Signature 8 December 1949
HUNGARY Ratification 3 August 1954
HUNGARY Reservation 3 August 1954
HUNGARY Declaration 3 December 1973
ICELAND Accession 19 August 1965
INDIA Signature 16 December 1949
INDIA Ratification 9 November 1950
INDONESIA Accession 30 September 1958
IRAN Signature 8 December 1949
IRAN Ratification 20 February 1957
IRAQ Accession 14 February 1956
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 19 December 1949
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 27 September 1962
ISRAEL Signature 8 December 1949
ISRAEL Ratification 6 July 1951
ISRAEL Reservation 6 July 1951
ISRAEL Declaration 25 November 1977
ITALY Signature 8 December 1949
ITALY Ratification 17 December 1951
IVORY COAST Accession 28 December 1961
JAMAICA Accession 17 July 1964 6 August 1962
JAPAN Accession 21 April 1953
JORDAN Accession 29 May 1951
KAZAKHSTAN Succession 5 May 1992 21 December 1991
KAZAKHSTAN Notification 18 March 2004 1 January 1900
KENYA Accession 20 September 1966
KIRIBATI Succession 5 January 1989 12 July 1989
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Accession 27 November 1957
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Reservation 27 November 1957
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Accession 16 August 1966
KUWAIT Accession 2 September 1967
KYRGYZSTAN Succession 18 September 1992 21 December 1991
KYRGYZSTAN Notification 3 August 2000
Land Berlin Extension 3 December 1954
LAOS Accession 29 October 1956
LATVIA Accession 24 December 1991 24 June 1992
LEBANON Signature 8 December 1949
LEBANON Ratification 10 April 1951
LESOTHO Accession 20 May 1968 4 October 1966
LIBERIA Accession 29 March 1954
LIBYA Accession 22 May 1956
LIECHTENSTEIN Signature 12 August 1949
LIECHTENSTEIN Ratification 21 September 1950 21 March 1950
LITHUANIA Accession 3 October 1996 3 April 1997
LUXEMBOURG Signature 8 December 1949
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 1 July 1953
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Succession 1 September 1993 8 September 1991
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Declaration 18 October 1996
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Succession 19 July 1963 26 June 1960
MALAWI Accession 5 January 1968
MALAYSIA Accession 24 August 1962
MALDIVES Accession 18 June 1991 18 December 1991
MALI Accession 24 May 1965
MALTA Succession 22 August 1968 21 September 1964
MARSHALL ISLANDS Accession 1 June 2004 1 December 2004
MAURITANIA Succession 30 October 1962 28 November 1960
MAURITIUS Succession 18 August 1970 12 March 1968
MEXICO Signature 8 December 1949
MEXICO Ratification 29 October 1952 29 April 1953
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 24 May 1993 24 November 1993
MONACO Signature 12 August 1949
MONACO Ratification 5 July 1950 5 January 1951
MONGOLIA Declaration 3 December 1949
MONGOLIA Accession 20 December 1958
MONGOLIA Declaration 3 December 1973
MONTENEGRO Accession 2 August 2006 2 February 2007
MOROCCO Accession 26 July 1956
MOZAMBIQUE Accession 14 September 1983 14 March 1983
MYANMAR Accession 25 August 1992 25 February 1993
NAMIBIA Accession 18 October 1983 18 April 1984
NAMIBIA Succession 22 August 1991 21 March 1990
NEPAL Accession 7 August 1964 7 August 1964
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 8 December 1949
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 3 August 1954
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 1 January 1986
NEW ZEALAND Signature 11 February 1950
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 2 May 1959 2 November 1959
NICARAGUA Signature 12 August 1949
NICARAGUA Ratification 17 December 1953
NIGER Accession 16 May 1964
NIGERIA Succession 1 October 1960
NORWAY Signature 12 August 1949
NORWAY Ratification 3 August 1951
OMAN Accession 31 January 1974 31 July 1974
PAKISTAN Signature 12 August 1949
PAKISTAN Ratification 12 June 1951
PALAU Accession 25 June 1995 25 December 1996
PANAMA Accession 10 February 1956
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Succession 26 May 1976 16 September 1975
PARAGUAY Signature 10 December 1949
PARAGUAY Ratification 23 October 1961
PERU Signature 12 August 1949
PERU Ratification 15 February 1956
PHILIPPINES Signature 8 December 1949
PHILIPPINES Ratification 7 March 1951
POLAND Signature 8 December 1949
POLAND Ratification 26 November 1954
POLAND Declaration 26 November 1954
POLAND Declaration 3 December 1973
POLAND Declaration 2 October 1992
POLAND Withdrawal Res. 22 September 2004 1 January 1900
PORTUGAL Signature 8 December 1949
PORTUGAL Ratification 14 March 1961
PORTUGAL Declaration 3 December 1973
PORTUGAL Declaration 21 February 1974
Qatar Accession 15 October 1975 15 April 1976
ROMANIA Withdrawal Res. 24 June 2002
ROUMANIA Accession 1 June 1954
ROUMANIA Declaration 1 June 1954
ROUMANIA Declaration 3 December 1973
Ruanda Urundi Extension 9 September 1952
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Declaration 13 January 1992
RWANDA Accession 5 May 1964 1 July 1962
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Succession 14 February 1986 19 September 1983
SAINT LUCIA Succession 18 September 1981 22 February 1979
SAN MARINO Accession 29 August 1953
