Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery. Geneva, 7 September 1956

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XVIII 4. PENAL MATTERS 1

4. SUPPLEMENTARY CONVENTION ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, THE SLAVE

TRADE, AND INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES SIMILAR TO SLAVERY

Geneva, 7 September 1956

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 30 April 1957, in accordance with article 13.

REGISTRATION: 30 April 1957, No. 3822.

STATUS: Signatories: 36. Parties: 124.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 266, p. 3.

Note: The Convention was adopted by the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on a Supplementary

Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery. The Conference

was convened pursuant to resolution 608 (XXI)1 of 30 April 1956 of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations,

and met at the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva from 13 August to 4 September 1956. In addition to the

Convention, the Conference adopted the Final Act and two resolutions for the texts of which, see United Nations, Treaty

Series , vol. 226, p. 3.

.

Participant2,3,4,5

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Afghanistan..................................................

16 Nov 1966 a

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

6 Nov 1958 a

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

31 Oct 1963 a

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

25 Oct 1988 d

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

13 Aug 1964 a

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

7 Sep 1956

6 Jan 1958

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

7 Oct 1963 a

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

16 Aug 1996 a

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

10 Jun 1976 d

Bahrain.........................................................

27 Mar 1990 a

Bangladesh...................................................

5 Feb 1985 a

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

9 Aug 1972 d

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

7 Sep 1956

5 Jun 1957

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

7 Sep 1956

13 Dec 1962

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)..................................................

6 Oct 1983 a

Bosnia and

Herzegovina6..........................................

1 Sep 1993 d

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

6 Jan 1966 a

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

26 Jun 1957

21 Aug 1958

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

12 Jun 1957 a

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

27 Jun 1984 a

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

7 Sep 1956

10 Jan 1963

Central African

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

30 Dec 1970 a

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

20 Jun 1995 a

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

25 Aug 1977 a

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

10 Dec 1970 a

Participant2,3,4,5

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Croatia6........................................................

12 Oct 1992 d

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

10 Jan 1957

21 Aug 1963

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

11 May 1962 d

Czech Republic7..........................................

22 Feb 1993 d

Democratic Republic of

the Congo...............................................

28 Feb 1975 a

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

27 Jun 1957

24 Apr 1958

Djibouti........................................................

21 Mar 1979 a

Dominica .....................................................

17 Aug 1994 d

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

31 Oct 1962 a

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

29 Mar 1960 a

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

17 Apr 1958 a

El Salvador ..................................................

7 Sep 1956

Ethiopia........................................................

21 Jan 1969 a

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

12 Jun 1972 d

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

1 Apr 1959 a

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

7 Sep 1956

26 May 1964

Germany8,9 ...................................................

7 Sep 1956

16 Jul 1974 a

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

3 May 1963 a

Greece..........................................................

7 Sep 1956

13 Dec 1972

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

7 Sep 1956

11 Nov 1983

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

14 Mar 1977 a

Haiti .............................................................

7 Sep 1956

12 Feb 1958

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

7 Sep 1956

26 Feb 1958

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

17 Nov 1965 a

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

7 Sep 1956

23 Jun 1960

Iran (Islamic Republic

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

30 Dec 1959 a