Registration Number : I-1021 Title : Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Participant(s) : Submitter : ex officio Date of receipt : 12/01/1951 Places/dates of conclusion : Place Date New York 09/12/1948 EIF information : 12/01/1951 Authentic texts : Spanish Russian French English Chinese Attachments : ICJ information : Depositary : Secretary-General of the United Nations Registration Date : 12/01/1951 Subject terms : Human rights Criminal matters Agreement type : UNTS Volume Number : 78 Publication format : Full Certificate Of Registration : Text document (s) : volume-78-I-1021-English.pdf volume-78-I-1021-French.pdf volume-78-I-1021-Other.pdf Volume In Pdf : v78.pdf Map(s) : Limited Publication :

Participant Action Date of Receipt Date of Effect   Afghanistan Accession 22/03/1956   080000028002837c Albania Accession 12/05/1955   080000028002838e Albania Withdrawal of reservation 19/07/1999   0800000280028394 Algeria Accession 31/10/1963   0800000280028328 Andorra Accession 22/09/2006 21/12/2006 0800000280027fcc Antigua and Barbuda Succession 25/10/1988 01/11/1981 080000028002821d Argentina Objection 03/10/1983   0800000280028242 Argentina Accession 05/06/1956   0800000280028375 Armenia Accession 23/06/1993 19/09/1993 080000028017d0f9 Australia Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284f7 Australia Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028597 Austria Accession 19/03/1958 17/06/1958 0800000280028359 Azerbaijan Accession 16/08/1996 14/11/1996 080000028002810e Bahamas Succession 05/08/1975   08000002800282a4 Bahrain Accession 27/03/1990 25/06/1990 08000002800281ae Bangladesh Accession 05/10/1998 03/01/1999 08000002800280d5 Barbados Accession 14/01/1980 13/04/1980 0800000280028281 Belgium Territorial application 13/03/1952   08000002800285a5 Belgium Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284f2 Belgium Ratification 05/09/1951 04/12/1951 0800000280028403 Belize Accession 10/03/1998 08/06/1998 08000002800280f5 Bolivia Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284ed Bolivia Ratification 14/06/2005 12/09/2005 0800000280027fe9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Communication 27/12/2001   0800000280028031 Bosnia and Herzegovina Succession 29/12/1992 06/03/1992 080000028002816c Brazil Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284e8 Brazil Ratification 15/04/1952 14/07/1952 08000002800283e3 Bulgaria Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002858f Bulgaria Withdrawal of reservation 24/06/1992 24/06/1992 080000028002817b Burma Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284de Burma Ratification 14/03/1956   0800000280028381 Burundi Accession 06/01/1997 06/04/1997 080000028017b031 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284e3 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Ratification 11/08/1954   08000002800283b6 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Withdrawal of reservation 19/04/1989 19/04/1989 08000002800281fd Cambodia Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028589 Canada Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284d9 Canada Ratification 03/09/1952 02/12/1952 08000002800283cd Ceylon Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028582 Chile Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284d4 Chile Ratification 03/06/1953 01/09/1953 08000002800280ca China Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284cf China Communication 17/12/1999   0800000280028071 Colombia Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284ca Colombia Ratification 27/10/1959 25/01/1960 0800000280028344 Comoros Accession 27/09/2004 26/12/2004 0800000280027ff3 Congo (Leopoldville) Succession 31/05/1962   08000002800280d0 Congo (Leopoldville) Territorial application 31/05/1962   080000028002832e Costa Rica Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002857c Côte d'Ivoire Accession 18/12/1995 17/03/1996 0800000280028122 Croatia Objection 18/05/2001   0800000280028041 Croatia Succession 12/10/1992 08/10/1991 0800000280028171 Cuba Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284c5 Cuba Withdrawal of reservation 29/01/1982   0800000280028262 Cuba Ratification 04/03/1953 02/06/1953 08000002800283c8 Cyprus Communication 18/05/1998   080000028017b019 Cyprus Accession 29/03/1982 27/06/1982 080000028017b00f Czech Republic Succession 22/02/1993 01/01/1993 0800000280028161 Czechoslovakia Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284c0 Czechoslovakia Ratification 12/01/1951   080000028002841f Czechoslovakia Withdrawal of reservation 26/04/1991 26/04/1991 0800000280028199 Democratic Kampuchea Objection 09/11/1981   0800000280028271 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Accession 31/01/1989 01/05/1989 080000028002820e Democratic Yemen Accession 09/02/1987 10/05/1987 0800000280028228 Denmark Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281e8 Denmark Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284bb Denmark Ratification 15/06/1951 13/09/1951 080000028002840d Dominican Republic Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284b6 Ecuador Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284b1 Ecuador Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028574 Egypt Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284ac Egypt Ratification 08/02/1952 08/05/1952 08000002800283ef El Salvador Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284a7 El Salvador Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002856e Estonia Objection 21/10/1991   080000028002818a Estonia Accession 21/10/1991 19/01/1992 080000028002818f Ethiopia Signature 12/01/1951   08000002800284a2 Ethiopia Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028567 