Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
CRIME
Signed at
Signed on
9 December 1948
In force on
12 January 1951

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. ANDORRA
  5. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  6. ARGENTINA
  7. ARMENIA
  8. AUSTRALIA
  9. AUSTRIA
  10. AZERBAIJAN
  11. BAHAMAS
  12. BAHAMAS
  13. Bahrain
  14. BANGLADESH
  15. BARBADOS
  16. Belgian Congo
  17. BELGIUM
  18. BELIZE
  19. Bermuda
  20. BOLIVIA
  21. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  22. BRAZIL
  23. British Virgin Islands
  24. BULGARIA
  25. BURMA
  26. BURUNDI
  27. BYELORUSSIA S S R
  28. CAMBODIA
  29. CANADA
  30. CAPE VERDE
  31. CEYLON
  32. Channel Islands
  33. CHILE
  34. CHINA
  35. COLOMBIA
  36. COMOROS
  37. COSTA RICA
  38. CROATIA
  39. CUBA
  40. CYPRUS
  41. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  42. CZECH REPUBLIC
  43. DENMARK
  44. Dominica
  45. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  46. ECUADOR
  47. EGYPT
  48. EL SALVADOR
  49. ESTONIA
  50. ETHIOPIA
  51. Falkland Island Dependencies
  52. Falkland Islands
  53. Fiji
  54. Fiji
  55. FINLAND
  56. FRANCE
  57. GABON
  58. GAMBIA THE
  59. GEORGIA
  60. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  61. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  62. GHANA
  63. Gibraltar
  64. GREECE
  65. GRENADA
  66. GUINEA
  67. GUINEA BISSAU
  68. HAITI
  69. HONDURAS
  70. Hong Kong
  71. HONG KONG SAR
  72. HUNGARY
  73. ICELAND
  74. INDIA
  75. IRAN
  76. IRAQ
  77. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  78. Isle Of Man
  79. ISRAEL
  80. ITALY
  81. IVORY COAST
  82. JAMAICA
  83. JORDAN
  84. KAZAKHSTAN
  85. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
  86. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  87. KUWAIT
  88. KYRGYZSTAN
  89. Land Berlin
  90. LAOS
  91. LATVIA
  92. LEBANON
  93. LESOTHO
  94. LIBERIA
  95. LIBYA
  96. LIECHTENSTEIN
  97. LITHUANIA
  98. LUXEMBOURG
  99. Macao
  100. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  101. MALAYSIA
  102. MALDIVES
  103. MALI
  104. MALTA
  105. MEXICO
  106. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  107. MONACO
  108. MONGOLIA
  109. MOROCCO
  110. NAMIBIA
  111. NEPAL
  112. NETHERLANDS THE
  113. NEW ZEALAND
  114. NICARAGUA
  115. NIGERIA
  116. NORWAY
  117. PAKISTAN
  118. PALESTINE (INCL. PLO)
  119. PANAMA
  120. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  121. PARAGUAY
  122. PERU
  123. PHILIPPINES
  124. Pitcairn Islands
  125. POLAND
  126. PORTUGAL
  127. ROMANIA
  128. Ruanda Urundi
  129. RWANDA
  130. SAN MARINO
  131. SAUDI ARABIA
  132. SENEGAL
  133. SEYCHELLES
  134. SEYCHELLES
  135. SINGAPORE
  136. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  137. SLOVENIA
  138. SOUTH AFRICA
  139. SOVIET UNION
  140. SPAIN
  141. St Helena And Dependencies
  142. ST LUCIA
  143. St Vincent
  144. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  145. SUDAN
  146. SWEDEN
  147. SWITZERLAND
  148. SYRIA
  149. TAIWAN
  150. TANZANIA
  151. TOGO
  152. TONGA
  153. TONGA
  154. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  155. TUNISIA
  156. TURKEY
  157. Turks And Caicos Islands
  158. UGANDA
  159. UKRAINE S S R
  160. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  161. UNITED KINGDOM
  162. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  163. UPPER VOLTA
  164. URUGUAY
  165. UZBEKISTAN
  166. VENEZUELA
  167. VIETNAM
  168. VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF
  169. YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
  170. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  171. YUGOSLAVIA
  172. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
  173. ZAIRE
  174. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Accession 22 March 1956
ALBANIA Accession 12 May 1955
ALBANIA Reservation 12 May 1955
