Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
REFUGEES
Signed at
Signed on
31 January 1967
In force on
4 October 1967

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. ANGOLA
  5. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  6. ARGENTINA
  7. ARMENIA
  8. Aruba
  9. AUSTRALIA
  10. AUSTRIA
  11. AZERBAIJAN
  12. BAHAMAS
  13. BAHAMAS
  14. BELARUS
  15. BELGIUM
  16. BELIZE
  17. BENIN
  18. BOLIVIA
  19. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  20. BOTSWANA
  21. BRAZIL
  22. British Honduras
  23. British Solomon Islands
  24. BULGARIA
  25. BURKINA FASO
  26. BURUNDI
  27. CAMBODIA
  28. CAMEROON
  29. CANADA
  30. CAPE VERDE
  31. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  32. Cayman Islands
  33. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  34. CHAD
  35. CHILE
  36. CHINA
  37. COLOMBIA
  38. CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
  39. COSTA RICA
  40. COTE D'IVOIRE
  41. CROATIA
  42. CYPRUS
  43. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  44. CZECH REPUBLIC
  45. DENMARK
  46. DJIBOUTI
  47. Dominica
  48. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  49. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  50. ECUADOR
  51. EGYPT
  52. Ellice Islands
  53. EL SALVADOR
  54. ESTONIA
  55. ETHIOPIA
  56. Falkland Islands
  57. Fiji
  58. Fiji
  59. FINLAND
  60. FRANCE
  61. GABON
  62. GAMBIA THE
  63. GEORGIA
  64. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  65. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  66. GHANA
  67. Gilbert And Ellice Islands
  68. GREECE
  69. GRENADA
  70. GUATEMALA
  71. GUINEA
  72. GUINEA BISSAU
  73. GUINEA, EQUATORIAL
  74. HAITI
  75. HOLY SEE
  76. HONDURAS
  77. HUNGARY
  78. ICELAND
  79. IRAN
  80. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  81. ISRAEL
  82. ITALY
  83. JAMAICA
  84. JAPAN
  85. Jersey
  86. KAZAKHSTAN
  87. KENYA
  88. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  89. KYRGYZSTAN
  90. Land Berlin
  91. LESOTHO
  92. LIBERIA
  93. LIECHTENSTEIN
  94. LITHUANIA
  95. LUXEMBOURG
  96. Macao
  97. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  98. MALAWI
  99. MALI
  100. MALTA
  101. MAURITANIA
  102. MEXICO
  103. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  104. MONACO
  105. MONTENEGRO
  106. Montserrat
  107. MOROCCO
  108. MOZAMBIQUE
  109. NAURU
  110. NETHERLANDS THE
  111. NEW ZEALAND
  112. NICARAGUA
  113. NIGER
  114. NIGERIA
  115. NORWAY
  116. PANAMA
  117. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  118. PARAGUAY
  119. PERU
  120. PHILIPPINES
  121. POLAND
  122. PORTUGAL
  123. ROMANIA
  124. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  125. RWANDA
  126. SAMOA
  127. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
  128. SENEGAL
  129. SEYCHELLES
  130. SEYCHELLES
  131. SIERRA LEONE
  132. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  133. SLOVENIA
  134. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  135. SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  136. SOUTH AFRICA
  137. SPAIN
  138. St Helena
  139. ST LUCIA
  140. St Vincent
  141. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  142. SUDAN
  143. SURINAME
  144. SURINAME
  145. SWAZILAND
  146. SWEDEN
  147. SWITZERLAND
  148. TAJIKISTAN
  149. TANZANIA
  150. TIMOR-LESTE
  151. TOGO
  152. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  153. TUNISIA
  154. TURKEY
  155. TURKMENISTAN
  156. Turks And Caicos Islands
  157. TUVALU
  158. UGANDA
  159. UKRAINE
  160. UNITED KINGDOM
  161. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  162. URUGUAY
  163. VENEZUELA
  164. YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
  165. YUGOSLAVIA
  166. YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
  167. ZAIRE
  168. ZAMBIA
  169. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Accession 30 August 2005 30 August 2005
ALBANIA Accession 18 August 1992 18 August 1992
ALGERIA Accession 8 November 1967
ANGOLA Accession 23 June 1981
ANGOLA Reservation 23 June 1981
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Accession 7 September 1995 7 September 1995
ARGENTINA Accession 6 December 1967
ARGENTINA Declaration 30 November 1984
ARMENIA Accession 6 July 1993 6 July 1993
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
Aruba Withdrawal 16 April 1987
AUSTRALIA Accession 13 December 1973
AUSTRALIA Declaration 13 December 1973
AUSTRIA Accession 5 September 1973
AZERBAIJAN Accession 12 February 1993 12 February 1993
BAHAMAS Extension 19 July 1970 19 July 1970
BAHAMAS Accession 15 September 1993 15 September 1993
BELARUS Accession 23 August 2001 23 August 2001
BELGIUM Accession 8 April 1969
BELGIUM Objection 23 October 1984
BELIZE Accession 27 June 1990 27 June 1990
BENIN Accession 6 July 1970
BOLIVIA Accession 9 February 1982 9 February 1982
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 1 September 1993 6 March 1992
BOTSWANA Accession 6 January 1969
BOTSWANA Reservation 6 January 1989
