Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Paris, 9 December 1948

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IV 1. HUMAN RIGHTS 1

CHAPTER IV

HUMAN RIGHTS

1. CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF

GENOCIDE

Paris, 9 December 19481

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII.

REGISTRATION: 12 January 1951, No. 1021.

STATUS: Signatories: 41. Parties: 152.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 78, p. 277.

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Participant2

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

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

22 Mar 1956 a

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

12 May 1955 a

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

31 Oct 1963 a

Andorra........................................................

22 Sep 2006 a

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

25 Oct 1988 d

Argentina3....................................................

5 Jun 1956 a

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

23 Jun 1993 a

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

11 Dec 1948

8 Jul 1949

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

19 Mar 1958 a

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

16 Aug 1996 a

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

5 Aug 1975 d

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

27 Mar 1990 a

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

5 Oct 1998 a

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

14 Jan 1980 a

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

16 Dec 1949

11 Aug 1954

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

12 Dec 1949

5 Sep 1951

Belize...........................................................

10 Mar 1998 a

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

2 Nov 2017 a

Bolivia (Plurinational

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

11 Dec 1948

14 Jun 2005

Bosnia and

Herzegovina2,4........................................

29 Dec 1992 d

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

11 Dec 1948

15 Apr 1952

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

21 Jul 1950 a

Burkina Faso................................................

14 Sep 1965 a

Burundi ........................................................

6 Jan 1997 a

Cabo Verde..................................................

10 Oct 2011 a

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

14 Oct 1950 a

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

28 Nov 1949

3 Sep 1952

Participant2

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

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

11 Dec 1948

3 Jun 1953

China5,6,7 ......................................................

20 Jul 1949

18 Apr 1983

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

12 Aug 1949

27 Oct 1959

Comoros.......................................................

27 Sep 2004 a

Costa Rica....................................................

14 Oct 1950 a

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

18 Dec 1995 a

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

12 Oct 1992 d

Cuba8...........................................................

28 Dec 1949

4 Mar 1953

Cyprus9........................................................

29 Mar 1982 a

Czech Republic10 .........................................

22 Feb 1993 d

Democratic People's

Republic of Korea..................................

31 Jan 1989 a

Democratic Republic of

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

31 May 1962 d

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

28 Sep 1949

15 Jun 1951

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

13 May 2019 a

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

11 Dec 1948

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

11 Dec 1948

21 Dec 1949

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

12 Dec 1948

8 Feb 1952

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

27 Apr 1949

28 Sep 1950

Estonia .........................................................

21 Oct 1991 a

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

11 Dec 1948

1 Jul 1949

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

11 Jan 1973 d

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

18 Dec 1959 a

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

11 Dec 1948

14 Oct 1950

Gabon...........................................................

21 Jan 1983 a

Gambia.........................................................

29 Dec 1978 a

Georgia ........................................................

11 Oct 1993 a

Germany11,12,13 .............................................

24 Nov 1954 a