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International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973

Entry into force: Sunday, July 18, 1976

Adoption date: Nov 30, 1973

Adoption place: New York

Depositary: Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies

Signed by 59 countries, ratified by 142 countries

See the convention Ratifications evolution
Signatory countries
Country Signature date Ratification date * Reservation / Declaration Comments
Afghanistan

-

Jul 6, 1983

-


Algeria

Dec 9, 1966

Feb 14, 1972

-


Angola

Sep 24, 2013

Oct 2, 2019

-


Antigua and Barbuda

-

Oct 7, 1982

-


Argentina

Jul 13, 1967

Oct 2, 1968

Declaration:

It is the understanding of the Argentine Republic that article XII of the Convention should be interpreted to mean that its express consent shall be required in order for any dispute to which it is a party and which has not been settled by negotiation to be brought before the International Court of Justice.


Armenia

-

Jun 23, 1993

-


Australia

Oct 13, 1966

Sep 30, 1975

-


Azerbaijan

-

Aug 16, 1996

-


Bahamas

-

Mar 31, 1981

-


Bahrain

-

Mar 27, 1990

Reservation:

"The accession by the State of Bahrain to the said Convention shall in no way constitute recognition of Israel or be a cause for the establishment of any relations of any kind therewith."


Bangladesh

-

Feb 5, 1985

-


Barbados

-

Nov 8, 1972

-


Belarus

Mar 4, 1974

Dec 2, 1975

-


Belgium

Aug 17, 1967

Aug 7, 1975

-


Benin

Feb 2, 1967

Nov 30, 2001

-


Bolivia

Jun 7, 1966

Sep 22, 1970

-


Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

Sep 1, 1993

-


Botswana

-

Feb 20, 1974

-


Bulgaria

Jun 1, 1966

Aug 8, 1966

-


Burkina Faso

Feb 3, 1976

Oct 24, 1978

-


Burundi

Feb 1, 1967

Oct 27, 1977

-


Cabo Verde

-

Jun 12, 1979

-


Cambodia

Apr 12, 1966

Nov 28, 1983

-


Cameroon

-

Nov 1, 1976

-


Canada

Aug 24, 1966

Oct 14, 1970

-


Central African Republic

-

May 8, 1981

-


Chad

-

Aug 17, 1977

-


China

-

Dec 29, 1981

-


Colombia

-

May 23, 1988

-


Comoros

Sep 22, 2000

Sep 27, 2004

-


Congo

-

Oct 5, 1983

-


Costa Rica

Mar 14, 1966

Jan 16, 1967

-


Croatia

-

Oct 12, 1992

-


Cuba

-

Feb 1, 1977

-


Cyprus

Dec 12, 1966

Apr 21, 1967

-


Czech Republic

-

Feb 22, 1993

-


Democratic Republic of the Congo

-

Apr 21, 1976

-


Djibouti

Jun 14, 2006

Sep 30, 2011

-


Dominican Republic

-

May 25, 1983

-


Ecuador

Mar 12, 1975

May 12, 1975

-


Egypt

Sep 28, 1966

May 1, 1967

-


El Salvador

-

Nov 30, 1979

-


Equatorial Guinea

-

Oct 8, 2002

-


Estonia

-

Oct 21, 1991

-


Ethiopia

-

Jun 23, 1976

-


Finland

Oct 6, 1966

Jul 14, 1970

-


Gabon

Sep 20, 1966

Feb 29, 1980

-


Gambia

-

Dec 29, 1978

-


Georgia

-

Jun 2, 1999

-


Ghana

Sep 8, 1966

Sep 8, 1966

-


Grenada

Dec 17, 1981

May 10, 2013

-


Guatemala

-

Jun 15, 2005

-


Guinea

Mar 24, 1966

Mar 14, 1977

-


Guyana

Dec 11, 1968

Feb 15, 1977

-


Haiti

-

Dec 19, 1977

-


Holy See

Nov 21, 1966

May 1, 1969

-


Honduras

-

Apr 29, 2005

-


Hungary

Sep 15, 1966

May 4, 1967

-


India

Mar 2, 1967

Dec 3, 1968

"The Government of the Republic of India accede to the said Convention with effect from 17 August 1977."


Iran

Mar 8, 1967

Aug 29, 1968

-


Iraq

Jul 1, 1975

Jul 9, 1975

Ratification by the Republic of Iraq of the above Convention shall in no way imply recognition of Israel, or be conducive to the establishment of such relations therewith as may be provided for in the Convention.


Ireland

Mar 21, 1968

Dec 29, 2000

-


Italy

Mar 13, 1968

Jan 5, 1976

-


Jamaica

Mar 30, 1976

Feb 18, 1977

-


Japan

-

Dec 15, 1995

-


Jordan

Jun 5, 1974

Jul 1, 1992

-


Kazakhstan

-

Aug 26, 1998

-


Kenya

Oct 2, 1974

-

-


Kuwait

-

Oct 15, 1968

"It is understood that the Accession of the State of Kuwait [. . .] does not mean in any way recognition of Israel by the State of Kuwait."


