International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949. Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949

• Reference: VII-7

VII 7. TRAFFIC IN PERSONS 1

7. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE WHITE SLAVE

TRAFFIC, SIGNED AT PARIS ON 18 MAY 1904, AMENDED BY THE PROTOCOL

SIGNED AT LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK, 4 MAY 1949

Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949

.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 21 June 1951, the date on which the amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol of

4 May 1949 entered into force, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 5 of

the Protocol.

REGISTRATION: 21 June 1951, No. 1257.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 92, p. 19.

Note: The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,

concluded at Lake Success, New York of 21 March 1950 consolidates the Protocols, Conventions and Agreements listed in

the present chapter under Nos. 1 to 10. Furthermore, the Convention of 21 March 1950 supercedes the provisions of the

above-referenced instruments in the relations between the Parties thereto and shall terminate such instruments when all the

Parties thereto shall have become Parties to the Convention of 21 March 1950, in accordance with its article 28.

.

Participant

Definitive

signature of the

Protocol,

Succession to the

Agreement and

the Protocol,

Acceptance of

the Protocol

Accession to the

Agreement as

amended by the

Protocol(a),

Succession to the

Agreement as

amended by the

Protocol(d)

Algeria .........................................................

31 Oct 1963 a

Australia.......................................................

8 Dec 1949

Austria .........................................................

7 Jun 1950

Bahamas.......................................................

10 Jun 1976

Belgium .......................................................

13 Oct 1952

Benin............................................................

4 Apr 1962 d

Cameroon.....................................................

3 Nov 1961 d

Canada .........................................................

4 May 1949

Central African

Republic.................................................

4 Sep 1962 d

Chile.............................................................

20 Jun 1949

China1,2 ........................................................

4 May 1949

Congo...........................................................

15 Oct 1962 d

Côte d'Ivoire ................................................

8 Dec 1961 d

Cuba.............................................................

4 Aug 1965

Cyprus..........................................................

16 May 1963 d

Czech Republic3..........................................

30 Dec 1993

Denmark ......................................................

1 Mar 1950

Egypt............................................................

16 Sep 1949

Fiji ...............................................................

12 Jun 1972

Finland.........................................................

31 Oct 1949

France ..........................................................

5 May 1949

Germany4.....................................................

29 May 1973

Ghana...........................................................

7 Apr 1958 d

Participant

Definitive

signature of the

Protocol,

Succession to the

Agreement and

the Protocol,

Acceptance of

the Protocol

Accession to the

Agreement as

amended by the

Protocol(a),

Succession to the

Agreement as

amended by the

Protocol(d)

India.............................................................

28 Dec 1949

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)...........................................................

30 Dec 1959

Iraq...............................................................

1 Jun 1949

Ireland..........................................................

19 Jul 1961

Italy..............................................................

13 Nov 1952

Jamaica ........................................................

30 Jul 1964 d

Luxembourg.................................................

14 Mar 1955

Madagascar..................................................

9 Oct 1963 d

Malawi.........................................................

10 Jun 1965 a

Mali..............................................................

2 Feb 1973 d

Malta............................................................

24 Mar 1967 d

Mauritius......................................................

18 Jul 1969 d

Mexico.........................................................

21 Feb 1956 a

Montenegro5................................................

23 Oct 2006 d

Morocco.......................................................

7 Nov 1956 d

Netherlands..................................................

26 Sep 1950

Niger ............................................................

25 Aug 1961 d

Nigeria .........................................................

18 May 1961 d

Norway ........................................................

4 May 1949

Pakistan........................................................

16 Jun 1952

Senegal.........................................................

2 May 1963 d

Serbia6..........................................................

12 Mar 2001 d

Sierra Leone.................................................

13 Mar 1962 d