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Registration Number
2613
Title
Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
New York
31/03/1953
EIF information
7 July 1954 , in accordance with article VI
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Attachments
ICJ information
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Registration Date
ex officio 7 July 1954
Subject terms
Human rights
Women
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
193 (p.135)
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
volume-193-I-2613-English.pdf
volume-193-I-2613-French.pdf
volume-193-I-2613-Other.pdf
Volume In PDF
v193.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Accession
16/11/1966
14/02/1967
Albania
Accession
12/05/1955
Algeria
Accession
05/08/2004
03/11/2004
Angola
Accession
17/09/1986
16/12/1986
Antigua and Barbuda
Succession
25/10/1988
01/11/1981
Argentina
Signature
31/03/1953
Argentina
Ratification
27/02/1961
28/05/1961
Armenia
Accession
24/01/2008
23/04/2008
Australia
Accession
10/12/1974
10/03/1975
Austria
Withdrawal of reservation
11/09/2000
Austria
Ratification
18/04/1969
Austria
Signature
19/10/1959
Bahamas
Succession
16/08/1977
Bangladesh
Accession
05/10/1998
03/01/1999
Barbados
Accession
12/01/1973
12/04/1973
Belgium
Withdrawal of reservation
14/09/1998
Belgium
Accession
20/05/1964
18/08/1964
Belgium
Withdrawal of reservation
19/06/1978
19/06/1978
Bolivia
Signature
09/04/1953
Bolivia
Ratification
22/09/1970
21/12/1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Succession
01/09/1993
06/03/1992
Brazil
Signature
20/05/1953
Brazil
Ratification
13/08/1963
11/11/1963
Bulgaria
Accession
17/03/1954
07/07/1954
Bulgaria
Withdrawal of reservation
24/06/1992
24/06/1992
Burkina Faso
Accession
09/12/1998
09/03/1999
Burundi
Accession
18/02/1993
19/05/1993
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
31/03/1953
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
11/08/1954
09/11/1954
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Withdrawal of reservation
19/04/1989
19/04/1989
Cambodia
Signature
11/11/2001
Canada
Accession
30/01/1957
30/04/1957
Central African Republic
Succession
04/09/1962
14/08/1960
Chile
Signature
31/03/1953
Chile
Ratification
18/10/1967
16/01/1968
China
Objection
04/10/1954
Colombia
Accession
05/08/1986
03/11/1986
Congo (Brazzaville)
Succession
15/10/1962
15/08/1960
Costa Rica
Signature
31/03/1953
Costa Rica
Ratification
25/07/1967
23/10/1967
Côte d'Ivoire
Accession
18/12/1995
17/03/1996
Croatia
Succession
12/10/1992
08/10/1991
Cuba
Signature
31/03/1953
Cuba
Ratification
08/04/1954
07/07/1954
Cyprus
Signature
10/09/1968
Cyprus
Ratification
12/11/1968
10/02/1969
Czech Republic
Succession
22/02/1993
01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia
Ratification
06/04/1955
Czechoslovakia
Objection
10/06/1974
Czechoslovakia
Signature
31/03/1953
Czechoslovakia
Withdrawal of reservation
26/04/1991
26/04/1991
Democratic Yemen
Accession
09/02/1987
10/05/1987
Denmark
Ratification
07/07/1954
Denmark
Declaration
23/02/1954
Denmark
Signature
29/10/1953
Dominican Republic
Signature
31/03/1953
Dominican Republic
Ratification
11/12/1953
07/07/1954
Ecuador
Ratification
23/04/1954
Ecuador
Withdrawal of reservation
14/09/2015
Ecuador
Signature
31/03/1953
Egypt
Accession
08/09/1981
07/12/1981
El Salvador
Signature
24/06/1953
El Salvador
Ratification
26/03/2008
24/06/2008
Ethiopia
Signature
31/03/1953
Ethiopia
Ratification
21/01/1969
21/04/1969
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
15/07/1974
Federal Republic of Germany
Accession
04/11/1970
02/02/1971
Fiji
Succession
12/06/1972
Finland
Accession
06/10/1958
04/01/1959
France
Signature
31/03/1953
France
Withdrawal of reservation
26/11/1960
France
Declaration
17/06/1974
France
Ratification
22/04/1957
21/07/1957
Gabon
Signature
19/04/1967
Gabon
Ratification
19/04/1967
18/07/1967
Georgia
Accession
06/07/2005
04/10/2005
German Democratic Republic
Declaration
27/12/1973
German Democratic Republic
Accession
27/03/1973
25/05/1973
Germany
Communication
17/12/1999
Ghana
Accession
28/12/1965
28/03/1966
Greece
Signature
01/04/1953
Greece
Ratification
29/12/1953
07/07/1954
Guatemala
Withdrawal of reservation
12/07/2007
Guatemala
Signature
31/03/1953
Guatemala
Ratification
07/10/1959
05/01/1960
Guinea
Signature
19/03/1975
Guinea
Ratification
24/01/1978
24/04/1978
Haiti
Signature
23/07/1957
Haiti
Ratification
12/02/1958
19/05/1958
Hungary
Ratification
20/01/1955
Hungary
Signature
02/09/1954
Hungary
Withdrawal of reservation
08/12/1989
08/12/1989
Iceland
Ratification
30/06/1954
Iceland
Signature
25/11/1953
India
Signature
29/04/1953
India
Ratification
01/11/1961
30/01/1962
Indonesia
Signature
31/03/1953
Indonesia
Ratification
16/12/1958
16/03/1959
Ireland
Accession
14/11/1968
12/02/1969
Israel
Ratification
06/07/1954
Israel
Signature
14/04/1953
Italy
Accession
06/03/1968
04/06/1968
Jamaica
Accession
14/08/1966
12/11/1966
Japan
Signature
01/04/1955
Japan
Ratification
13/07/1955
11/10/1955
Jordan
Accession
01/07/1992
29/09/1992
Kazakhstan
Accession
28/03/2000
26/06/2000
Kyrgyzstan
Accession
10/02/1997
11/05/1997
