Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

CULTURAL PROPERTY

Signed at

• The Hague

Signed on

14 May 1954

In force on

7 August 1956

Treaty document

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Parties

1. ALBANIA
2. ANDORRA
3. ANGOLA
4. ARGENTINA
5. ARMENIA
6. AUSTRALIA
7. AUSTRIA
8. AZERBAIJAN
9. Bahrain
10. BARBADOS
11. BELGIUM
12. BENIN
13. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
14. BOTSWANA
15. BRAZIL
16. BURMA
17. BYELORUSSIA S S R
18. CAMBODIA
19. CAMEROON
20. CANADA
21. CHAD
22. CHILE
23. CHINA
24. COLOMBIA
25. CONGO
26. COSTA RICA
27. CROATIA
28. CUBA
29. CYPRUS
30. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
31. CZECH REPUBLIC
32. DENMARK
33. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
34. ECUADOR
35. EGYPT
36. EL SALVADOR
37. ESTONIA
38. FINLAND
39. FRANCE
40. GABON
41. GEORGIA
42. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
43. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
44. GHANA
45. GREECE
46. GUATEMALA
47. GUINEA
48. HUNGARY
49. INDIA
50. INDONESIA
51. IRAN
52. IRAQ
53. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
54. ISRAEL
55. ITALY
56. IVORY COAST
57. JAPAN
58. JORDAN
59. KUWAIT
60. KYRGYZSTAN
61. Land Berlin
62. LEBANON
63. LIBYA
64. LIECHTENSTEIN
65. LITHUANIA
66. LUXEMBOURG
67. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
68. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
69. MALAYSIA
70. MALI
71. MEXICO
72. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
73. MONACO
74. MONGOLIA
75. MOROCCO
76. NETHERLANDS THE
77. NEW ZEALAND
78. NICARAGUA
79. NIGER
80. NIGERIA
81. NORWAY
82. OMAN
83. PAKISTAN
84. PANAMA
85. PERU
86. PHILIPPINES
87. POLAND
88. PORTUGAL
89. Qatar
90. ROMANIA
91. RWANDA
92. SALVADOR
93. SAN MARINO
94. SAUDI ARABIA
95. SENEGAL
96. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
97. SLOVENIA
98. SOVIET UNION
99. SPAIN
100. SUDAN
101. SWEDEN
102. SWITZERLAND
103. SYRIA
104. TAJIKISTAN
105. TANZANIA
106. THAILAND
107. TUNISIA
108. TURKEY
109. UKRAINE
110. UNITED KINGDOM
111. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
112. UPPER VOLTA
113. URUGUAY
114. UZBEKISTAN
115. VATICAN CITY
116. VENEZUELA
117. YEMEN
118. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
119. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Accession	20 December 1960
ANDORRA	Signature	14 May 1954
ANGOLA	Accession	7 February 2012	7 May 2012
ARGENTINA	Accession	22 March 1989
ARMENIA	Succession	5 September 1993
AUSTRALIA	Signature	14 May 1954
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	19 September 1984	19 December 1984
AUSTRIA	Signature	14 May 1954
AUSTRIA	Ratification	25 March 1964
AZERBAIJAN	Succession	6 August 1992
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	20 September 1993	20 December 1993
Bahrain	Accession	26 August 2008	26 November 2008
BARBADOS	Accession	9 April 2002	9 July 2002
BELGIUM	Signature	14 May 1954
BELGIUM	Ratification	16 September 1960
BENIN	Accession	17 April 2012
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	12 July 1993
BOTSWANA	Accession	3 January 2002	3 April 2002
BRAZIL	Signature	14 May 1954
BRAZIL	Ratification	12 September 1958
BURMA	Signature	14 May 1954
BURMA	Ratification	10 February 1956
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Signature	14 May 1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	7 May 1957
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Objection	31 October 1967
CAMBODIA	Signature	14 April 1954
CAMBODIA	Ratification	4 April 1962
CAMEROON	Accession	12 October 1961
CANADA	Accession	11 December 1998	11 March 1999
CHAD	Accession	17 June 2008	17 September 2008
CHILE	Accession	11 September 2008	11 December 2008
CHINA	Signature	14 May 1954
CHINA	Accession	5 January 2000	5 February 2000
CHINA	Declaration	5 January 2000
COLOMBIA	Accession	18 June 1998	18 September 1998
CONGO	Accession	18 April 1961
COSTA RICA	Accession	3 June 1998	3 September 1998
CROATIA	Succession	1 July 1992
CUBA	Signature	14 May 1954
CUBA	Ratification	26 November 1957
CYPRUS	Accession	9 September 1964
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	26 March 1993	1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	14 May 1954
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	6 December 1957
DENMARK	Signature	14 May 1954
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	5 January 1960
ECUADOR	Signature	14 May 1954
ECUADOR	Ratification	2 October 1956
EGYPT	Signature	14 May 1954
EGYPT	Ratification	17 August 1955
EL SALVADOR	Ratification	19 July 2001	19 October 2001
ESTONIA	Accession	4 April 1995	4 July 1995
FINLAND	Accession	16 September 1994	16 December 1994
FRANCE	Signature	14 May 1954
FRANCE	Ratification	7 June 1957
GABON	Accession	4 December 1961
GEORGIA	Succession	4 November 1992
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Objection	15 December 1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	16 January 1974	16 April 1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	14 May 1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	2 May 1962
