CHAPTER IV
HUMAN RIGHTS11dOptional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedureNew York, 19 December 2011in accordance with article 19(1) which reads as follows: "The present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.".Signatories36Parties4A/RES/66/138The above Protocol, which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution 66/138 of 19 December 2011, opened for signature in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 February 2012 and remains open for signature thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
ParticipantSignatureAccession(a), RatificationAlbania24 Sep 2012 Andorra26 Sep 2012 Argentina25 Jul 2012 Austria28 Feb 2012 Belgium28 Feb 2012 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2 Apr 2013 aBrazil28 Feb 2012 Cape Verde24 Sep 2012 Chile28 Feb 2012 Costa Rica28 Feb 2012 Cyprus27 Jul 2012 Ecuador24 Apr 2013 Finland28 Feb 2012 Gabon25 Sep 2012 aGermany28 Feb 2012 28 Feb 2013 Italy28 Feb 2012 Liechtenstein24 Sep 2012 Luxembourg28 Feb 2012 Madagascar24 Sep 2012 Maldives28 Feb 2012 Mali28 Feb 2012 Malta18 Apr 2012 Mauritius13 Aug 2012 Montenegro28 Feb 2012 Morocco28 Feb 2012 Paraguay26 Sep 2012 Peru28 Feb 2012 Portugal28 Feb 2012 Romania13 Jun 2012 Senegal 1 Oct 2012 Serbia28 Feb 2012 Slovakia28 Feb 2012 Slovenia28 Feb 2012 Spain28 Feb 2012 Thailand25 Sep 2012 25 Sep 2012 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia23 May 2012 Turkey24 Sep 2012 Uruguay28 Feb 2012
Declarations and Reservations (Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, acceptance, accession or succession.)BelgiumUpon SignatureDeclaration:“This signature engages also the French Community, the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community, the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.”GermanyDeclaration:“The Federal Republic of Germany recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications pursuant to Article 12(1) of the Optional Protocol.”TurkeyDeclaration:The Republic of Turkey declares with regard to the competence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child as provided for by the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, that the reservations and declarations it made to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in armed conflict and to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography fully retain their validity.