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CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
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STATUS AS AT : 07-12-2024 10:16:03 EDT
CHAPTER XXI
LAW OF THE SEA
5. Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
Geneva, 29 April 1958
Entry into force
:
30 September 1962.
Registration
:
3 January 1963, No. 6466
Status
:
Signatories : 14. Parties : 37.
1
Text
:
Certified true copy
United Nations,
Treaty Series
,
vol. 450
, p. 169.
Note
:
See Note" in the same place in chapter XXI.1.
Participant
1
,
2
Signature
Ratification, Definitive signature(s), Succession(d)
Australia
14 May 1963 s
Austria
27 Oct 1958
Belgium
6 Jan 1972 s
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
17 Oct 1958 s
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
12 Jan 1994 d
Cambodia
22 Jan 1970
Canada
29 Apr 1958
Colombia
4
[29 Apr 1958 s]
Costa Rica
29 Apr 1958 s
Cuba
29 Apr 1958 s
Denmark
29 Apr 1958
26 Sep 1968
Dominican Republic
29 Apr 1958 s
Finland
27 Oct 1958
16 Feb 1965
France
30 Oct 1958 s
Germany
5
,
6
30 Oct 1958
26 Jul 1973
Ghana
29 Apr 1958 s
Haiti
29 Apr 1958
29 Mar 1960
Holy See
30 Apr 1958 s
Hungary
8 Dec 1989 s
Indonesia
7
8 May 1958
Israel
29 Apr 1958
Liberia
27 May 1958 s
Madagascar
10 Aug 1962 s
Malawi
17 Dec 1965 s
Malaysia
1 May 1961 s
Malta
19 May 1966 d
Mauritius
5 Oct 1970 d
Montenegro
8
23 Oct 2006 d
Nepal
29 Apr 1958 s
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
9
31 Oct 1958
18 Feb 1966
New Zealand
29 Oct 1958 s
Pakistan
6 Nov 1958 s
Panama
2 May 1958 s
Portugal
28 Oct 1958
8 Jan 1963
Serbia
3
12 Mar 2001 d
Sierra Leone
14 Feb 1963 s
Solomon Islands
3 Sep 1981 d
Sri Lanka
30 Oct 1958 s
Sweden
1 Jun 1966
28 Jun 1966
Switzerland
24 May 1958
18 May 1966
Uganda
15 Sep 1964 s
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9 Sep 1958 s
United States of America
10
15 Sep 1958
Uruguay
29 Apr 1958 s
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End Note
1
Article V of the Protocol provides that the latter “shall remain open for signature by all States who become Parties to any Convention on the Law of the Sea and is subject to ratification, where necessary, according to the constitutional requirements of the signatory States”. Consequently, the signatures listed above appear in the second or third column according to whether they have been affixed subject or not to ratification.
The States listed herein are bound by this Protocol to the extent that they have signed it definitively, ratified it or succeeded to it, and that they are bound by one at least of the four Law of the Sea Conventions.
2
Signature affixed without reservation as to ratification on behalf of the Republic of China on 29 April 1958. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” secton in the front matter of this volume).
3
The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Optional Protocol on 29 April 1958 and 28 January 1966, respectively. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
4
Declaration made upon signature:
In signing the Optional Protocol, the delegation of Colombia reserved the obligations of Colombia arising out of conventions concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes which Colombia has ratified and out of any previous conventions concerning the same subject which Colombia may ratify.
Subsequently, on 15 September 2017, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the Republic of Colombia, a communication notifying its withdrawal from the Protocol. The communication reads as follows:
I have the honour to write to you regarding the Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, done at Geneva (Swiss Confederation) on 29 April 1958.
In this respect, I would like to inform you that the present note constitutes notification of the withdrawal of the Republic of Colombia from the above-mentioned Protocol. As a consequence of this withdrawal, the Government of the Republic of Colombia, from this date, will no longer recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice that is set forth in the Protocol.
5
See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
6
See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
7
In a communication received on 24 December 1958, the Government of Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that according to the constitutional requirements of Indonesia, the signature affixed on its behalf to this Protocol is subject to ratification.
8
See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
9
In respect of the Kingdom in Europe, Surinam and the Netherland Antilles. See also note 1 under “Netherlands Antilles” and “Suriname” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
10
In a communication received on 10 June 1963, the Government of the United States of America informed the Secretary-General that the Protocol "will not enter into force with respect to the United States until the Protocol has been ratified on the part of the United States and instrument of ratification has been deposited".
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