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Registration Number
972
Title
Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war
Participant(s)
Submitter
Switzerland
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
Geneva
12/08/1949
EIF information
21 October 1950 , in accordance with article 138
Authentic texts
French
English
Attachments
with annexes
ICJ information
Depositary
Government of Switzerland
Registration Date
Switzerland 2 November 1950
Subject terms
War
Human rights
Geneva Conventions (with Protocols)
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
75 (p.135)
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
volume-75-I-972-English.pdf
volume-75-I-972-French.pdf
Volume In PDF
v75.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Signature
12/08/1949
Afghanistan
Ratification
26/09/1956
26/03/1957
Albania
Signature
12/08/1949
Albania
Ratification
27/05/1957
27/11/1957
Andorra
Accession
17/09/1993
17/03/1994
Angola
Accession
20/09/1984
20/03/1985
Antigua and Barbuda
Succession
06/10/1986
01/11/1981
Argentina
Signature
12/08/1949
Argentina
Ratification
18/09/1956
18/03/1957
Armenia
Accession
07/06/1993
07/12/1993
Australia
Signature
12/08/1949
Australia
Ratification
14/10/1958
14/04/1959
Austria
Signature
12/08/1949
Austria
Ratification
27/08/1953
27/02/1954
Azerbaijan
Accession
01/06/1993
01/12/1993
Bahamas
Succession
11/07/1975
10/07/1973
Bahrain
Accession
30/11/1971
30/05/1972
Bangladesh
Succession
04/04/1972
Barbados
Succession
10/09/1968
Belgium
Signature
12/08/1949
Belgium
Ratification
03/09/1952
03/03/1953
Belize
Accession
29/06/1984
29/12/1984
Bhutan
Accession
10/01/1991
10/07/1991
Bolivia
Signature
12/08/1949
Bolivia
Ratification
10/12/1976
10/06/1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Succession
31/12/1992
06/03/1992
Botswana
Accession
29/03/1968
29/09/1968
Brazil
Signature
12/08/1949
Brazil
Objection
21/03/1974
Brazil
Objection
21/03/1974
Brazil
Ratification
29/06/1957
29/12/1957
Brunei Darussalam
Accession
14/10/1991
14/04/1992
Bulgaria
Signature
12/08/1949
Bulgaria
Ratification
22/07/1954
22/01/1955
Burundi
Succession
27/12/1971
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
12/08/1949
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
03/08/1954
03/02/1955
Cambodia
Accession
08/12/1958
08/06/1959
Cameroon
Succession
16/01/1963
01/01/1960
Canada
Signature
12/08/1949
Canada
Ratification
14/05/1965
14/11/1965
Cape Verde
Accession
11/05/1984
11/11/1984
Central African Republic
Succession
23/07/1966
Ceylon
Signature
12/08/1949
Ceylon
Ratification
28/02/1959
28/08/1959
Chad
Accession
05/08/1970
05/02/1971
Chile
Signature
12/08/1949
Chile
Ratification
12/10/1950
12/04/1951
China
Signature
12/08/1949
China
Territorial application
14/04/1999
01/07/1997
China
Declaration
31/05/2000
20/12/1999
Colombia
Signature
12/08/1949
Colombia
Ratification
08/11/1961
08/05/1962
Comoros
Accession
21/11/1985
21/05/1986
Congo (Leopoldville)
Succession
24/02/1961
30/06/1960
Costa Rica
Accession
15/10/1969
15/04/1970
Croatia
Succession
11/05/1992
08/10/1991
Cuba
Signature
12/08/1949
Cuba
Ratification
15/04/1954
15/10/1954
Cyprus
Accession
23/05/1962
23/11/1962
Czech Republic
Succession
05/02/1993
01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia
Signature
12/08/1949
Czechoslovakia
Ratification
19/12/1950
19/06/1951
Dahomey
Succession
14/12/1961
01/08/1960
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Accession
