International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. New York, 20 December 2006

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IV 16. HUMAN RIGHTS 1

16. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS

FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

New York, 20 December 2006

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23 December 2010, in accordance with article 39(1) which reads as follows: “This

Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or

accession.”.

REGISTRATION: 23 December 2010, No. 48088.

STATUS: Signatories: 98. Parties: 66.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2716,p. 3; Doc.A/61/448; C.N.737.2008.TREATIES-

12 of 2 October 2008 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Convention

(Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts) and to the Certified True

Copies) and C.N.1040.2008.TREATIES-20 of 2 January 2009 (Corrections).

Note: The above Convention was adopted on 20 December 2006 during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly

by resolution A/RES/61/177. In accordance with its article 38, the Convention shall be open for signature by all Member

States of the United Nations. The Convention shall be open for signature on 6 February 2007 in Paris, France, and thereafter

at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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Participant

Signature

Accession(a),

Ratification

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

6 Feb 2007

8 Nov 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

Angola .........................................................

24 Sep 2014

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

6 Feb 2007

14 Dec 2007

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

10 Apr 2007

24 Jan 2011

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

6 Feb 2007

7 Jun 2012

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

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

2 Jun 2011

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

14 Aug 2015 a

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

19 Mar 2010

2 Nov 2017

Bolivia (Plurinational

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

6 Feb 2007

17 Dec 2008

Bosnia and

Herzegovina...........................................

6 Feb 2007

30 Mar 2012

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

6 Feb 2007

29 Nov 2010

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

24 Sep 2008

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

6 Feb 2007

3 Dec 2009

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

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

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

27 Jun 2013 a

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

6 Feb 2007

Central African

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

11 Oct 2016 a

Chad.............................................................

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

8 Dec 2009

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

27 Sep 2007

11 Jul 2012

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

6 Feb 2007

Participant

Signature

Accession(a),

Ratification

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

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

16 Feb 2012

Croatia .........................................................

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

2 Feb 2009

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

6 Feb 2007

Czech Republic............................................

19 Jul 2016

8 Feb 2017

Denmark1.....................................................

25 Sep 2007

13 Jan 2022

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

13 May 2019 a

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

26 Sep 2018

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

24 May 2007

20 Oct 2009

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

25 Sep 2007

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

19 Aug 2019 a

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

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

23 Sep 2008

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

25 Sep 2007

19 Jan 2011

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

20 Sep 2017

28 Sep 2018

Germany ......................................................

26 Sep 2007

24 Sep 2009

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

6 Feb 2007

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

1 Oct 2008

9 Jul 2015

Grenada........................................................

6 Feb 2007

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

6 Feb 2007

Guinea-Bissau..............................................

24 Sep 2013

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

6 Feb 2007

Honduras......................................................

6 Feb 2007

1 Apr 2008

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

1 Oct 2008

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

6 Feb 2007