ALBANIA Withdrawal Res. 19 July 1999
ALGERIA Accession 31 October 1963
ALGERIA Reservation 31 October 1963
ANDORRA Accession 22 September 2006 21 December 2006
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 25 October 1988 1 November 1981
ARGENTINA Accession 5 June 1965
ARGENTINA Reservation 5 June 1965
ARGENTINA Objection 3 October 1983
ARMENIA Accession 23 June 1993 19 September 1993
AUSTRALIA Signature 11 December 1948
AUSTRALIA Ratification 8 July 1949
AUSTRALIA Objection 8 July 1949
AUSTRALIA Objection 15 November 1950
AUSTRALIA Objection 19 January 1951
AUSTRIA Accession 19 March 1958
AZERBAIJAN Accession 16 August 1996 14 November 1996
BAHAMAS Extension 30 January 1970
BAHAMAS Succession 5 August 1975
Bahrain Accession 27 March 1990 25 June 1990
Bahrain Reservation 27 March 1990
BANGLADESH Accession 5 October 1998 3 January 1999
BANGLADESH Declaration 5 October 1998
BARBADOS Accession 14 January 1980 13 April 1980
Belgian Congo Extension 13 March 1952
BELGIUM Signature 12 December 1949
BELGIUM Ratification 5 September 1951
BELGIUM Objection 5 September 1951
BELIZE Accession 10 March 1998 8 June 1998
Bermuda Extension 30 January 1970
BOLIVIA Signature 11 December 1948
BOLIVIA Ratification 14 June 2005 12 September 2005
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 29 December 1992 6 March 1992
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Objection 27 December 2001
BRAZIL Signature 11 December 1948
BRAZIL Ratification 15 April 1952
BRAZIL Objection 15 April 1952
British Virgin Islands Extension 30 January 1970
BULGARIA Accession 21 July 1950
BULGARIA Declaration 21 July 1950
BULGARIA Withdrawal Dec. 24 June 1992
BURMA Signature 30 December 1949
BURMA Ratification 14 March 1956
BURUNDI Accession 6 January 1997 6 April 1997
BYELORUSSIA S S R Signature 16 December 1949
BYELORUSSIA S S R Ratification 11 August 1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R Reservation 11 August 1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R Withdrawal Res. 19 April 1989
CAMBODIA Accession 14 October 1950
CANADA Signature 28 November 1949
CANADA Ratification 3 September 1952
CANADA Communication 14 May 2014
CAPE VERDE Accession 10 October 2011 8 January 2012
CEYLON Accession 2 October 1950
CEYLON Objection 6 February 1951
Channel Islands Extension 30 January 1970
CHILE Signature 11 December 1948
CHILE Ratification 3 June 1953
CHINA Ratification 18 April 1983 17 July 1983
CHINA Declaration 18 April 1983
CHINA Reservation 18 April 1983
CHINA Communication 17 December 1999
CHINA Declaration 17 December 1999
COLOMBIA Signature 12 August 1949
COLOMBIA Ratification 27 October 1959
COMOROS Accession 27 September 2004 26 December 2004
COSTA RICA Accession 14 October 1950
CROATIA Succession 12 October 1992 8 October 1991
CROATIA Objection 18 May 2001
CUBA Signature 28 December 1949
CUBA Ratification 4 March 1953
CUBA Declaration 4 March 1953
CUBA Withdrawal Dec. 29 January 1982
CYPRUS Accession 29 March 1982 27 June 1982
CYPRUS Communication 18 May 1998
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 22 February 1993 1 January 1993
CZECH REPUBLIC Declaration 22 February 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 28 December 1949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 21 December 1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Reservation 21 December 1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Withdrawal Res. 26 April 1991
DENMARK Signature 28 September 1949
DENMARK Ratification 15 June 1951
DENMARK Objection 27 December 1989
Dominica Extension 30 January 1970
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 11 December 1948
ECUADOR Signature 11 December 1948
ECUADOR Ratification 21 December 1949
ECUADOR Objection 31 March 1950
ECUADOR Objection 21 August 1950
ECUADOR Objection 9 January 1951
EGYPT Signature 12 December 1948
EGYPT Ratification 8 February 1952
EL SALVADOR Signature 27 April 1949