27/08/1957
27/02/1958
Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
Accession
28/06/1957
28/12/1957
Democratic Yemen
Accession
25/05/1977
25/11/1977
Denmark
Signature
12/08/1949
Denmark
Ratification
27/06/1951
27/12/1951
Djibouti
Succession
06/03/1978
27/06/1977
Dominica
Succession
28/09/1981
03/11/1978
Dominican Republic
Accession
22/01/1958
22/07/1958
Ecuador
Signature
12/08/1949
Ecuador
Ratification
11/08/1954
11/02/1955
Egypt
Signature
12/08/1949
Egypt
Ratification
10/11/1952
10/05/1953
El Salvador
Signature
12/08/1949
El Salvador
Ratification
17/06/1953
17/12/1953
Equatorial Guinea
Accession
24/07/1986
24/01/1987
Eritrea
Accession
14/08/2000
14/08/2000
Estonia
Accession
18/01/1993
18/07/1993
Ethiopia
Signature
12/08/1949
Ethiopia
Ratification
02/10/1969
02/04/1970
Federal Republic of Germany
Objection
03/03/1975
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
29/03/1974
Federal Republic of Germany
Territorial application
03/12/1954
Federal Republic of Germany
Accession
03/09/1954
03/03/1955
Federation of Malaya
Accession
24/08/1962
24/02/1963
Fiji
Succession
09/08/1971
Finland
Signature
12/08/1949
Finland
Ratification
22/02/1955
22/08/1955
France
Signature
12/08/1949
France
Ratification
28/06/1951
28/12/1951
Gabon
Succession
20/02/1965
17/08/1960
Gambia
Succession
20/10/1966
18/02/1965
Georgia
Accession
14/09/1993
14/03/1994
German Democratic Republic
Declaration
03/07/1974
German Democratic Republic
Accession
30/11/1956
30/05/1957
Ghana
Accession
02/08/1958
02/02/1959
Greece
Signature
12/08/1949
Greece
Ratification
05/06/1956
05/12/1956
Grenada
Succession
13/04/1981
07/02/1974
Guatemala
Signature
12/08/1949
Guatemala
Ratification
14/05/1952
14/11/1952
Guinea
Accession
11/07/1984
11/01/1985
Guinea-Bissau
Accession
21/02/1974
21/08/1974
Guyana
Succession
22/07/1968
Haiti
Accession
11/04/1957
11/10/1957
Holy See
Signature
12/08/1949
Holy See
Ratification
22/02/1951
22/08/1951
Honduras
Accession
30/12/1965
30/06/1966
Hungary
Withdrawal of reservation
31/05/2000
Hungary
Declaration
23/12/1974
Hungary
Signature
12/08/1949
Hungary
Ratification
03/08/1954
03/02/1955
Iceland
Accession
10/08/1965
10/02/1966
India
Signature
12/08/1949
India
Ratification
09/11/1950
09/05/1951
Indonesia
Accession
30/09/1958
30/03/1959
Iran
Signature
12/08/1949
Iran
Ratification
20/02/1957
20/08/1957
Iraq
Accession
14/02/1956
14/08/1956
Ireland
Signature
12/08/1949
Ireland
Ratification
27/09/1962
27/03/1963
Israel
Signature
12/08/1949
Israel
Declaration
10/02/1978
Israel
Ratification
06/07/1951
06/01/1952
Italy
Signature
12/08/1949
Italy
Ratification
17/12/1951
17/06/1952
Ivory Coast
Succession
28/12/1961
07/08/1960
Jamaica
Succession
17/07/1964
06/08/1962
Japan
Accession
21/04/1953
21/10/1953
Jordan
Accession
29/05/1951
29/11/1951
Kazakhstan
Succession
05/05/1992
21/12/1991
Kenya
Accession
20/09/1966
20/03/1967
Kiribati
Succession
05/01/1989
12/07/1979
Kuwait
Accession
02/09/1967
02/03/1968
Kyrgyzstan
Succession
18/09/1992
21/12/1991
Laos
Accession
29/10/1956
29/04/1957
Latvia
Accession
24/12/1991
24/06/1992
Lebanon
Signature
12/08/1949
Lebanon
Ratification
10/04/1951
10/10/1951
Lesotho
Succession
18/06/1968
04/10/1966
Liberia
Accession
29/03/1954
29/09/1954
Libya
Accession
22/05/1956
22/11/1956
Liechtenstein
Signature
12/08/1949
Liechtenstein
Ratification
21/09/1950
21/03/1951
Lithuania
Accession
03/10/1996
03/04/1997