BRAZIL Accession 7 April 1972
British Honduras Extension 4 September 1968
British Solomon Islands Extension 4 September 1968
BULGARIA Accession 12 May 1993
BURKINA FASO Accession 18 June 1980 18 June 1980
BURKINA FASO Declaration 18 June 1980
BURUNDI Accession 15 March 1971
BURUNDI Reservation 15 March 1971
CAMBODIA Accession 15 October 1992 15 October 1992
CAMEROON Accession 19 September 1967
CANADA Accession 4 June 1969
CAPE VERDE Accession 9 July 1987 9 July 1987
CAPE VERDE Reservation 9 July 1987
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Application 22 June 2011 22 June 2011
Cayman Islands Extension 4 September 1968
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Accession 30 August 1967
CHAD Accession 19 August 1981 19 August 1981
CHILE Accession 27 April 1972
CHILE Reservation 27 April 1972
CHINA Accession 24 September 1982 24 September 1982
CHINA Reservation 24 September 1982
CHINA Communication 3 December 1999
CHINA Reservation 3 December 1999
COLOMBIA Accession 4 March 1980
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF Accession 10 July 1970
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF Statement 10 July 1970
COSTA RICA Accession 28 March 1978
COTE D'IVOIRE Accession 16 February 1970
CROATIA Succession 12 October 1992 8 October 1991
CYPRUS Accession 9 July 1968
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 11 May 1993 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Accession 26 November 1991 26 November 1991
DENMARK Accession 29 January 1968
DJIBOUTI Succession 9 August 1977
Dominica Extension 4 September 1968
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Accession 17 September 1994 17 September 1994
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Accession 4 January 1978
ECUADOR Accession 6 March 1969
EGYPT Accession 22 May 1981
EGYPT Declaration 22 May 1981
EGYPT Reservation 22 May 1981
EL SALVADOR Accession 28 April 1983
EL SALVADOR Reservation 28 April 1983
EL SALVADOR Communication 2 June 1983
Ellice Islands Extension 4 September 1968
ESTONIA Accession 10 April 1997 10 April 1997
ETHIOPIA Accession 10 November 1969
ETHIOPIA Reservation 10 November 1969
ETHIOPIA Objection 10 January 1979
Falkland Islands Extension 4 September 1968
Fiji Extension 4 September 1968
Fiji Succession 12 June 1972
FINLAND Accession 10 October 1968
FINLAND Withdrawal Res. 7 October 2004 1 January 1900
FRANCE Accession 3 February 1971
FRANCE Objection 5 November 1984
GABON Accession 28 August 1973
GAMBIA THE Accession 29 September 1967
GEORGIA Accession 9 August 1999 9 August 1999
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 4 September 1990 4 September 1990
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Accession 5 November 1969
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Objection 5 December 1984
GHANA Accession 30 October 1968
GHANA Reservation 30 October 1968
Gilbert And Ellice Islands Extension 4 September 1968
GREECE Accession 7 August 1968
GRENADA Extension 4 September 1968
GUATEMALA Accession 22 September 1983
GUATEMALA Reservation 22 September 1983
GUATEMALA Declaration 22 September 1983
GUINEA Accession 16 May 1968
GUINEA BISSAU Accession 11 February 1976
GUINEA, EQUATORIAL Accession 7 February 1986
HAITI Accession 25 September 1984
HAITI Declaration 25 September 1984
HOLY SEE Accession 8 June 1967
HONDURAS Accession 23 August 1992 23 August 1992
HONDURAS Reservation 23 August 1992
HUNGARY Accession 14 March 1989 14 March 1989
ICELAND Accession 26 April 1968
IRAN Accession 28 July 1976
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Accession 6 November 1968
ISRAEL Accession 14 June 1968
ISRAEL Reservation 14 June 1968
ITALY Accession 26 January 1972
ITALY Objection 26 November 1984
JAMAICA Accession 30 October 1980 30 October 1980
JAMAICA Reservation 30 October 1980
JAMAICA Reservation 30 October 1990
JAPAN Accession 1 January 1982 1 January 1982
Jersey Extension 20 February 1996 20 May 1996
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 15 January 1999 15 January 1999
KENYA Accession 13 November 1981 13 November 1981
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Accession 3 December 1991 3 December 1991
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Declaration 3 December 1991
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Withdrawal Res. 1 September 2009 8 September 2009
KYRGYZSTAN Accession 8 October 1996 8 October 1996
Land Berlin Accession 5 November 1969
LESOTHO Accession 14 May 1981
LIBERIA Accession 27 February 1980
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 20 May 1968
LITHUANIA Accession 28 April 1997 28 April 1997
LUXEMBOURG Accession 22 April 1971
LUXEMBOURG Declaration 15 November 1984
Macao Extension 27 April 1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Succession 18 January 1994 17 September 1991
MALAWI Accession 10 December 1987 10 December 1987
MALAWI Declaration 10 December 1987
MALI Accession 2 February 1973
MALTA Accession 15 September 1971
MALTA Reservation 15 September 1971
MAURITANIA Accession 5 May 1987 5 May 1987