Kyrgyzstan

-

Sep 5, 1997

-


Lao People's Democratic Republic

-

Feb 22, 1974

-


Latvia

-

Apr 14, 1992

-


Lebanon

-

Nov 12, 1971

-


Lesotho

-

Nov 4, 1983

-


Liberia

-

Nov 5, 1976

-


Libya

-

Jul 8, 1976

-


Liechtenstein

-

Mar 1, 2000

-


Luxembourg

Dec 12, 1967

May 1, 1978

-


Madagascar

-

May 26, 1977

-


Malawi

-

Jun 11, 1996

-


Maldives

-

Apr 24, 1984

-


Mali

-

Jul 16, 1974

-


Marshall Islands

-

Apr 11, 2019

-


Mauritania

-

Dec 13, 1988

-


Mauritius

-

May 30, 1972

-


Mexico

-

Mar 4, 1980

-


Monaco

-

Sep 27, 1995

-


Mongolia

May 17, 1974

Aug 8, 1975

-


Montenegro

-

Oct 23, 2006

-


Mozambique

-

Apr 18, 1983

The People's Republic of Mozambique interprets article 12 of the Convention as to mean that the submission of any dispute concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention to the International Court of Justice shall be at the previous consent and request of all the parties to the dispute.


Namibia

-

Nov 11, 1982

-


Nauru

Nov 12, 2001

-

-


Nepal

-

Jul 12, 1977

"The Constitution of Nepal contains provisions for the protection of individual rights, including the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to form unions and associations not motivated by party politics and the right to freedom of professing his/her own religion; and nothing in the Convention shall be deemed to require or to authorize legislation or other action by Nepal incompatible with the provisions of the Constitution of Nepal.

"His Majesty's Government interprets article 4 of the said Convention as requiring a Party to the Convention to adopt further legislative measures in the fields covered by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that article only insofar as His Majesty's Government may consider, with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that some legislative addition to, or variation of, existing law and practice in those fields is necessary for the attainment of the end specified in the earlier part of article 4.

"His Majesty's Government does not consider itself bound by the provision of article 12 of the Convention under which any dispute between two or more States Parties with respect to the interpretation or application of the Convention is, at the request of any of the parties to the dispute, to be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision."


Netherlands

Oct 24, 1966

Dec 10, 1971

-


Nicaragua

-

Feb 15, 1978

-


Niger

-

Jun 28, 1978

-


Nigeria

-

Oct 16, 1967

-


North Macedonia

-

Jan 18, 1994

-


Norway

Nov 21, 1966

Aug 6, 1970

-


Oman

Apr 3, 1974

Aug 22, 1991

-


Pakistan

Sep 19, 1966

Sep 21, 1966

-


Panama

Dec 8, 1966

Aug 16, 1967

-


Paraguay

Sep 13, 2000

Aug 18, 2003

-


Peru

-

Nov 1, 1978

-


Philippines

Mar 7, 1966

Sep 15, 1967

-


Poland

Jun 7, 1974

Mar 15, 1976

-


Portugal

-

Aug 24, 1982

-


Qatar

Mar 18, 1975

Mar 19, 1975

-


Republic of Korea

Aug 8, 1978

Dec 5, 1978

-


Republic of Moldova

-

Oct 28, 2005

Reservation:

Until the full establishment of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, the provisions of the Convention will be applied only on the territory effectively controlled by the authorities of the Republic of Moldova.


Romania

-

Sep 15, 1970

-


Russian Federation

Feb 12, 1974

Nov 26, 1975

-


Rwanda

-

Apr 16, 1975

-


Saint Kitts and Nevis

-

Oct 13, 2006

-


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-

Nov 9, 1981

-


Sao Tome and Principe

Sep 6, 2000

Jan 10, 2017

-


Senegal

Jul 22, 1968

Apr 19, 1972

-


Serbia

-

Mar 12, 2001

-


Seychelles

-

Mar 7, 1978

-


Singapore

Oct 19, 2015

Nov 27, 2017

-


Slovakia

-

May 28, 1993

-


Slovenia

-

Jul 6, 1992

-


Somalia

Jan 26, 1967

Aug 26, 1975

-


Spain

-

Sep 13, 1968

-


Sri Lanka

-

Feb 18, 1982

-


Sudan

-

Mar 21, 1977

-


Suriname

-

Jun 3, 1980

-


Sweden

May 5, 1966

Dec 6, 1971

-


Syrian Arab Republic

-

Apr 21, 1969

-


Thailand

-

Jan 28, 2003

-


Togo

-

Sep 1, 1972

-


Trinidad and Tobago

Jun 9, 1967

Oct 4, 1973

-


Tunisia

-

Jan 21, 1977

-


Turkey

Oct 13, 1972

Sep 16, 2002

-


Uganda

-

Nov 21, 1980

-


Ukraine

Feb 20, 1974

Nov 10, 1975

-


United Arab Emirates

-

Jun 20, 1974

"The ratification of the United Arab Emirates to this Convention shall in no way amount to recognition of nor the establishment of any treaty relations with Israel."


United Republic of Tanzania

-

Oct 27, 1972

-


Uruguay

Feb 21, 1967

Aug 30, 1968

-


Venezuela

Apr 21, 1967

Oct 10, 1967

With a reservation excluding the provisions of article XII of the Convention.


Viet Nam

-

Jun 9, 1981

-


Yemen

-

Oct 18, 1972

The accession of the Government of the Yemen Arab Republic to this Convention shall in no way imply recognition of Israel or the establishment of such relations therewith as may be provided for in the Convention.


Zambia

-

Feb 14, 1983

-


Zimbabwe

-

May 13, 1991

-


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