Luxembourg
Signature
12/08/1949
Luxembourg
Ratification
01/07/1953
01/01/1954
Madagascar
Succession
13/07/1963
26/06/1960
Malawi
Succession
05/01/1968
05/07/1968
Maldives
Accession
18/06/1991
18/12/1991
Mali
Accession
24/05/1965
24/11/1965
Malta
Succession
22/08/1968
Marshall Islands
Accession
01/06/2004
01/12/2004
Mauritania
Succession
27/10/1962
28/11/1960
Mauritius
Succession
18/08/1970
12/03/1968
Mexico
Signature
12/08/1949
Mexico
Ratification
29/10/1952
29/04/1953
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Accession
19/09/1995
19/03/1996
Monaco
Signature
12/08/1949
Monaco
Ratification
05/07/1950
05/01/1951
Mongolia
Declaration
13/08/1974
Mongolia
Declaration
13/08/1974
Mongolia
Accession
20/12/1958
20/06/1959
Montenegro
Accession
02/08/2006
02/02/2007
Morocco
Accession
26/07/1956
26/01/1957
Mozambique
Accession
14/03/1983
14/09/1983
Myanmar
Accession
25/08/1992
25/02/1993
Namibia
Succession
22/08/1991
21/03/1990
Namibia (United Nations Council for Namibia)
Accession
18/10/1983
18/04/1984
Nauru
Accession
27/06/2006
27/12/2006
Nepal
Accession
07/02/1964
07/08/1964
Netherlands
Signature
12/08/1949
Netherlands
Declaration
30/12/1985
01/01/1986
Netherlands
Ratification
03/08/1954
03/02/1955
New Zealand
Signature
12/08/1949
New Zealand
Ratification
02/05/1959
02/11/1959
Nicaragua
Signature
12/08/1949
Nicaragua
Ratification
17/12/1953
17/06/1954
Niger
Succession
16/04/1964
03/08/1960
Nigeria
Succession
20/06/1961
01/10/1960
Norway
Signature
12/08/1949
Norway
Ratification
03/08/1951
03/02/1952
Oman
Accession
31/01/1974
31/07/1974
Pakistan
Signature
12/08/1949
Pakistan
Ratification
12/06/1951
12/12/1951
Palau
Accession
25/06/1996
25/12/1996
Panama
Accession
10/02/1956
10/08/1956
Papua New Guinea
Succession
26/05/1976
Paraguay
Signature
12/08/1949
Paraguay
Ratification
23/10/1961
23/04/1962
People's Republic of China
Ratification
28/12/1956
28/06/1957
Peru
Signature
12/08/1949
Peru
Ratification
15/02/1956
15/08/1956
Philippines
Signature
12/08/1949
Philippines
Ratification
06/10/1952
06/04/1953
Poland
Declaration
18/07/1974
Poland
Withdrawal of reservation
22/09/2004
Poland
Signature
12/08/1949
Poland
Declaration
18/07/1974
Poland
Ratification
26/11/1954
26/05/1955
Portugal
Signature
12/08/1949
Portugal
Objection
28/03/1974
Portugal
Objection
28/03/1974
Portugal
Ratification
14/03/1961
14/09/1961
Portugal
Declaration
22/11/1999
22/11/1999
Qatar
Accession
15/10/1975
15/04/1976
Republic of Korea
Accession
16/08/1966
16/08/1966
Republic of Moldova
Accession
24/05/1993
24/11/1993
Republic of South Viet-Nam
Accession
03/12/1973
Republic of South Viet-Nam
Declaration
19/03/1974
Republic of the Congo
Succession
30/01/1967
Republic of Viet-Nam
Objection
06/02/1974
Republic of Viet-Nam
Objection
18/02/1974
Romania
Declaration
18/07/1974
Romania
Signature
12/08/1949
Romania
Objection
18/01/1967
Romania
Ratification
01/06/1954
01/12/1954
Russian Federation
Notification
13/01/1992
Rwanda
Succession
21/03/1964
01/07/1962
Samoa
Succession
23/08/1984
01/01/1962
San Marino
Accession
28/08/1953
28/02/1954
Sao Tome and Principe
Accession
21/05/1976
21/11/1976
Saudi Arabia
Accession
18/05/1963
18/11/1963
Senegal
Succession
23/04/1963
20/08/1960
Seychelles
Accession
08/11/1984
08/05/1985
Sierra Leone
Succession
31/05/1965
27/04/1961
Singapore
Accession
27/04/1973
27/10/1973
Slovakia
Withdrawal of reservation
05/06/2000
Slovakia
Succession
02/04/1993
01/01/1993