MEXICO Accession 7 June 2000 7 June 2000
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 31 January 2002 31 January 2002
MONACO Accession 16 June 2010 16 June 2010
MONTENEGRO Succession 10 October 2006 3 June 2006
Montserrat Extension 4 September 1968
MOROCCO Accession 20 April 1971
MOZAMBIQUE Accession 1 May 1989 1 May 1989
NAURU Accession 28 June 2011 28 June 2011
NETHERLANDS THE Accession 29 November 1968
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 29 November 1968
NETHERLANDS THE Statement 29 November 1968
NETHERLANDS THE Objection 11 December 1984
NEW ZEALAND Accession 6 August 1973
NICARAGUA Accession 28 March 1980
NIGER Accession 2 February 1970
NIGERIA Accession 2 May 1968
NORWAY Accession 28 November 1967
PANAMA Accession 2 August 1978
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 17 July 1986 15 October 1986
PARAGUAY Accession 1 April 1970
PERU Accession 15 September 1983
PERU Declaration 15 September 1983
PHILIPPINES Accession 22 July 1981
POLAND Accession 27 September 1991 27 September 1991
PORTUGAL Accession 13 July 1976
PORTUGAL Declaration 13 July 1976
PORTUGAL Communication 18 November 1999
ROMANIA Accession 7 August 1991 7 August 1991
ROMANIA Declaration 7 August 1991
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Accession 2 February 1993 2 February 1993
RWANDA Accession 3 January 1980
RWANDA Reservation 3 January 1980
SAMOA Accession 29 November 1994 29 November 1994
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Accession 1 February 1978
SENEGAL Accession 3 October 1967
SEYCHELLES Extension 4 September 1968
SEYCHELLES Accession 23 April 1980
SIERRA LEONE Accession 22 May 1981
SIERRA LEONE Declaration 22 May 1981
SIERRA LEONE Reservation 22 May 1981
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 4 February 1993 1 January 1993
SLOVENIA Accession 1 July 1992 25 June 1991
SOLOMON ISLANDS Accession 12 April 1995 12 April 1995
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 10 October 1978
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Reservation 10 October 1978
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 12 January 1996 12 January 1996
SOUTH AFRICA Declaration 12 January 1996
SPAIN Accession 14 August 1978
St Helena Extension 4 September 1968
ST LUCIA Extension 3 December 1968
St Vincent Extension 4 September 1968
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 3 November 2003 3 November 2003
SUDAN Notification 7 March 1974
SUDAN Accession 23 May 1974 23 May 1974
SURINAME Extension 29 July 1971 27 October 1971
SURINAME Succession 29 November 1978
SURINAME Statement 29 November 1978
SWAZILAND Accession 28 January 1969
SWAZILAND Reservation 28 January 1969
SWAZILAND Declaration 28 January 1969
SWEDEN Accession 4 October 1967
SWITZERLAND Accession 20 May 1968
TAJIKISTAN Accession 7 December 1993 7 December 1993
TANZANIA Accession 4 September 1968
TANZANIA Reservation 4 September 1968
TIMOR-LESTE Accession 7 May 2003 7 May 2003
TOGO Accession 1 December 1969
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Accession 10 November 2000 10 November 2000
TUNISIA Accession 16 October 1968
TURKEY Accession 31 July 1968
TURKMENISTAN Accession 2 March 1998 2 March 1998
Turks And Caicos Islands Extension 4 September 1968
TUVALU Succession 7 March 1986 1 October 1978
UGANDA Accession 27 September 1976
UGANDA Statement 27 September 1976
UKRAINE Accession 4 April 2002 4 April 2002
UNITED KINGDOM Accession 4 September 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 4 September 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 1 January 1983
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Accession 1 November 1968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Reservation 1 November 1968
URUGUAY Accession 22 September 1970
VENEZUELA Accession 19 September 1986 19 September 1986
VENEZUELA Declaration 19 September 1986
VENEZUELA Reservation 19 September 1986
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC Accession 18 January 1980
YUGOSLAVIA Accession 15 January 1968
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF Succession 12 March 2001 27 April 1992
ZAIRE Accession 13 January 1975
ZAMBIA Accession 24 September 1969
ZIMBABWE Accession 25 August 1981

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/795/0: 0
  2. UN Registration United/0: 606 267
  3. Treaty Series 015/1969: Cmnd 3906||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1969-TS0015.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 010/1967: Cmnd 3370
  5. Treaty Series 042/2005: Cm 6729||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0042.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  7. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870
  8. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf
  9. Treaty Series 049/2011: Cm 8451||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2011-TS0049.pdf
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UUID: 7eb035f2-1ae6-4df1-9006-75e3a46c9412
Treaty ID: 2528
Record ID: 70790