Depositary
STATUS AS AT : 17-07-2018 05:00:27 EDT
CHAPTER IV
HUMAN RIGHTS
2. a Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
New York, 15 January 1992
Not yet in force
:
see paragraph 4 of the Decision of the State Parties which reads as follows: "The amendment shall enter into force when it has been approved by the General Assembly and accepted by a two thirds majority of States parties which shall have so notified the Secretary-General as depositary.".
Status :
Parties : 48
Note :
The amendment proposed by the Government of Australia and circulated by the Secretary-General under cover of depositary notification C.N.285.1991.TREATIES-4 of 20 December 1991, was adopted by the States Parties to the Convention at their Fourteenth Meeting and submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 23 of the Convention.  The General Assembly endorsed the said amendment at its Forty-seventh session by resolution 47/111 of 16 December 1992.
Participant
 Acceptance(A)
Australia
 15 Oct 1993 A
Bahamas
 31 Mar 1994 A
Bahrain
 29 Jun 2000 A
Belgium
 11 Nov 2016 A
Belize
  5 Mar 2004 A
Bulgaria
  2 Mar 1995 A
Burkina Faso
  9 Aug 1993 A
Canada
  8 Feb 1995 A
China
 10 Jul 2002 A
Colombia
  5 Oct 1999 A
Costa Rica
 13 Dec 2000 A
Cuba
 21 Nov 1996 A
Cyprus
 28 Sep 1998 A
Czech Republic
  6 Aug 2002 A
Denmark
  3 Sep 1993 A
Ecuador
 26 Sep 2006 A
Finland
  9 Feb 1994 A
France
  1 Sep 1994 A
Germany
  8 Oct 1996 A
Guinea
 31 May 2000 A
Holy See
 14 Mar 2002 A
Iceland
 14 Mar 2001 A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  8 Nov 2005 A
Iraq
 25 May 2001 A
Ireland
 29 Dec 2000 A
Jamaica
 25 Sep 2012 A
Liberia
 16 Sep 2005 A
Liechtenstein
 28 Apr 2000 A
Lithuania
 12 Jan 2017 A
Luxembourg
 12 Aug 2004 A
Mexico
 16 Sep 1996 A
Morocco
 14 Oct 2013 A
Netherlands 1
24 Jan 1995 A
New Zealand 2
 8 Oct 1993 A
Norway
  6 Oct 1993 A
Poland
 23 Aug 2002 A
Portugal
 15 May 2015 A
Republic of Korea
 30 Nov 1993 A
Saudi Arabia
 28 Feb 2003 A
Seychelles
 23 Jul 1993 A
Slovakia
  9 Aug 2006 A
Sweden
 14 May 1993 A
Switzerland
 16 Dec 1996 A
Syrian Arab Republic
 25 Feb 1998 A
Trinidad and Tobago
 23 Aug 1993 A
Ukraine
 17 Jun 1994 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  7 Feb 1994 A
Zimbabwe
 10 Apr 1997 A
End Note
1

See notes 1 and 2 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.
2

See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.