EL SALVADOR Ratification 28 September 1950
ESTONIA Accession 21 October 1991 19 January 1992
ESTONIA Objection 21 October 1991
ETHIOPIA Signature 11 December 1948
ETHIOPIA Ratification 1 July 1949
Falkland Island Dependencies Extension 30 January 1970
Falkland Islands Extension 30 January 1970
Fiji Extension 30 January 1970
Fiji Succession 11 January 1973
FINLAND Accession 18 December 1959
FINLAND Declaration 18 December 1959
FINLAND Objection 22 December 1989
FINLAND Withdrawal Res. 5 January 1998
FRANCE Signature 11 December 1948
FRANCE Ratification 14 October 1950
FRANCE Statement 17 June 1974
FRANCE Statement 8 July 1975
GABON Accession 21 January 1983 21 April 1983
GAMBIA THE Accession 29 December 1978 29 March 1979
GEORGIA Accession 11 October 1993 9 January 1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 27 March 1973 25 June 1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Reservation 27 March 1973
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Objection 27 December 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Accession 24 November 1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 24 November 1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 15 July 1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Communication 19 September 1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 11 January 1990
GHANA Accession 24 December 1958
Gibraltar Extension 30 January 1970
GREECE Signature 29 December 1949
GREECE Ratification 8 December 1954
GREECE Objection 8 December 1954
GREECE Objection 26 January 1990
GRENADA Extension 30 January 1970
GUINEA Accession 7 September 2000 6 December 2000
GUINEA BISSAU Accession 24 September 2013
HAITI Signature 11 December 1948
HAITI Ratification 14 October 1950
HONDURAS Signature 22 April 1949
HONDURAS Ratification 5 March 1952
Hong Kong Extension 30 January 1970
Hong Kong Notification 10 June 1997 1 July 1997
HONG KONG SAR Application 6 June 1997 1 July 1997
HUNGARY Accession 7 January 1952
HUNGARY Reservation 7 January 1952
HUNGARY Withdrawal Res. 8 December 1989
ICELAND Signature 14 May 1949
ICELAND Ratification 29 August 1949
INDIA Signature 29 November 1949
INDIA Ratification 27 August 1959
INDIA Declaration 27 August 1959
IRAN Signature 8 December 1949
IRAN Ratification 14 August 1956
IRAQ Accession 20 January 1959
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Accession 22 June 1976 20 September 1976
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Objection 22 December 1989
Isle Of Man Extension 30 January 1970
ISRAEL Signature 17 August 1949
ISRAEL Ratification 9 March 1950
ISRAEL Objection 25 June 1990
ITALY Accession 4 June 1952
ITALY Objection 29 December 1989
IVORY COAST Accession 18 December 1995 17 March 1996
JAMAICA Accession 23 September 1968
JORDAN Accession 3 April 1950
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 26 August 1998 24 November 1998
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Accession 31 January 1989 1 May 1989
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Accession 14 October 1950
KUWAIT Accession 7 March 1995 5 June 1995
KYRGYZSTAN Accession 5 September 1997 4 December 1997
Land Berlin Extension 24 November 1954
LAOS Accession 8 December 1950
LATVIA Accession 14 April 1992 13 July 1992
LEBANON Signature 30 December 1949
LEBANON Ratification 17 December 1953
LESOTHO Accession 29 November 1974
LIBERIA Signature 11 December 1948
LIBERIA Ratification 9 June 1950
LIBYA Accession 16 May 1989 14 August 1989
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 24 March 1994 22 June 1994
LITHUANIA Accession 1 February 1996 1 May 1996
LUXEMBOURG Accession 7 October 1981 5 January 1982
Macao Extension 16 September 1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Succession 18 January 1994 17 September 1991
MALAYSIA Accession 20 December 1994 20 March 1995
MALAYSIA Reservation 20 December 1994
