Additional Protocol 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 (Protocol IV, entitled Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons)

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
DISARMAMENT
Signed at
—
Signed on
—
In force on
30 July 1998

Treaty document

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Parties

  1. ALBANIA
  2. ALGERIA
  3. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  4. ARGENTINA
  5. AUSTRALIA
  6. AUSTRIA
  7. BANGLADESH
  8. BELARUS
  9. BELGIUM
  10. BOLIVIA
  11. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  12. BRAZIL
  13. BULGARIA
  14. BURKINA FASO
  15. CAMBODIA
  16. CAMEROON
  17. CANADA
  18. CAPE VERDE
  19. CHILE
  20. CHINA
  21. COLOMBIA
  22. COSTA RICA
  23. CROATIA
  24. CYPRUS
  25. CZECH REPUBLIC
  26. DENMARK
  27. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  28. EL SALVADOR
  29. ESTONIA
  30. FINLAND
  31. GABON
  32. GEORGIA
  33. GERMANY
  34. GREECE
  35. GRENADA
  36. GUATEMALA
  37. HOLY SEE
  38. HONDURAS
  39. HUNGARY
  40. ICELAND
  41. INDIA
  42. IRAQ
  43. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  44. ISRAEL
  45. ITALY
  46. JAPAN
  47. KAZAKHSTAN
  48. KUWAIT
  49. LIBERIA
  50. LIECHTENSTEIN
  51. LUXEMBOURG
  52. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  53. MADAGASCAR
  54. MALDIVES
  55. MALI
  56. MALTA
  57. MAURITIUS
  58. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  59. MONTENEGRO
  60. MOROCCO
  61. NAURU
  62. NETHERLANDS THE
  63. NEW ZEALAND
  64. NICARAGUA
  65. NIGER
  66. NORWAY
  67. PAKISTAN
  68. PANAMA
  69. PERU
  70. PHILIPPINES
  71. POLAND
  72. PORTUGAL
  73. Qatar
  74. ROMANIA
  75. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  76. SAUDI ARABIA
  77. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
  78. SEYCHELLES
  79. SIERRA LEONE
  80. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  81. SLOVENIA
  82. SPAIN
  83. SRI LANKA
  84. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  85. SWEDEN
  86. TAJIKISTAN
  87. TUNISIA
  88. TURKEY
  89. UKRAINE
  90. UNITED KINGDOM
  91. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  92. URUGUAY
  93. UZBEKISTAN

