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CHAPTER IV
HUMAN RIGHTS
15 .a Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
New York, 13 December 2006
Entry into force
:
3 May 2008, in accordance with article 13(1)
Registration :
3 May 2008, No. 44910
Status :
Signatories : 87. Parties : 47
Text :
Doc.A/61/611.
Note :
The above Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly by resolution A/RES/61/106.  In accordance with its article 10, the Optional Protocol shall be open for signature by all signatory States and regional integration organizations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at United Nations Headquarters in New York as of 30 March 2007.
Participant
Signature
Formal confirmation(c), Accession(a), Ratification
Algeria
30 Mar 2007
 
Andorra
27 Apr 2007
 
Antigua and Barbuda
30 Mar 2007
 
Argentina
30 Mar 2007
 2 Sep 2008
Armenia
30 Mar 2007
 
Australia
  21 Aug 2009 a
Austria
30 Mar 2007
26 Sep 2008
Azerbaijan
 9 Jan 2008
28 Jan 2009
Bangladesh
  12 May 2008 a
Belgium
30 Mar 2007
 2 Jul 2009
Benin
 8 Feb 2008
 
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1
13 Aug 2007
16 Nov 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina
29 Jul 2009
 
Brazil
30 Mar 2007
 1 Aug 2008
Bulgaria
18 Dec 2008
 
Burkina Faso
23 May 2007
23 Jul 2009
Burundi
26 Apr 2007
 
Cambodia
 1 Oct 2007
 
Cameroon
 1 Oct 2008
 
Central African Republic
 9 May 2007
 
Chile
30 Mar 2007
29 Jul 2008
Congo
30 Mar 2007
 
Cook Islands
   8 May 2009 a
Costa Rica
30 Mar 2007
 1 Oct 2008
Côte d'Ivoire
 7 Jun 2007
 
Croatia
30 Mar 2007
15 Aug 2007
Cyprus
30 Mar 2007
 
Czech Republic
30 Mar 2007
 
Dominican Republic
30 Mar 2007
18 Aug 2009
Ecuador
30 Mar 2007
 3 Apr 2008
El Salvador
30 Mar 2007
14 Dec 2007
Finland
30 Mar 2007
 
France
23 Sep 2008
 
Gabon
25 Sep 2007
 
Georgia
10 Jul 2009
 
Germany
30 Mar 2007
24 Feb 2009
Ghana
30 Mar 2007
 
Guatemala
30 Mar 2007
 7 Apr 2009
Guinea
31 Aug 2007
 8 Feb 2008
Haiti
  23 Jul 2009 a
Honduras
23 Aug 2007
 
Hungary
30 Mar 2007
20 Jul 2007
Iceland
30 Mar 2007
 
Italy
30 Mar 2007
15 May 2009
Jamaica
30 Mar 2007
 
Jordan
30 Mar 2007
 
Kazakhstan
11 Dec 2008
 
Lebanon
14 Jun 2007
 
Liberia
30 Mar 2007
 
Lithuania
30 Mar 2007
 
Luxembourg
30 Mar 2007
 
Madagascar
25 Sep 2007
 
Mali
15 May 2007
 7 Apr 2008
Malta
30 Mar 2007
 
Mauritius
25 Sep 2007
 
Mexico
30 Mar 2007
17 Dec 2007
Mongolia
  13 May 2009 a
Montenegro
27 Sep 2007
 
Morocco
   8 Apr 2009 a
Namibia
25 Apr 2007
 4 Dec 2007
Nepal
 3 Jan 2008
 
Nicaragua
21 Oct 2008
 
Niger
 2 Aug 2007
24 Jun 2008
Nigeria
30 Mar 2007
 
Panama
30 Mar 2007
 7 Aug 2007
Paraguay
30 Mar 2007
 3 Sep 2008
Peru
30 Mar 2007
30 Jan 2008
Portugal
30 Mar 2007
23 Sep 2009
Qatar
 9 Jul 2007
 
Romania
25 Sep 2008
 
Rwanda
  15 Dec 2008 a
San Marino
30 Mar 2007
22 Feb 2008
Saudi Arabia
  24 Jun 2008 a
Senegal
25 Apr 2007
 
Serbia
17 Dec 2007
31 Jul 2009
Seychelles
30 Mar 2007
 
Sierra Leone
30 Mar 2007
 
Slovakia
26 Sep 2007
 
Slovenia
30 Mar 2007
24 Apr 2008
Solomon Islands
24 Sep 2009
 
South Africa
30 Mar 2007
30 Nov 2007
Spain
30 Mar 2007
 3 Dec 2007
Sudan
  24 Apr 2009 a
Swaziland
25 Sep 2007
 
Sweden
30 Mar 2007
15 Dec 2008
Syrian Arab Republic
  10 Jul 2009 a
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
29 Jul 2009
 
Togo
23 Sep 2008
 
Tunisia
30 Mar 2007
 2 Apr 2008
Turkey
28 Sep 2009
 
Uganda
30 Mar 2007
25 Sep 2008
Ukraine
24 Sep 2008
 
United Arab Emirates
12 Feb 2008
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
26 Feb 2009
 7 Aug 2009
United Republic of Tanzania
29 Sep 2008
10 Nov 2009
Yemen
11 Apr 2007
26 Mar 2009
Zambia
29 Sep 2008
 
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made
upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Azerbaijan

Upon ratification:

Declaration:

       “The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that it is unable to guarantee the application of the provisions of the Protocol in the territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia until these territories are liberated from occupation.”
El Salvador

Reservation made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification:

       The Government of the Republic of El Salvador signs the present Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 December 2006, to the extent that its provisions do not prejudice or violate the provisions of any of the precepts, principles and norms enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador, particularly in its enumeration of principles.

Syrian Arab Republic

Declaration:

       The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic declares that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) provided for in articles 6 and 7 of the Optional Protocol, in accordance with Article 8 of that Protocol, which provides that each State Party may, at the time of signature or ratification of the present Protocol or accession thereto, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in articles 6 and 7.
Objections
(Unless otherwise indicated, the objections were made
upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Austria
       26 September 2008

With regard to the reservation made by El Salvador upon signature and confirmed upon ratification:

       “The Government of Austria has examined the reservation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol thereto made by the Government of El Salvador.
       According to its reservation, El Salvador envisages becoming Party to the Convention only to the extent that its provisions do not prejudice or violate the provisions of any of the precepts, principles and norms enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador, particularly in its enumeration of principles. In the absence of further clarification, this reservation does not clearly specify the extent of El Salvador’s derogation from the provisions of the Convention. This general and vague wording of the reservation raises doubts as to the degree of commitment assumed by El Salvador in becoming a party to the Convention and is therefore incompatible with international law.
       The Government of Austria objects to the reservation made by the Government of the Republic of El Salvador to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol thereto.
       This objection, however, does not preclude the entry into force, in its entirety, of the Convention between Austria and El Salvador.”
End Note
1.See Note 1 under "Bolivia (Plurinational State of)" in the “Historical Information” section.