Slovenia
Succession
26/03/1992
25/06/1991
Solomon Islands
Succession
06/07/1981
07/07/1978
Somalia
Accession
12/07/1962
12/01/1963
South Africa
Declaration
12/03/1984
Spain
Withdrawal of reservation
05/01/1979
Spain
Signature
12/08/1949
Spain
Communication
04/05/2004
Spain
Ratification
04/08/1952
04/02/1953
St. Christopher and Nevis
Succession
14/02/1986
19/09/1983
St. Lucia
Succession
18/09/1981
22/02/1979
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Accession
01/04/1981
01/10/1981
State of Palestine
Accession
02/04/2014
02/04/2014
Sudan
Accession
23/09/1957
23/03/1958
Suriname
Succession
13/10/1976
25/11/1975
Swaziland
Accession
28/06/1973
28/12/1973
Sweden
Signature
12/08/1949
Sweden
Ratification
28/12/1953
28/06/1954
Switzerland
Ratification
31/03/1950
21/10/1950
Syria
Signature
12/08/1949
Syria
Ratification
02/11/1953
02/05/1954
Tajikistan
Succession
13/01/1993
21/12/1991
Tanganyika
Succession
12/12/1962
09/12/1961
Thailand
Accession
29/12/1954
29/06/1955
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Declaration
18/10/1996
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Succession
01/09/1993
08/09/1991
Togo
Succession
06/01/1962
27/04/1960
Tonga
Succession
13/04/1978
04/06/1970
Trinidad and Tobago
Accession
24/09/1963
24/03/1964
Tunisia
Accession
04/05/1957
04/11/1957
Turkey
Signature
12/08/1949
Turkey
Ratification
10/02/1954
10/08/1954
Turkmenistan
Succession
10/04/1992
26/12/1991
Tuvalu
Succession
19/02/1981
01/10/1978
Uganda
Accession
18/05/1964
18/11/1964
Ukraine
Withdrawal of reservation
30/06/2006
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Declaration
16/08/1974
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
12/08/1949
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
03/08/1954
03/02/1955
Union of South Africa
Accession
31/03/1952
30/09/1952
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Declaration
06/08/1974
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Signature
12/08/1949
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ratification
10/05/1954
10/11/1954
United Arab Emirates
Accession
10/05/1972
10/11/1972
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
19/11/1975
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Declaration
13/06/1997
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
28/03/1985
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Signature
12/08/1949
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ratification
23/09/1957
23/03/1958
United Republic of Tanzania
Succession
12/12/1962
09/12/1961
United States of America
Declaration
31/12/1974
United States of America
Objection
04/03/1975
United States of America
Signature
12/08/1949
United States of America
Ratification
02/08/1955
02/02/1956
Upper Volta
Succession
07/11/1961
05/08/1960
Uruguay
Signature
12/08/1949
Uruguay
Ratification
05/03/1969
05/09/1969
Uzbekistan
Accession
08/10/1993
08/04/1994
Vanuatu
Accession
27/10/1982
27/04/1983
Venezuela
Signature
12/08/1949
Venezuela
Ratification
13/02/1956
13/08/1956
Viet Nam
Participation
04/07/1976
Viet Nam
Accession
14/11/1953
14/05/1954
Yemen Arab Republic
Accession
16/07/1970
16/01/1971
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Ratification
21/04/1950
21/10/1950
Zaire
Succession
24/02/1961
30/06/1960
Zambia
Accession
19/10/1966
19/04/1967
Zimbabwe
Accession
07/03/1983
07/09/1983
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