Laos
Accession
28/01/1969
28/04/1969
Latvia
Accession
14/04/1992
13/07/1992
Lebanon
Signature
24/02/1954
Lebanon
Ratification
05/06/1956
03/09/1956
Lesotho
Accession
04/11/1974
02/02/1975
Liberia
Signature
09/12/1953
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Accession
16/05/1989
14/08/1989
Luxembourg
Signature
04/06/1969
Luxembourg
Ratification
01/11/1976
30/01/1977
Madagascar
Accession
12/02/1964
12/05/1964
Malawi
Accession
29/06/1966
27/09/1966
Mali
Accession
16/07/1974
14/10/1974
Malta
Accession
09/07/1968
07/10/1968
Mauritania
Accession
04/05/1976
02/08/1976
Mauritius
Succession
18/07/1969
Mexico
Signature
31/03/1953
Mexico
Ratification
23/03/1981
21/06/1981
Mongolia
Accession
18/08/1965
16/11/1965
Mongolia
Withdrawal of reservation
19/07/1990
19/07/1990
Montenegro
Succession
23/10/2006
03/06/2006
Morocco
Accession
22/11/1976
20/02/1977
Myanmar
Signature
14/09/1954
Nepal
Accession
26/04/1966
Netherlands
Communication
20/12/1999
Netherlands
Signature
08/08/1968
Netherlands
Withdrawal of reservation
17/12/1985
17/12/1985
Netherlands
Ratification
30/07/1971
28/10/1971
Netherlands
Territorial application
30/07/1971
30/07/1971
New Zealand
Accession
22/05/1968
20/08/1968
Nicaragua
Accession
17/01/1957
17/04/1957
Niger
Succession
07/12/1964
03/08/1960
Nigeria
Signature
11/07/1980
Nigeria
Ratification
17/11/1980
15/02/1981
Norway
Objection
15/03/1999
Norway
Signature
18/09/1953
Norway
Ratification
24/08/1956
22/11/1956
Pakistan
Communication
05/08/1954
Pakistan
Ratification
07/12/1954
Pakistan
Signature
18/05/1954
Papua New Guinea
Accession
27/01/1982
27/04/1982
Paraguay
Signature
16/11/1953
Paraguay
Ratification
22/02/1990
23/05/1990
Peru
Accession
01/07/1975
29/09/1975
Philippines
Signature
23/09/1953
Philippines
Ratification
12/09/1957
11/12/1957
Poland
Signature
31/03/1953
Poland
Withdrawal of reservation
16/10/1997
Poland
Ratification
11/08/1954
09/11/1954
Republic of Korea
Objection
28/12/1965
Republic of Korea
Accession
23/06/1959
21/09/1959
Republic of Moldova
Accession
26/01/1993
26/04/1993
Romania
Signature
27/04/1954
Romania
Partial withdrawal of reservation and declaration
02/04/1997
Romania
Ratification
06/08/1954
04/11/1954
Rwanda
Accession
26/09/2003
25/12/2003
Senegal
Succession
02/05/1963
20/06/1960
Sierra Leone
Accession
25/07/1962
Slovakia
Succession
28/05/1993
01/01/1993
Slovenia
Succession
06/07/1992
25/06/1991
Solomon Islands
Accession
03/09/1981
07/07/1978
South Africa
Signature
29/01/1993
Spain
Accession
14/01/1974
14/04/1974
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Succession
27/04/1999
27/10/1979
State of Palestine
Accession
02/01/2015
02/04/2015
Swaziland
Accession
20/07/1970
Sweden
Signature
06/10/1953
Sweden
Objection
14/12/1999
Sweden
Ratification
31/03/1954
07/07/1954
Sweden
Objection
14/09/1954
14/09/1954
Tajikistan
Accession
07/06/1999
05/09/1999
Thailand
Ratification
30/11/1954
Thailand
Signature
05/03/1954
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Succession
18/01/1994
17/11/1991
Trinidad and Tobago
Accession
24/06/1966
22/09/1966
Tunisia
Accession
24/01/1968
23/04/1968
Turkey
Signature
12/01/1954
Turkey
Ratification
26/01/1960
25/04/1960
Turkmenistan
Accession
11/10/1999
09/01/2000
Uganda
Accession
21/06/1995
19/09/1995
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
15/11/1954
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
31/03/1953
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Withdrawal of reservation
20/04/1989
20/04/1989
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ratification
03/05/1954
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Signature
31/03/1953
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Withdrawal of reservation
08/03/1989
08/03/1989
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Withdrawal of reservation
12/02/1968
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Territorial application
24/02/1967
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Declaration
17/06/1974
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Withdrawal of reservation
24/11/1967
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Withdrawal of reservation
04/01/1995
04/01/1995
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Withdrawal of reservation
15/10/1974
15/10/1974
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Accession
24/02/1967
25/05/1967
United Republic of Tanzania
Accession
19/06/1975
17/09/1975
United States of America
Declaration
17/06/1974
United States of America
Accession
08/04/1976
07/07/1976
Uruguay
Signature
26/05/1953
Uzbekistan
Accession
29/09/1997
28/12/1997
Venezuela
Accession
31/05/1983
29/08/1983
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
Confirmation
12/03/2001
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
Succession
12/03/2001
27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Ratification
23/06/1954
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Signature
31/03/1953
Zaire
Accession
12/10/1977
10/01/1978
Zambia
Accession
04/02/1972
04/05/1972
Zimbabwe
Accession
05/06/1995
03/09/1995
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