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
ALBANIA Bound 28 August 2002 28 February 2003
ALGERIA Bound 6 May 2015 6 November 2015
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Bound 23 August 2010 23 February 2011
ARGENTINA Bound 21 October 1998 21 April 1999
AUSTRALIA Bound 22 August 1997
AUSTRALIA Declaration 22 August 1997
AUSTRIA Bound 27 July 1998 27 January 1999
AUSTRIA Declaration 27 July 1998
BANGLADESH Bound 6 September 2000 6 March 2001
BELARUS Bound 13 September 2000 13 March 2001
BELGIUM Bound 10 March 1999 10 September 1999
BOLIVIA Bound 21 September 2001 21 March 2002
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Bound 11 October 2001
BRAZIL Bound 4 October 1999 4 April 2000
BULGARIA Bound 3 December 1998 3 June 1999
BURKINA FASO Bound 26 November 2003 26 May 2004
CAMBODIA Acceptance 25 March 1997
CAMEROON Bound 7 December 2006 1 January 1976
CANADA Bound 5 January 1998
CANADA Declaration 26 June 1998 19 October 1998
CANADA Acceptance 11 November 1998 19 October 1998
CAPE VERDE Bound 16 September 1997
CHILE Ratification 15 October 2003 15 April 2004
CHINA Bound 4 November 1998 4 May 1999
COLOMBIA Bound 6 March 2000 6 September 2000
COSTA RICA Bound 17 December 1998 17 June 1999
CROATIA Bound 25 April 2002 25 October 2002
CYPRUS Ratification 22 July 2003 22 January 2004
CZECH REPUBLIC Bound 10 August 1998 10 February 1999
DENMARK Bound 30 April 1997
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ratification 21 June 2010 21 December 2010
EL SALVADOR Bound 26 January 2000 26 July 2000
ESTONIA Bound 20 April 2000 20 October 2000
FINLAND Acceptance 11 January 1996
GABON Bound 22 September 2010 22 March 2011
GEORGIA Bound 14 July 2006 14 January 2007
GERMANY Bound 27 June 1997
GERMANY Declaration 27 June 1997
GREECE Bound 5 August 1997
GREECE Declaration 5 August 1997
GRENADA Signature 10 December 2014 10 June 2015
GUATEMALA Bound 30 August 2002 28 February 2003
HOLY SEE Bound 22 July 1997
HONDURAS Bound 30 October 2003 30 April 2004
HUNGARY Bound 30 January 1998 30 July 1998
HUNGARY Ratification 27 December 2002
ICELAND Ratification 22 August 2008 22 February 2009
INDIA Bound 2 September 1999 2 March 2000
IRAQ Ratification 24 September 2014 24 March 2015
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Acceptance 27 March 1997
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Declaration 27 March 1997
ISRAEL Bound 30 October 2000 30 April 2001
ISRAEL Declaration 30 October 2000
ITALY Bound 13 January 1999 13 July 1999
ITALY Declaration 13 January 1999
JAPAN Bound 10 June 1997
KAZAKHSTAN Bound 8 July 2009 8 January 2010
KUWAIT Bound 24 May 2013 25 October 2013
LIBERIA Bound 16 September 2005 16 March 2006
LIECHTENSTEIN Bound 19 November 1997
LIECHTENSTEIN Declaration 19 November 1997
LUXEMBOURG Bound 5 August 1999 5 February 2000
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Bound 19 March 2007 19 September 2007
MADAGASCAR Bound 14 March 2008 14 September 2008
MALDIVES Bound 7 September 2000 7 March 2001
MALI Bound 24 October 2001
MALTA Ratification 24 September 2004 24 March 2005
MAURITIUS Bound 24 December 2002 24 June 2003
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Bound 8 September 2000 8 March 2001
MONTENEGRO Succession 23 October 2006 3 June 2006
MOROCCO Bound 19 March 2002 19 September 2002
NAURU Bound 12 November 2001 12 May 2002
NETHERLANDS THE Bound 25 March 1999 25 September 1999
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 25 March 1999
NETHERLANDS THE Application 28 April 2014
NEW ZEALAND Bound 8 January 1998
NICARAGUA Bound 5 December 2000 5 June 2001
NIGER Bound 18 September 2007 18 March 2008
NORWAY Bound 13 October 1995 20 October 1998
PAKISTAN Bound 5 December 2000 5 June 2001
PANAMA Acceptance 26 March 1997
PERU Bound 3 July 1997
PHILIPPINES Bound 12 June 1997
POLAND Ratification 23 September 2004 23 March 2005
POLAND Declaration 23 September 2004 1 January 1900
PORTUGAL Bound 12 November 2001 12 May 2002
Qatar Bound 16 November 2009 16 May 2010
ROMANIA Bound 25 August 2003 25 February 2004
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Bound 9 September 1999 9 March 2000
SAUDI ARABIA Bound 7 December 2007 7 June 2008
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SEYCHELLES Bound 8 June 2000 8 December 2000
SIERRA LEONE Ratification 30 September 2004 30 March 2005
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Bound 30 November 1999
SLOVENIA Bound 3 December 2002
SPAIN Bound 19 January 1998 30 July 1998
SRI LANKA Ratification 24 September 2004 24 March 2005
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Ratification 6 December 2010 6 November 2011
SWEDEN Acceptance 15 January 1997
SWEDEN Declaration 15 January 1997
TAJIKISTAN Bound 12 October 1999 12 April 2000
TUNISIA Ratification 23 March 2006 23 September 2006
TURKEY Bound 2 March 2005 2 September 2005
UKRAINE Accession 28 May 2003 28 November 2003
UNITED KINGDOM Bound 11 February 1999 11 August 1999
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 11 February 1999
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 21 January 2009 21 July 2009
URUGUAY Bound 18 September 1998 18 March 1999
UZBEKISTAN Bound 29 September 1997

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 949/883/0: 0
  2. Treaty Series 025/2001: Cm 5135||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2001-TS0025.pdf
  3. Miscellaneous Series 011/1996: Cm 3200
  4. Treaty Series 051/2004: Cm 6564
  5. Treaty Series 043/2005: Cm. 6776||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0043.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 028/2006: Cm 6972||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0028.pdf
  7. Treaty Series 033/2006: Cm 7045||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0033.pdf
  8. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  9. Treaty Series 027/2007: Cm 7258||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0027.pdf
  10. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
  11. Treaty Series 032/2007: Cm 7360||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0032.pdf
  12. Treaty Series 009/2008: Cm 7458||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0009.pdf
  13. Treaty Series 014/2008: Cm 7496||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0014.pdf
  14. Treaty Series 017/2008: Cm 7699||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0017.pdf
  15. Treaty Series 017/2009: Cm 7779||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2009-TS0017.pdf
  16. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870
  17. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf
Metadata

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UUID: 11236f37-1cc9-48b8-b63a-e362570f3a09
Treaty ID: 3660
Record ID: 72042