Protocol to the 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. ARMENIA
3. AUSTRIA
4. AZERBAIJAN
5. BELGIUM
6. BENIN
7. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
8. BRAZIL
9. BULGARIA
10. BURKINA FASO
11. BURMA
12. BYELORUSSIA S S R
13. CAMBODIA
14. CAMEROON
15. CHINA
16. COLOMBIA
17. CONGO
18. COSTA RICA
19. CUBA
20. CYPRUS
21. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
22. CZECH REPUBLIC
23. DENMARK
24. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
25. ECUADOR
26. EGYPT
27. EL SALVADOR
28. ESTONIA
29. FINLAND
30. FRANCE
31. GABON
32. GEORGIA
33. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
34. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
35. GHANA
36. GREECE
37. GUATEMALA
38. GUINEA
39. HUNGARY
40. INDIA
41. INDONESIA
42. IRAN
43. IRAQ
44. ISRAEL
45. ITALY
46. JAPAN
47. JORDAN
48. KAZAKHSTAN
49. KUWAIT
50. Land Berlin
51. LEBANON
52. LIBYA
53. LIECHTENSTEIN
54. LITHUANIA
55. LUXEMBOURG
56. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
57. MALAYSIA
58. MALI
59. MEXICO
60. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
61. MONACO
62. MOROCCO
63. NETHERLANDS THE
64. NICARAGUA
65. NIGER
66. NIGERIA
67. NORWAY
68. PAKISTAN
69. PERU
70. PHILIPPINES
71. POLAND
72. PORTUGAL
73. ROMANIA
74. SALVADOR
75. SAN MARINO
76. SENEGAL
77. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
78. SLOVENIA
79. SOVIET UNION
80. SPAIN
81. SWEDEN
82. SWITZERLAND
83. SYRIA
84. TAJIKISTAN
85. THAILAND
86. TUNISIA
87. TURKEY
88. UKRAINE
89. UNITED KINGDOM
90. URUGUAY
91. UZBEKISTAN
92. VATICAN CITY
93. YEMEN
94. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Accession	20 December 1960
ARMENIA	Succession	5 September 1993
AUSTRIA	Signature	14 May 1954
AUSTRIA	Ratification	25 March 1964
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	20 September 1993	20 December 1993
BELGIUM	Signature	14 May 1954
BELGIUM	Ratification	16 September 1960
BENIN	Accession	17 April 2012	17 July 2012
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	12 July 1993
BRAZIL	Signature	14 May 1954
BRAZIL	Ratification	12 September 1958
BULGARIA	Accession	9 October 1958
BULGARIA	Objection	27 May 1969
BURKINA FASO	Accession	4 February 1987	4 May 1987
BURMA	Signature	14 May 1954	1 January 1900
BURMA	Ratification	10 February 1956
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Signature	14 May 1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	7 May 1957
CAMBODIA	Signature	14 May 1954
CAMBODIA	Ratification	4 April 1962
CAMEROON	Accession	12 October 1961
CHINA	Signature	14 May 1954
CHINA	Accession	5 January 2000	5 April 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
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	21 March 2002	21 June 2002
ECUADOR	Signature	14 May 1954
ECUADOR	Ratification	8 February 1961
EGYPT	Signature	14 May 1954
EGYPT	Ratification	17 August 1955
EL SALVADOR	Accession	27 March 2002	27 June 2002
ESTONIA	Accession	17 January 2005	17 April 2005
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	Non-acceptance	15 December 1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	16 January 1974	16 April 1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	14 May 1954
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	19 May 1994	19 August 1994
GUINEA	Accession	11 December 1961
HUNGARY	Accession	16 August 1956
INDIA	Signature	14 May 1954
INDIA	Ratification	16 June 1958
INDONESIA	Signature	14 May 1954
INDONESIA	Ratification	26 July 1967
IRAN	Signature	14 May 1954
IRAN	Ratification	22 June 1959
IRAQ	Signature	14 May 1954
IRAQ	Ratification	21 December 1967
ISRAEL	Accession	1 April 1958
ITALY	Signature	14 May 1954
ITALY	Ratification	9 May 1958
JAPAN	Signature	14 May 1954
JORDAN	Signature	14 May 1954
JORDAN	Ratification	2 October 1957
KAZAKHSTAN	Succession	14 March 1997
KUWAIT	Accession	11 February 1970	11 May 1970
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
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
MOROCCO	Accession	30 August 1968
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	14 May 1954
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	14 October 1958
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
NORWAY	Reservation	19 September 1961
NORWAY	Withdrawal Res.	3 October 1979
PAKISTAN	Accession	27 March 1959
PERU	Accession	21 July 1989	21 October 1989
PHILIPPINES	Signature	14 May 1954
POLAND	Signature	14 May 1954
POLAND	Ratification	6 August 1956
PORTUGAL	Accession	18 February 2005	18 May 2005
ROMANIA	Accession	21 March 1958
SALVADOR	Signature	14 May 1954
SAN MARINO	Signature	14 May 1954
SAN MARINO	Ratification	9 February 1956
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
SPAIN	Accession	26 June 1992	26 September 1992
SWEDEN	Accession	22 January 1985	22 April 1985
SWITZERLAND	Accession	15 May 1962
SYRIA	Signature	14 May 1954
SYRIA	Ratification	6 March 1958
TAJIKISTAN	Succession	11 August 1992
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	6 February 1957
UNITED KINGDOM	Accession	12 September 2017
URUGUAY	Signature	14 May 1954
UZBEKISTAN	Succession	21 February 1996
VATICAN CITY	Accession	24 February 1958
YEMEN	Accession	6 February 1970	6 May 1970
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Accession	11 September 2001	27 April 1992

Citations

1. UN Registration UNESCO/0: 249 358
2. Miscellaneous Series 006/1956: Cmd. 9837