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	11 August 1967
GHANA	Accession	25 July 1960
GREECE	Signature	14 May 1954
GREECE	Ratification	9 February 1981	9 May 1981
GUATEMALA	Accession	2 October 1985	2 January 1986
GUINEA	Accession	20 September 1960
HUNGARY	Signature	14 May 1954
HUNGARY	Ratification	17 May 1956
INDIA	Signature	14 May 1954
INDIA	Ratification	16 June 1958
INDONESIA	Signature	14 May 1954
INDONESIA	Ratification	10 January 1967
IRAN	Signature	14 May 1954
IRAN	Ratification	22 June 1959
IRAQ	Signature	14 May 1954
IRAQ	Ratification	21 December 1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	14 May 1954
ISRAEL	Signature	14 May 1954
ISRAEL	Ratification	3 October 1957
ITALY	Signature	14 May 1954
ITALY	Ratification	9 May 1958
IVORY COAST	Accession	24 January 1980	23 April 1980
JAPAN	Signature	14 May 1954
JORDAN	Signature	14 May 1954
JORDAN	Ratification	2 October 1957
KUWAIT	Accession	6 June 1969
KYRGYZSTAN	Accession	3 July 1995
Land Berlin	Extension	11 August 1967
LEBANON	Signature	14 May 1954
LEBANON	Ratification	1 June 1960
LIBYA	Signature	14 May 1954
LIBYA	Ratification	19 November 1957
LIECHTENSTEIN	Accession	28 April 1960
LITHUANIA	Accession	27 July 1998	27 October 1998
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	14 May 1954
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	29 September 1961
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Succession	30 April 1997
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Accession	3 November 1961
MALAYSIA	Accession	12 December 1960
MALI	Accession	18 May 1961
MEXICO	Signature	14 May 1954
MEXICO	Ratification	7 May 1956
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	9 December 1999	9 March 2000
MONACO	Signature	14 May 1954
MONACO	Ratification	10 December 1957
MONGOLIA	Acceptance	4 November 1964
MOROCCO	Accession	30 August 1968
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	14 May 1954
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	14 October 1958
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	14 May 1954
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	24 July 2008	24 October 2008
NICARAGUA	Signature	14 May 1954
NICARAGUA	Ratification	25 November 1959
NIGER	Accession	6 December 1976	6 March 1977
NIGERIA	Accession	5 June 1961
NORWAY	Signature	14 May 1954
NORWAY	Ratification	19 September 1961
OMAN	Accession	26 October 1977	26 January 1978
PAKISTAN	Accession	27 March 1959
PANAMA	Accession	17 July 1962
PERU	Accession	21 July 1989	21 October 1989
PHILIPPINES	Signature	14 May 1954
POLAND	Signature	14 May 1954
POLAND	Ratification	6 August 1956
POLAND	Objection	27 December 1967
PORTUGAL	Signature	14 May 1954
PORTUGAL	Ratification	4 August 2000	4 November 2000
Qatar	Accession	31 July 1973	31 October 1973
ROMANIA	Signature	14 May 1954
ROMANIA	Ratification	21 March 1958
ROMANIA	Objection	29 December 1967
RWANDA	Accession	28 December 2000	28 March 2001
SALVADOR	Signature	14 May 1954
SAN MARINO	Signature	14 May 1954
SAN MARINO	Ratification	9 February 1956
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	20 January 1971	20 April 1971
SENEGAL	Accession	17 June 1987	17 September 1987
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	31 March 1993	1 January 1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	28 October 1992
SOVIET UNION	Signature	14 May 1954
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	4 January 1957
SOVIET UNION	Objection	16 October 1967
SPAIN	Signature	14 May 1954
SPAIN	Ratification	7 July 1960
SUDAN	Accession	23 July 1970	23 October 1970
SWEDEN	Accession	20 January 1985
SWITZERLAND	Accession	15 May 1962
SYRIA	Signature	14 May 1954
SYRIA	Ratification	6 March 1958
TAJIKISTAN	Succession	11 August 1992
TANZANIA	Accession	23 September 1971	23 December 1971
THAILAND	Accession	2 May 1958
TUNISIA	Accession	28 January 1981	28 April 1981
TURKEY	Accession	15 December 1965
UKRAINE	Signature	14 May 1954
UKRAINE	Ratification	6 February 1957
UKRAINE	Objection	23 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	14 May 1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	12 September 2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	14 May 1954
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	13 March 2009	13 March 2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Declaration	13 March 2009	13 March 2009
UPPER VOLTA	Accession	18 December 1969	18 March 1970
URUGUAY	Signature	14 May 1954
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	21 February 1996	21 May 1996
UZBEKISTAN	Succession	21 February 1996
VATICAN CITY	Accession	24 February 1958
VENEZUELA	Accession	9 May 2005	9 August 2005
YEMEN	Accession	6 February 1970	6 May 1970
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	11 September 2001	27 April 1992
ZIMBABWE	Accession	9 June 1998	9 September 1998

Citations

1. UN Registration UNESCO/0: 249 215
2. Miscellaneous Series 006/1956: Cmd. 9837
3. PRO (now TNA) FO 924/1152 /0: 0