MALAYSIA Understanding 20 December 1994
MALDIVES Accession 24 April 1984 23 July 1984
MALI Accession 16 July 1974 14 October 1974
MALTA Accession 6 June 2014 4 September 2014
MEXICO Signature 14 December 1948
MEXICO Ratification 22 July 1952
MEXICO Objection 4 June 1990
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 26 January 1993
MONACO Accession 30 March 1950
MONGOLIA Accession 5 January 1967
MONGOLIA Reservation 5 January 1967
MONGOLIA Withdrawal Res. 19 July 1990
MOROCCO Accession 24 January 1958
MOROCCO Reservation 24 January 1958
NAMIBIA Accession 28 November 1994
NEPAL Accession 17 January 1969
NETHERLANDS THE Accession 20 June 1966
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 20 June 1966
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 27 December 1989
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 23 February 1996
NEW ZEALAND Signature 25 November 1949
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 28 December 1978 28 March 1979
NICARAGUA Accession 29 January 1952
NIGERIA Accession 27 July 2009 25 October 2009
NORWAY Signature 11 December 1948
NORWAY Ratification 22 July 1949
NORWAY Objection 10 April 1952
NORWAY Objection 22 December 1989
NORWAY Objection 14 October 1996
PAKISTAN Signature 11 December 1948
PAKISTAN Ratification 12 October 1957
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Accession 2 April 2014 1 July 2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 6 June 2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 6 June 2014
PALESTINE (INCL. PLO) Communication 6 June 2014
PANAMA Signature 11 December 1948
PANAMA Ratification 11 January 1950
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 27 January 1982 27 April 1982
PARAGUAY Signature 11 December 1948
PARAGUAY Ratification 3 October 2001 1 January 2002
PERU Signature 11 December 1948
PERU Ratification 24 February 1960
PHILIPPINES Signature 11 December 1948
PHILIPPINES Ratification 7 July 1950
PHILIPPINES Reservation 7 July 1950
Pitcairn Islands Extension 30 January 1970
POLAND Accession 14 November 1950
POLAND Reservation 14 November 1950
PORTUGAL Accession 9 February 1999 10 May 1999
PORTUGAL Declaration 9 February 1999
ROMANIA Accession 2 November 1950
ROMANIA Reservation 2 November 1950
ROMANIA Withdrawal Res. 2 April 1997
Ruanda Urundi Extension 13 March 1952
RWANDA Accession 16 April 1975 15 July 1975
RWANDA Declaration 16 April 1975
SAN MARINO Accession 8 November 2013 6 February 2014
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 13 July 1950
SENEGAL Accession 4 August 1983 2 November 1983
SEYCHELLES Extension 30 January 1970
SEYCHELLES Accession 5 May 1992 3 August 1992
SINGAPORE Accession 18 August 1995 16 November 1995
SINGAPORE Reservation 18 August 1995
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 28 May 1993 1 January 1993
SLOVENIA Succession 6 July 1992 25 June 1991
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 10 December 1998 10 March 1999
SOVIET UNION Signature 16 December 1949
SOVIET UNION Ratification 3 May 1954
SOVIET UNION Reservation 3 May 1954
SOVIET UNION Objection 12 September 1974
SOVIET UNION Statement 8 December 1975
SOVIET UNION Withdrawal Res. 8 March 1989
SPAIN Accession 13 September 1968
SPAIN Reservation 13 September 1968
SPAIN Objection 29 December 1989
SPAIN Withdrawal Res. 24 September 2009 24 September 2009
St Helena And Dependencies Extension 30 January 1970
ST LUCIA Extension 30 January 1970
St Vincent Extension 30 January 1970
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 9 November 1981 7 February 1982
SUDAN Accession 13 October 2003 11 January 2003
SWEDEN Signature 30 December 1949
SWEDEN Ratification 27 May 1952
SWEDEN Objection 22 December 1989
SWEDEN Objection 14 March 2002
SWITZERLAND Accession 7 September 2000 6 December 2000
SYRIA Accession 25 June 1955
TAIWAN Signature 20 July 1949
TAIWAN Ratification 19 July 1951
TANZANIA Accession 5 April 1984 4 July 1984