Federal Republic of Germany Accession 24/11/1954   08000002800283aa Federal Republic of Germany Declaration 11/01/1990   08000002800281bb Federal Republic of Germany Declaration 19/09/1975   080000028002829f Federal Republic of Germany Declaration 15/07/1974   08000002800282d2 Fiji Succession 13/01/1973   08000002800282f1 Finland Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281e3 Finland Accession 18/12/1959   080000028002833e Finland Withdrawal of reservation 05/01/1998   08000002800280fa France Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002849d France Declaration 17/06/1974   08000002800282e1 France Declaration 08/07/1975   08000002800282b3 France Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028561 Gabon Accession 21/03/1983 21/04/1983 0800000280028258 Gambia Accession 28/12/1978 29/03/1979 0800000280028286 Georgia Accession 11/10/1993 09/01/1994 080000028002814d German Democratic Republic Declaration 27/12/1973   08000002800282e6 German Democratic Republic Accession 27/03/1973   08000002800282eb Ghana Accession 24/12/1958 24/03/1959 0800000280028354 Greece Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028498 Greece Objection 26/01/1990   08000002800281b6 Greece Ratification 08/12/1954 08/03/1955 08000002800283a4 Guatemala Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028493 Guatemala Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002855a Guinea Accession 07/09/2000 06/12/2000 080000028002805f Haiti Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002848e Haiti Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028554 Honduras Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028489 Honduras Ratification 05/03/1952 03/06/1952 08000002800283e9 Hungary Accession 07/01/1952 06/04/1952 08000002800283fb Hungary Withdrawal of reservation 08/12/1989 08/12/1989 08000002800281ed Iceland Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028484 Iceland Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002854d India Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002847f India Ratification 27/08/1959   0800000280028349 Iran Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002847a Iran Ratification 14/08/1956 12/11/1956 080000028002836f Iraq Accession 20/01/1959 20/04/1959 080000028002834f Ireland Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281de Ireland Accession 22/06/1976 20/09/1976 0800000280028290 Israel Declaration 25/06/1990   08000002800281a4 Israel Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028475 Israel Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028546 Italy Objection 29/12/1989   08000002800281c5 Italy Accession 04/06/1952 02/09/1952 08000002800283d9 Jamaica Accession 23/09/1968 22/12/1968 0800000280028307 Jordan Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002853f Kazakhstan Accession 26/08/1998 24/11/1998 08000002800280e7 Korea Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028539 Kuwait Accession 07/03/1995 05/06/1995 0800000280028132 Kyrgyzstan Accession 05/09/1997 04/12/1997 08000002800280ac Laos Accession 08/12/1950   08000002800280bb Latvia Accession 14/04/1992 13/07/1992 0800000280028185 Lebanon Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028470 Lebanon Ratification 17/12/1953 17/03/1954 08000002800283c3 Lesotho Accession 29/11/1974 27/02/1975 08000002800282be Liberia Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002846b Liberia Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028533 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Accession 16/05/1989 14/08/1989 08000002800281f2 Liechtenstein Accession 24/03/1994 22/06/1994 0800000280028142 Lithuania Accession 01/02/1996 01/05/1996 0800000280028118 Luxembourg Accession 07/10/1981 05/01/1982 0800000280028276 Malaysia Accession 20/12/1994 20/03/1995 0800000280028137 Maldives Accession 05/04/1984 23/07/1984 0800000280028238 Mali Accession 16/07/1974 14/10/1974 08000002800282cd Mexico Objection 04/06/1990   08000002800281a9 Mexico Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028466 Mexico Ratification 22/07/1952 20/10/1952 08000002800283d3 Monaco Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002852d Mongolia Accession 05/01/1967   0800000280028317 Mongolia Withdrawal of reservation 19/07/1990 19/07/1990 080000028002819f Montenegro Succession 23/10/2006 03/06/2006 0800000280027fbd Morocco Accession 24/01/1958   080000028002835e Mozambique Accession 18/04/1983   08000002800280c6 Namibia Accession 28/11/1994 26/02/1995 080000028002813d Nepal Accession 17/01/1969 17/04/1969 0800000280028302 Netherlands Objection 27/12/1989   08000002800281ca Netherlands Objection 23/02/1996   080000028002811d Netherlands Accession 20/06/1966 18/09/1966 080000028002831d New Zealand Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002845c New Zealand Ratification 28/12/1978 28/03/1979 080000028002828b Nicaragua Accession 29/01/1952 28/04/1952 08000002800283f5 Nigeria Accession 27/07/2009 25/10/2009 080000028023bae5 Norway Notification 14/10/1996   0800000280028109 Norway Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028461 Norway Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281d9 Norway Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028526 Pakistan Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028457 Pakistan Ratification 12/10/1957 10/01/1958 0800000280028364 Panama Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028452 Panama Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 080000028002851f Papua New Guinea Accession 27/01/1982 27/04/1982 0800000280028267 Paraguay Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002844d Paraguay Ratification 03/10/2001 01/01/2002 0800000280028015 