States Parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the ...

1 UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees1 States Parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol The Convention was drafted and signed by the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons, held at Geneva from 2 to 25 July 1951. The Conference was convened pursuant to General Assembly resolution 429 (V) of 14 December 1950. The Convention was adopted on 28 July 1951; in accordance with Article 43, it entered into force on 22 April 1954. The Protocol was adopted on 31 January 1967; it entered into force on 4 October 1967 in accordance with its Article VIII. States Parties (as of April 2015)i Total number of States Parties to the 1951 Convention : 145 Total number of States Parties to the 1967 Protocol:146 States Parties to both the Convention andProtocol:142 States Parties to one or both of these instruments:148 States Parties to the 1951 Convention only: Madagascar, Saint Kitts and Nevis States Parties to the 1967 Protocol only: Cabo Verde, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian republic of) The dates indicated below are the dates of deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession by the respective States Parties with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

2 In accordance with Article 43 (2), the Convention enters into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by the ratifying or acceding State. The Protocol enters into force on the date of deposit of each acceding State (Article VIII (2)). Exceptions are indicated below. Most recent ratification/accession: Nauru Convention 28 June 2011 a Protocol 28 June 2011 a UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees2 Country Afghanistan Convention 30 Aug 2005 a Protocol 30 Aug 2005 aAlbania 18 Aug 1992 a18 Aug 1992 aAlgeria 21 Feb 1963d08 Nov 1967 aAngola 23 Jun 1981 a23 Jun 1981 aAntigua and Barbuda07 Sep 1995 a07 Sep 1995 aArgentina 15 Nov 1961 a06 Dec 1967 aArmenia 06 Jul1993 a06 Jul

3 1993 aAustralia 22 Jan 1954 a13 Dec 1973 aAustria 01 Nov 1954r05 Sep 1973 aAzerbaijan 12 Feb 1993 a 12 Feb 1993 a Bahamas (the) 15 Sep1993 a15 Sep 1993 aBelarus 23 Aug2001 a23 Aug 2001 aBelgium 22 Jul1953r08 Apr 1969 aBelize 27 Jun1990 a27 Jun 1990 aBenin 04 Apr1962d06 Jul 1970 aBolivia (Plurinational State of)

4 09 Feb1982 a09 Feb 1982 aBosnia and Herzegovina 01 Sep1993d01 Sep 1993dBotswana 06 Jan1969 a06 Jan 1969 aBrazil 16 Nov1960r07 Apr 1972 aBulgaria 12 May 1993 a12 May 1993 aBurkina Faso 18 Jun1980 a18 Jun 1980 aBurundi 19 Jul1963 a15 Mar 1971 aCabo Verde 09 Jul 1987 aCambodia 15 Oct1992 a15 Oct 1992 aCameroon 23 Oct1961d19 Sep 1967 aCanada 04 Jun1969 a04 Jun 1969 aCentral African republic (the)

5 04 Sep1962d30 Aug 1967 aChad 19 Aug1981 a19 Aug 1981 aChile 28 Jan1972 a27 Apr 1972 aChina 24 Sep1982 a24 Sep 1982 aColombia 10 Oct1961r04 Mar 1980 aCongo (the) 15 Oct1962d10 Jul 1970 aCosta Rica 28 Mar1978 a28 Mar 1978 aC te d Ivoire 08 Dec1961d16 Feb 1970 aCroatia 12 Oct1992d12 Oct 1992dCyprus (the) 16 May 1963d09 Jul 1968 aCzech republic (the) Denmark 11 May04 Dec 1993d1952 r 11 May 29 Jan 1993d1968 a Democratic republic of the Congo (the)

6 19 July1965 a13 Jan 1975 aDjibouti 09 Aug1977d09 Aug 1977dDominica 17 Feb1994 a17 Feb 1994 aDominican republic (the) 04 Jan1978 a04 Jan 1978 aEcuador 17 Aug1955 a06 Mar 1969 aEgypt 22 May 1981 a22 May 1981 aEl Salvador 28 Apr1983 a28 Apr 1983 aEquatorial Guinea 07 Feb1986 a07 Feb 1986 aEstonia 10 Apr1997 a10 Apr 1997 aEthiopia 10 Nov1969

7 1969 aFiji 12 Jun1972d12 Jun 1972dFinland 10 Oct1968 a10 Oct 1968 aFrance 23 Jun1954r03 Feb 1971 aUNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees3 Gabon 27 Apr1964 a28 Aug 1973 aGambia (the) 07 Sep1966d29 Sep 1967 aGeorgia 09 Aug1999 a09 Aug 1999 aGermany 01 Dec1953r05 Nov 1969 aGhana 18 Mar1963 a30 Aug 1968 aGreece 05 Apr1960r07 Aug 1968 aGuatemala 22 Sep 1983 a 22 Sep 1983 a Guinea 28 Dec 1965 d 16 May 1968 a Guinea-Bissau 11 Feb 1976 a 11 Feb 1976 a Haiti 25 Sep 1984 a 25 Sep 1984 a Holy See 15 Mar1956r08 Jun 1967 aHonduras

8 23 Mar1992 a23 Mar 1992 aHungary 14 Mar1989 a14 Mar 1989 aIceland 30 Nov1955 a26 Apr 1968 aIran (Islamic republic of) 28 Jul1976 a28 Jul 1976 aIreland 29 Nov1956 a06 Nov 1968 aIsrael 01 Oct1954r14 Jun 1968 aItaly 15 Nov1954r26 Jan 1972 aJamaica 30 Jul1964d30 Oct 1980 aJapan 03 Oct1981 a01 Jan

9 1982 aKazakhstan 15 Jan1999 a15 Jan 1999 aKenya 16 May1966 a13 Nov 1981 aKyrgyzstan 08 Oct1996 a08 Oct 1996 aLatvia 31 Jul1997 a31 Jul 1997 aLesotho 14 May1981 a14 May 1981 aLiberia 15 Oct1964 a27 Feb 1980 aLiechtenstein 08 Mar1957r20 May 1968 aLithuania 28 Apr1997 a28 Apr 1997 aLuxembourg 23 Jul1953r22 Apr 1971 aMadagascar 18 Dec1967 a Malawi 10 Dec1987 a10

10 Dec 1987 aMali 02 Feb1973d02 Feb 1973 aMalta 17 Jun1971 a15 Sep 1971 aMauritania Mexico 05 May07 June 1987 a2000 a 05 May 07 June 1987 a2000 a Monaco 18 May 1954 a 16 June 2010 a Montenegro 10 Oct2006d10 Oct 2006dMorocco 07 Nov1956d20 Apr 1971 aMozambique