TOGO Accession 24 May 1984 22 August 1984
TONGA Extension 2 June 1970
TONGA Accession 16 February 1972 16 May 1972
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Accession 13 December 2002 13 March 2003
TUNISIA Accession 29 November 1956
TURKEY Accession 31 July 1950
Turks And Caicos Islands Extension 30 January 1970
UGANDA Accession 14 November 1995 12 February 1996
UKRAINE S S R Signature 16 December 1949
UKRAINE S S R Ratification 15 November 1954
UKRAINE S S R Reservation 15 November 1954
UKRAINE S S R Statement 19 September 1974
UKRAINE S S R Withdrawal Res. 20 April 1989
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Accession 11 November 2005 9 February 2006
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Reservation 11 November 2005
UNITED KINGDOM Accession 30 January 1970
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 30 January 1970
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 17 June 1974
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 8 July 1975
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 21 November 1975
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 26 August 1983
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 28 February 1985
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 30 December 1987
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 22 December 1989
UNITED KINGDOM Objection 20 March 1996
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 11 December 1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 17 June 1974
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 8 July 1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 25 November 1988 23 February 1989
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Reservation 25 November 1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Understanding 25 November 1988
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Communication 13 May 2014
UPPER VOLTA Accession 14 September 1965
URUGUAY Signature 11 December 1948
URUGUAY Ratification 11 July 1967
UZBEKISTAN Accession 9 September 1999 1 December 1999
VENEZUELA Accession 12 July 1960
VENEZUELA Declaration 12 July 1960
VENEZUELA Reservation 12 July 1960
VIETNAM Accession 9 June 1981 7 September 1981
VIETNAM Declaration 9 June 1981
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF Accession 11 August 1950
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC Accession 6 April 1989 5 July 1989
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Accession 9 February 1987 10 May 1987
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Declaration 9 February 1987
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 11 December 1948
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 29 August 1950
YUGOSLAVIA Objection 15 June 1993
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Accession 12 March 2001 10 June 2001
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Reservation 12 March 2001
ZAIRE Succession 31 May 1962
ZIMBABWE Accession 13 May 1991 11 August 1991

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/365/0: 0
  2. UN Registration United/0: 78 277
  3. Treaty Series 058/1970: Cmnd 4421||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1970-TS0058.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 002/1966: Cmnd 2904
  5. Treaty Series 051/2004: Cm 6564
  6. Treaty Series 037/2005: Cm 6676||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0037.pdf
  7. Treaty Series 020/2006: Cm 6911||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0020.pdf
  8. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  9. Treaty Series 017/2009: Cm 7779||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2009-TS0017.pdf
  10. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870
Metadata

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UUID: fb2e6392-8acc-45d5-8bb0-fd872dfebabf
Treaty ID: 2080
Record ID: 70293