Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes arising from the Law of the Sea Conventions

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

DISPUTES

Signed at

• Geneva

Signed on

29 April 1958

In force on

30 September 1962

Treaty document

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Parties

1. Antilles
2. Aruba
3. AUSTRALIA
4. AUSTRIA
5. BELGIUM
6. Berlin West
7. BOLIVIA
8. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
9. BYELORUSSIA S S R
10. CAMBODIA
11. CANADA
12. CEYLON
13. COLOMBIA
14. COSTA RICA
15. CUBA
16. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
17. DENMARK
18. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
19. FINLAND
20. FRANCE
21. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
22. GHANA
23. HAITI
24. HUNGARY
25. INDONESIA
26. ISRAEL
27. LIBERIA
28. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
29. MALAWI
30. MALAYA
31. MALTA
32. MAURITIUS
33. MONTENEGRO
34. NEPAL
35. NETHERLANDS THE
36. NEW ZEALAND
37. PAKISTAN
38. PANAMA
39. PORTUGAL
40. SIERRA LEONE
41. SOLOMON ISLANDS
42. SOVIET UNION
43. SWEDEN
44. SWITZERLAND
45. TAIWAN
46. UGANDA
47. UNITED KINGDOM
48. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
49. URUGUAY
50. VATICAN CITY
51. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
Antilles	Extension		1 January 1986
Aruba	Extension		1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA	Definitive Signature	14 May 1963
AUSTRIA	Signature	27 October 1958
BELGIUM	Definitive Signature	6 January 1972
Berlin West	Extension	25 August 1973
BOLIVIA	Definitive Signature	17 October 1958
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	12 January 1994
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Declaration	1 January 1905
CAMBODIA	Signature	22 January 1970
CANADA	Signature	29 April 1958
CEYLON	Definitive Signature	30 October 1958
COLOMBIA	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
COLOMBIA	Declaration	29 April 1958
COSTA RICA	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
CUBA	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Declaration	1 January 1905
DENMARK	Signature	29 April 1958
DENMARK	Ratification	26 September 1968
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
FINLAND	Signature	27 October 1958
FINLAND	Ratification	16 February 1965
FRANCE	Definitive Signature	30 October 1958
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	30 October 1958
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	26 July 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	25 August 1973
GHANA	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
HAITI	Signature	29 April 1958
HAITI	Ratification	29 March 1960
HUNGARY	Definitive Signature	8 December 1989
INDONESIA	Signature	8 May 1958
ISRAEL	Signature	29 April 1958
LIBERIA	Definitive Signature	27 May 1958
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Definitive Signature	10 August 1962
MALAWI	Definitive Signature	17 December 1965
MALAYA	Definitive Signature	1 May 1961
MALTA	Succession	21 September 1964
MAURITIUS	Succession	5 October 1970
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23 October 2006	3 June 2006
NEPAL	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration		1 January 1986
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	31 October 1958
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	18 February 1966
NEW ZEALAND	Definitive Signature	29 October 1958
PAKISTAN	Definitive Signature	6 November 1958
PANAMA	Definitive Signature	2 May 1958
PORTUGAL	Signature	28 October 1958
PORTUGAL	Ratification	8 January 1963
SIERRA LEONE	Definitive Signature	14 February 1963
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Succession	3 September 1981
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	1 January 1905
SWEDEN	Signature	1 June 1966
SWEDEN	Ratification	28 June 1966
SWITZERLAND	Signature	24 May 1958
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	18 May 1966
TAIWAN	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
UGANDA	Definitive Signature	15 September 1964
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	9 September 1958
UNITED KINGDOM	Definitive Signature	9 September 1958
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	10 June 1997	1 July 1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	15 September 1958
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	10 June 1963
URUGUAY	Definitive Signature	29 April 1958
VATICAN CITY	Definitive Signature	30 April 1958
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	12 March 2001	27 April 1992

Citations

1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/620/5/0: 0
2. UN Registration United/0: 450 169
3. Treaty Series 060/1963: Cmnd 2112||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1963-TS0060.pdf
4. Miscellaneous Series 015/1958: Cmnd 584
5. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf