Registration Number 17513
Title Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts (Protocol II)
Participant(s)
Submitter
Switzerland
Places/dates of conclusion
PlaceDate
Geneva08/06/1977
EIF information
7 December 1978
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Arabic
Attachments
with annexes
and Final Act, 10 June 1977
and resolutions
ICJ information
Depositary
Government of Switzerland
Registration Date Switzerland 23 January 1979
Subject terms
War
Protocols to the Geneva Conventions
Legal matters
Humanitarian matters
Human rights
Geneva Conventions (with Protocols)
Agreement type Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number 1125 (p.609)
Publication format Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s) volume-1125-I-17513-English.pdf
volume-1125-I-17513-French.pdf
volume-1125-I-17513-Other.pdf
Volume In PDF v1125.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
   

ParticipantActionDate of Notification/DepositDate of Effect
AlbaniaAccession16/07/199316/01/1994
AlgeriaAccession16/08/198916/02/1990
AngolaAccession07/10/201907/04/2020
Antigua and BarbudaAccession06/10/198606/04/1987
ArgentinaAccession26/11/198626/05/1987
ArmeniaAccession07/06/199307/12/1993
AustraliaSignature  
AustraliaRatification21/06/199121/12/1991
AustriaNotification28/03/1980 
AustriaSignature  
AustriaRatification13/08/198213/02/1983
BahamasAccession10/04/198010/10/1980
BahrainAccession30/10/198630/04/1987
BangladeshAccession08/09/198008/03/1981
BarbadosAccession19/02/199019/08/1990
BelgiumSignature  
BelgiumRatification20/05/198620/11/1986
BelizeAccession29/06/198429/12/1984
BeninAccession28/05/198628/11/1986
BoliviaAccession08/12/198308/06/1984
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSuccession31/12/199206/03/1992
BotswanaAccession23/05/197923/11/1979
BrazilAccession05/05/199205/11/1992
Brunei DarussalamAccession14/10/199114/04/1992
BulgariaSignature  
BulgariaRatification26/09/198926/03/1990
Burkina FasoRatification20/10/198720/04/1988
BurundiAccession10/06/199310/12/1993
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicSignature  
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicRatification23/10/198923/04/1990
CambodiaAccession14/01/199814/07/1998
CameroonAccession16/03/198416/09/1984
CanadaSignature  
CanadaRatification20/11/199020/05/1991
Cape VerdeAccession16/03/199516/09/1995
Central African RepublicAccession17/07/198417/01/1985
ChadAccession17/01/199717/07/1997
ChileSignature  
ChileRatification24/04/199124/10/1991
ChinaTerritorial application14/04/199901/07/1997
ChinaAccession14/09/198314/03/1984
ChinaDeclaration31/05/200020/12/1999
ColombiaAccession14/08/199514/02/1996
ComorosAccession21/11/198521/05/1986
CongoAccession10/11/198310/05/1984
Cook IslandsExclusion08/02/198808/08/1988
Costa RicaAccession15/12/198315/06/1984
Côte d'IvoireRatification20/09/198920/03/1990
CroatiaSuccession11/05/199208/10/1991
CubaAccession23/06/199923/12/1999
CyprusAccession18/03/199618/09/1996
Czech RepublicSuccession05/02/199301/01/1993
CzechoslovakiaSignature  
CzechoslovakiaRatification14/02/199014/08/1990
DenmarkSignature  
DenmarkRatification17/06/198217/12/1982
DjiboutiAccession08/04/199108/10/1991
DominicaAccession25/04/199625/10/1996
Dominican RepublicAccession26/05/199426/11/1994
EcuadorSignature  
EcuadorRatification10/04/197910/10/1979
EgyptSignature  
EgyptRatification09/10/199209/04/1993
El SalvadorSignature  
El SalvadorRatification23/11/197823/05/1979
Equatorial GuineaAccession24/07/198624/01/1987
EstoniaAccession18/01/199318/07/1993
Federal Republic of GermanySignature  
Federal Republic of GermanyRatification14/02/199114/08/1991
FinlandSignature  
FinlandRatification07/08/198007/02/1981
FranceAccession24/02/198425/08/1984
GabonAccession08/04/198008/10/1980
GambiaAccession12/01/198912/07/1989
GeorgiaAccession14/09/199314/03/1994
German Democratic RepublicSignature  
GermanyRatification14/02/199114/08/1991
GhanaSignature  
GhanaRatification28/02/197807/12/1978
GreeceAccession15/02/199315/08/1993
GrenadaAccession23/09/199823/03/1999
GuatemalaSignature  
GuatemalaRatification19/10/198719/04/1988
GuineaAccession11/07/198411/01/1985
Guinea-BissauAccession21/10/198621/04/1987
GuyanaAccession18/01/198818/07/1988
HaitiAccession20/12/200620/06/2007
Holy SeeSignature  
Holy SeeRatification21/11/198521/05/1986
HondurasSignature  
HondurasRatification16/02/199516/08/1995
HungarySignature  
HungaryRatification12/04/198912/10/1989
IcelandSignature  
IcelandRatification10/04/198710/10/1987
IranSignature  
IrelandSignature  
IrelandRatification19/05/199919/11/1999
IsraelDeclaration02/08/1984 
IsraelDeclaration14/06/1983 
ItalySignature  
ItalyRatification27/02/198627/08/1986
Ivory CoastSignature  
JamaicaAccession29/07/198629/01/1987
JapanAccession31/08/200428/02/2005
JordanSignature  
JordanRatification01/05/197901/11/1979
KazakhstanSuccession05/05/199221/12/1991
KenyaAccession23/02/199923/08/1999
