European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock [ETS No. 85]

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

HUMAN RIGHTS

Signed at

• Strasbourg

Signed on

15 October 1975

In force on

11 August 1978

Treaty document

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Parties

1. ALBANIA
2. AUSTRIA
3. AZERBAIJAN
4. CYPRUS
5. CZECH REPUBLIC
6. DENMARK
7. FRANCE
8. GEORGIA
9. GREECE
10. Guernsey, Bailiwick of
11. ICELAND
12. IRELAND
13. Isle Of Man
14. ITALY
15. LATVIA
16. LIECHTENSTEIN
17. LITHUANIA
18. LUXEMBOURG
19. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
20. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
21. NORWAY
22. POLAND
23. PORTUGAL
24. ROMANIA
25. SWEDEN
26. SWITZERLAND
27. UKRAINE
28. UNITED KINGDOM

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Ratification	9 September 2011	10 December 2011
AUSTRIA	Signature	19 August 1976
AUSTRIA	Reservation	19 August 1976
AUSTRIA	Ratification	28 May 1980	29 August 1980
AUSTRIA	Reservation	28 May 1980
AUSTRIA	Reservation	8 September 1986
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	28 March 2000	29 June 2000
CYPRUS	Signature	1 December 1978
CYPRUS	Ratification	11 July 1979	12 October 1979
CZECH REPUBLIC	Signature	26 April 2000
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	7 March 2001	8 June 2001
DENMARK	Signature	15 October 1975
DENMARK	Ratification	18 January 1979	16 April 1979
DENMARK	Reservation	18 January 1979
FRANCE	Signature	2 September 1977
GEORGIA	Signature	7 November 2001
GEORGIA	Ratification	30 April 2002	31 July 2002
GREECE	Signature	10 May 1988
GREECE	Ratification	15 June 1988	16 September 1988
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Extension	24 February 1981	25 May 1981
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Reservation	24 February 1981
ICELAND	Signature	27 January 1977
IRELAND	Signature	5 October 1988
IRELAND	Ratification	5 October 1988	6 January 1989
Isle Of Man	Extension	8 November 1985	1 January 1986
Isle Of Man	Reservation	8 November 1985
Isle Of Man	Reservation	20 May 1986
ITALY	Signature	11 February 1981
ITALY	Reservation	11 February 1981
LATVIA	Signature	17 September 1999
LATVIA	Ratification	1 July 2003	2 October 2003
LIECHTENSTEIN	Signature	2 September 1996
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	17 April 1997	18 July 1997
LIECHTENSTEIN	Declaration	17 April 1997
LIECHTENSTEIN	Reservation	17 April 1997
LITHUANIA	Ratification	17 April 1997	18 July 1997
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	15 October 1975
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	15 October 1975
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	1 April 1982
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	18 June 1987
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	27 May 1994
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	30 May 1994
LUXEMBOURG	Reservation	4 July 1997	2 July 1997
LUXEMBOURG	Declaration	2 July 2002
LUXEMBOURG	Notification	4 June 2007	2 July 2007
LUXEMBOURG	Notification	27 March 2012	2 July 2012
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Signature	3 April 2001
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Ratification	29 November 2002	1 March 2003
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Reservation	29 November 2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Signature	27 June 2001
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	14 March 2002	15 June 2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	14 March 2002
NORWAY	Signature	15 October 1975
NORWAY	Ratification	19 August 1976	11 August 1978
POLAND	Signature	11 March 1996
POLAND	Ratification	21 June 1996	22 September 1996
POLAND	Reservation	21 June 1996
POLAND	Reservation	23 September 2001
POLAND	Notification	23 September 2001
PORTUGAL	Signature	22 November 1979
PORTUGAL	Ratification	7 May 1982	8 August 1982
ROMANIA	Accession	30 November 1992	1 March 1993
ROMANIA	Declaration	16 September 1993
SWEDEN	Signature	15 October 1975
SWEDEN	Ratification	8 June 1976	11 August 1978
SWITZERLAND	Signature	27 January 1977
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	10 May 1978	11 August 1978
UKRAINE	Signature	24 January 2006
UKRAINE	Ratification	26 March 2009	27 June 2009
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	15 October 1975
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	24 February 1981	25 May 1981
UNITED KINGDOM	Reservation	24 February 1981
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	24 February 1981
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	24 May 1986
UNITED KINGDOM	Reservation	24 May 1986
UNITED KINGDOM	Reservation	24 May 1994
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	26 May 1994	25 May 1991
UNITED KINGDOM	Reservation	20 May 1996	20 May 1996
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	28 October 1996
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	23 September 2002

Citations

1. UN Registration /0: 0
2. Treaty Series 043/1981: Cmnd 8287||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1981-TS0043.pdf
3. Miscellaneous Series 002/1976: Cmnd 6358
4. Treaty Series 020/2006: Cm 6911||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0020.pdf
5. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
6. Treaty Series 017/2009: Cm 7779||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2009-TS0017.pdf