People's Republic of China Ratification 18/04/1983 17/07/1983 0800000280028251 Peru Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028448 Peru Ratification 24/02/1960 24/05/1960 0800000280028339 Philippines Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028443 Philippines Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028517 Poland Withdrawal of reservation 16/10/1997   080000028017a46d Poland Accession 12/01/1951   0800000280028419 Portugal Accession 09/02/1999 10/05/1999 080000028002808e Republic of Korea Accession 14/10/1950 12/01/1951 08000002800280c0 Republic of Moldova Accession 26/01/1993 26/04/1993 0800000280028167 Republic of Viet-Nam Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028502 Romania Partial withdrawal of reservation and declaration 02/04/1997   08000002800280ff Romania Accession 12/01/1951   0800000280028413 Rwanda Withdrawal of reservation 15/12/2008   080000028021102b Rwanda Accession 16/04/1975 15/07/1975 08000002800282b8 Saudi Arabia Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028510 Senegal Accession 04/08/1983 02/11/1983 080000028002824c Seychelles Accession 05/05/1992 03/08/1992 0800000280028180 Singapore Accession 18/08/1995 16/11/1995 080000028002812c Slovakia Succession 28/05/1993 01/01/1993 080000028002815c Slovenia Succession 06/07/1992 25/06/1991 0800000280028176 South Africa Accession 10/12/1998 10/03/1999 08000002800280b2 Spain Withdrawal of reservation 24/09/2009   080000028025abc4 Spain Accession 13/09/1968   080000028002830c Spain Objection 29/12/1989   08000002800281c0 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Accession 09/11/1982 07/02/1982 080000028002826c Sudan Accession 13/10/2003 11/01/2004 0800000280027ffc Sweden Communication 14/03/2002   0800000280028025 Sweden Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281d4 Sweden Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002843e Sweden Ratification 27/05/1952 25/08/1952 08000002800283de Switzerland Accession 07/09/2000 06/12/2000 0800000280028068 Syria Accession 25/06/1955 23/09/1955 0800000280028388 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Succession 18/01/1994 17/11/1991 0800000280028147 Togo Accession 24/05/1984 22/08/1984 0800000280028233 Tonga Accession 16/02/1972 16/05/1972 08000002800282f6 Trinidad and Tobago Accession 13/12/2002 13/03/2003 080000028002800c Tunisia Accession 29/11/1956 27/02/1957 0800000280028369 Turkey Accession 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 0800000280028509 Uganda Accession 14/11/1995 12/02/1996 0800000280028127 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ratification 15/11/1954   08000002800283b0 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028439 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Declaration 19/09/1974   08000002800282c3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Withdrawal of reservation 20/04/1989 20/04/1989 08000002800281f7 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Declaration 12/09/1974   08000002800282c8 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Declaration 08/12/1975   0800000280028295 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002842a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Ratification 03/05/1954   08000002800283bc Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Withdrawal of reservation 08/03/1989 08/03/1989 0800000280028208 United Arab Emirates Accession 11/11/2005 09/02/2006 0800000280027fd5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 02/06/1970   080000028002859f United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Objection 20/03/1996   0800000280028113 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 02/06/1970   08000002801f63fd United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Declaration 28/02/1985   080000028002822e United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Objection 30/12/1987   0800000280028223 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Objection 22/12/1989   08000002800281cf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Objection 21/11/1975   080000028002829a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Declaration 08/07/1975   08000002800282a9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Objection 26/08/1983   0800000280028247 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Declaration 17/06/1974   08000002800282dc United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Accession 30/01/1970 30/04/1970 08000002800282fb United Republic of Tanzania Accession 05/04/1984 04/07/1984 080000028002823d United States of America Declaration 17/06/1974   08000002800282d7 United States of America Declaration 08/07/1975   08000002800282ae United States of America Signature 12/01/1951   080000028002842f United States of America Ratification 25/11/1988 23/02/1989 0800000280028214 Upper Volta Accession 14/09/1965 13/12/1965 0800000280028323 Uruguay Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028434 Uruguay Ratification 11/07/1967 09/10/1967 0800000280028312 Uzbekistan Accession 09/09/1999 08/12/1999 0800000280028084 Venezuela Accession 12/07/1960   0800000280028333 Viet Nam Accession 09/06/1981 07/09/1981 080000028002827b Yemen Arab Republic Accession 06/04/1989 05/07/1989 0800000280028203 Yugoslavia Declaration 15/06/1993   0800000280028157 Yugoslavia Accession 12/03/2001 10/06/2001 080000028002801e Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) Signature 12/01/1951   0800000280028425 Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) Ratification 12/01/1951 12/01/1951 08000002800284fc Zimbabwe Accession 13/05/1991 11/08/1991 0800000280028194

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