KuwaitAccession17/01/198517/07/1985
KyrgyzstanSuccession18/09/199221/12/1991
Lao People's Democratic RepublicSignature  
Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatification18/11/198018/05/1981
LatviaAccession24/12/199124/06/1992
LebanonAccession23/07/199723/01/1998
LesothoAccession20/05/199420/11/1994
LiberiaAccession30/06/198830/12/1988
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaAccession07/06/197807/12/1978
LiechtensteinSignature  
LiechtensteinRatification10/08/198910/02/1990
LithuaniaAccession13/07/200013/01/2001
LuxembourgSignature  
LuxembourgRatification29/08/198928/02/1990
MadagascarSignature  
MadagascarRatification08/05/199208/11/1992
MalawiAccession07/10/199107/04/1992
MaldivesAccession03/09/199103/03/1992
MaliAccession08/02/198908/08/1989
MaltaAccession17/04/198917/10/1989
MauritaniaAccession14/03/198014/09/1980
MauritiusAccession22/03/198222/09/1982
Micronesia (Federated States of)Accession19/09/199519/03/1996
MonacoAccession07/01/200007/07/2000
MongoliaSignature  
MongoliaRatification06/12/199506/06/1996
MontenegroAccession02/08/200602/02/2007
MoroccoSignature  
NamibiaDeclaration17/06/1994 
Namibia (United Nations Council for Namibia)Accession18/10/198318/04/1984
NauruAccession27/06/200627/12/2006
NetherlandsSignature  
NetherlandsRatification26/06/198726/12/1987
New ZealandSignature  
New ZealandRatification08/02/198808/08/1988
NicaraguaSignature  
NicaraguaRatification19/07/199919/01/2000
NigerSignature  
NigerRatification08/06/197908/12/1979
NigeriaAccession10/10/198810/04/1989
Niue IslandExclusion08/02/198808/08/1988
NorwaySignature  
NorwayRatification14/12/198114/06/1982
OmanAccession29/03/198429/09/1984
PakistanSignature  
PalauAccession25/06/199625/12/1996
PanamaSignature  
PanamaRatification18/09/199518/03/1996
ParaguayAccession30/11/199030/05/1991
PeruSignature  
PeruRatification14/07/198914/01/1990
PhilippinesAccession11/12/198611/06/1987
PolandSignature  
PolandRatification23/10/199123/04/1992
PortugalSignature  
PortugalDeclaration22/11/199922/11/1999
PortugalRatification27/05/199227/11/1992
QatarAccession05/01/200505/07/2005
Republic of KoreaSignature  
Republic of KoreaRatification15/01/198215/07/1982
Republic of MoldovaAccession24/05/199324/11/1993
RomaniaSignature  
RomaniaRatification21/06/199021/12/1990
Russian FederationNotification13/01/1992 
RwandaAccession19/11/198419/05/1985
SamoaAccession23/08/198423/02/1985
San MarinoSignature  
Sao Tome and PrincipeAccession05/07/199605/01/1997
SenegalSignature  
SenegalRatification07/05/198507/11/1985
SeychellesAccession08/11/198408/05/1985
Sierra LeoneAccession21/10/198621/04/1987
SlovakiaSuccession02/04/199301/01/1993
SloveniaSuccession26/03/199225/06/1991
Solomon IslandsAccession19/09/198819/03/1989
South AfricaDeclaration12/03/1984 
South AfricaAccession21/11/199521/05/1996
SpainCommunication04/05/2004 
SpainSignature  
SpainRatification21/04/198921/10/1989
St. Christopher and NevisAccession14/02/198614/08/1986
St. LuciaAccession07/10/198207/04/1983
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesAccession08/04/198308/10/1983
State of PalestineAccession04/01/201504/07/2015
SudanAccession13/07/200613/01/2007
SurinameAccession16/12/198516/06/1986
SwazilandAccession02/11/199502/05/1996
SwedenSignature  
SwedenRatification31/08/197929/02/1980
SwitzerlandSignature  
SwitzerlandRatification17/02/198217/08/1982
TajikistanSuccession13/01/199321/12/1991
The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaDeclaration18/10/1996 
The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaSuccession01/09/199308/09/1991
Timor-LesteAccession12/04/200512/10/2005
TogoSignature  
TogoRatification21/06/198421/12/1984
Tokelau IslandsExclusion08/02/198808/08/1988
TunisiaSignature  
TunisiaRatification09/08/197909/02/1980
TurkmenistanSuccession10/04/199226/12/1991
UgandaAccession13/03/199113/09/1991
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicSignature  
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicRatification25/01/199025/07/1990
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsSignature  
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsRatification29/09/198929/03/1990
United Arab EmiratesAccession09/03/198309/09/1983
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandSignature  
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandRatification28/01/199828/07/1998
United Republic of TanzaniaAccession15/02/198315/08/1983
United States of AmericaSignature  
Upper VoltaSignature  
UruguayAccession13/12/198513/06/1986
UzbekistanAccession08/10/199308/04/1994
VanuatuAccession28/02/198528/08/1985
VenezuelaAccession23/07/199823/01/1999
YemenRatification17/04/199017/10/1990
Yemen Arab RepublicSignature  
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)Signature  
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)Ratification11/06/197911/12/1979
ZambiaAccession04/05/199504/11/1995
ZimbabweAccession19/10/199219/04/1993