Convention on the Nationality of Married Women. New York, 20 February 1957

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XVI 2. STATUS OF WOMEN 1

2. CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

New York, 20 February 1957

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 11 August 1958 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 6.

REGISTRATION: 11 August 1958, No. 4468.

STATUS: Signatories: 29. Parties: 75.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 309, p. 65.

Note: The Convention was opened for signature pursuant to resolution 1040 (XI)1 adopted by the General Assembly of

the United Nations on 29 January 1957.

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Participant

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Albania.........................................................

27 Jul 1960 a

Antigua and Barbuda...................................

25 Oct 1988 d

Argentina .....................................................

10 Oct 1963 a

Armenia .......................................................

18 May 1994 a

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

14 Mar 1961 a

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

19 Jan 1968 a

Azerbaijan....................................................

16 Aug 1996 a

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

10 Jun 1976 d

Barbados ......................................................

26 Oct 1979 a

Belarus.........................................................

7 Oct 1957

23 Dec 1958

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

15 May 1972

Bosnia and

Herzegovina2..........................................

1 Sep 1993 d

Brazil ...........................................................

26 Jul 1966

4 Dec 1968

Bulgaria .......................................................

22 Jun 1960 a

Cambodia.....................................................

11 Nov 2001

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

20 Feb 1957

21 Oct 1959

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

18 Mar 1957

China3..........................................................

20 Feb 1957

22 Sep 1958

Colombia .....................................................

20 Feb 1957

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

2 Nov 1999 a

Croatia2........................................................

12 Oct 1992 d

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

20 Feb 1957

5 Dec 1957

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

26 Apr 1971 d

Czech Republic4..........................................

22 Feb 1993 d

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

20 Feb 1957

22 Jun 1959

Dominican Republic ....................................

20 Feb 1957

10 Oct 1957

Ecuador........................................................

16 Jan 1958

29 Mar 1960

Eswatini .......................................................

18 Sep 1970 a

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

12 Jun 1972 d

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

15 May 1968 a

Participant

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Germany5,6 ...................................................

7 Feb 1974 a

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

15 Aug 1966 a

Guatemala....................................................

20 Feb 1957

13 Jul 1960

Guinea..........................................................

19 Mar 1975

Hungary .......................................................

5 Dec 1957

3 Dec 1959

Iceland .........................................................

18 Oct 1977 a

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

15 May 1957

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

24 Sep 1957

25 Nov 1957

Israel ............................................................

12 Mar 1957

7 Jun 1957

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

12 Mar 1957

30 Jul 1964 d

Jordan...........................................................

1 Jul 1992 a

Kazakhstan...................................................

28 Mar 2000 a

Kyrgyzstan...................................................

10 Feb 1997 a

Latvia...........................................................

14 Apr 1992 a

Lesotho ........................................................

4 Nov 1974 d

Liberia..........................................................

16 Sep 2005 a

Libya............................................................

16 May 1989 a

Luxembourg7,8 .............................................

[11 Sep 1975 ]

[22 Jul 1977 ]

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

12 Sep 2002

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

8 Sep 1966 a

Malaysia.......................................................

24 Feb 1959 a

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

2 Feb 1973 a

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

7 Jun 1967 d

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

18 Jul 1969 d

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

4 Apr 1979 a

Montenegro9................................................

23 Oct 2006 d

Netherlands10 ...............................................

[ 8 Aug 1966 a]

New Zealand11 .............................................

7 Jul 1958

17 Dec 1958

Nicaragua.....................................................

9 Jan 1986 a

North Macedonia .........................................

20 Apr 1994 d

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

9 Sep 1957

20 May 1958