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Accession 21 May 1976 21 November 1976
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 18 May 1963
SENEGAL Succession 20 August 1960
SEYCHELLES Accession 8 November 1984 8 May 1985
SIERRA LEONE Succession 27 April 1961
SINGAPORE Accession 27 April 1973 27 October 1973
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 2 April 1993 1 January 1993
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Declaration 2 April 1993
SLOVENIA Succession 26 March 1992 25 June 1991
SOLOMON ISLANDS Succession 6 July 1981 7 July 1978
SOMALIA Succession 12 July 1962 12 January 1963
SOMALIA Declaration 18 July 1963 12 January 1963
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 31 March 1952
SOUTH AFRICA Declaration 12 March 1984
SOUTH VIETNAM, PROV. REV. GOVT. OF REP. Accession 3 December 1973 3 December 1973
SOUTH VIETNAM, PROV. REV. GOVT. OF REP. Declaration 3 December 1973
SOVIET UNION Signature 12 December 1949
SOVIET UNION Ratification 10 May 1954
SOVIET UNION Declaration 10 May 1954
SOVIET UNION Declaration 3 December 1973
SPAIN Signature 8 December 1949
SPAIN Ratification 4 August 1952
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 1 April 1981 1 October 1981
SUDAN Accession 23 September 1957
SURINAME Succession 13 October 1976 25 November 1975
SWAZILAND Accession 28 June 1973 28 December 1973
SWEDEN Signature 8 December 1949
SWEDEN Ratification 28 December 1953
SWITZERLAND Signature 12 August 1949
SWITZERLAND Ratification 31 March 1950 21 October 1950
SWITZERLAND Declaration 3 December 1973
SYRIA Signature 12 August 1949
SYRIA Ratification 2 November 1953
TAJIKISTAN Succession 13 January 1993 21 December 1991
TAJIKISTAN Communication 11 December 2002
TANGANYIKA Accession 18 January 1963
THAILAND Accession 29 December 1954
TOGO Accession 11 January 1962
TONGA Succession 13 April 1978 4 June 1970
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Accession 17 May 1963
TUNISIA Accession 4 May 1957
TURKEY Signature 12 August 1949
TURKEY Ratification 10 February 1954
TURKMENISTAN Succession 10 April 1992 21 December 1991
TUVALU Succession 19 February 1981 1 October 1978
UGANDA Accession 18 May 1964 18 November 1964
UK Responsibility Territories Application 23 September 1957
UKRAINE Signature 12 December 1949
UKRAINE Ratification 3 August 1954
UKRAINE Declaration 3 August 1954
UKRAINE Declaration 3 December 1973
UKRAINE Notification 30 June 2006 15 August 2006
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Accession 10 May 1972 10 November 1972
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 8 December 1949
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 30 November 1956
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 23 September 1957 23 March 1958
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 23 September 1957
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 19 November 1975
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 4 July 1976
UNITED KINGDOM Notification 13 June 1997 1 July 1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 12 August 1949
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 2 August 1955
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Declaration 3 December 1973
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Declaration 21 February 1974
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Declaration 4 February 1991
UPPER VOLTA Accession 7 November 1961
URUGUAY Signature 12 August 1949
URUGUAY Ratification 5 March 1969
UZBEKISTAN Accession 8 October 1993 8 April 1994
VANUATU Accession 27 October 1982 27 April 1983
VATICAN CITY Signature 8 August 1949
VATICAN CITY Ratification 22 February 1951 22 August 1951
VENEZUELA Accession 13 February 1956
VIETNAM Accession 14 November 1953
VIETNAM Declaration 3 December 1973
VIETNAM D R Accession 28 June 1957
VIETNAM D R Reservation 28 June 1957
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF Accession 4 July 1976
WESTERN SAMOA Succession 23 August 1984 1 January 1962
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC Accession 16 July 1970 16 January 1971
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Accession 25 May 1977 25 November 1977
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Declaration 25 May 1977
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 10 February 1950
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 21 April 1950 22 August 1951
YUGOSLAVIA Declaration 21 April 1950
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Succession 16 October 2001 27 April 1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Declaration 16 October 2001
ZAMBIA Accession 19 October 1966
ZIMBABWE Accession 7 March 1983 7 September 1983

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) F.O.93/1/401/0: 0
  2. UN Registration /0: 75 31
  3. Treaty Series 039/1958: Cmnd 550||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/TS0039.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 004/1950: Cmd 8033
  5. Treaty Series 032/2005: Cm 6652||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0032.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
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Treaty ID: 2115
Record ID: 70332