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HUMAN RIGHTS

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Reference
IV-1
Adopted
Paris, 9 December 1948 1
Entry into force
12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII.
Registration
12 January 1951, No. 1021
Signatories
41
Parties
154
Depositary record
United Nations Treaty Collection

Who signed, and when

CountrySignatureRatification, acceptance, approval or accession
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
Argentina - 5 Jun 1956 a
Argentina 3 - 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 (The) - 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 Herzegovina - 29 Dec 1992 d
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 , 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
Chile 11 Dec 1948 3 Jun 1953
China 20 Jul 1949 18 Apr 1983
China 5 , 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
Croatia - 12 Oct 1992 d
Croatia 2 - 12 Oct 1992 d
Cuba 28 Dec 1949 4 Mar 1953
Cuba 8 28 Dec 1949 4 Mar 1953
Cyprus - 29 Mar 1982 a
Cyprus 9 - 29 Mar 1982 a
Czech Republic - 22 Feb 1993 d
Czech Republic 10 - 22 Feb 1993 d
Côte d'Ivoire - 18 Dec 1995 a
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
Djibouti - 25 Feb 2026 a
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
Germany - 24 Nov 1954 a
Germany 11 , 12 , 13 - 24 Nov 1954 a
Ghana - 24 Dec 1958 a
Greece 29 Dec 1949 8 Dec 1954
Guatemala 22 Jun 1949 13 Jan 1950
Guinea - 7 Sep 2000 a
Guinea-Bissau - 24 Sep 2013 a
Haiti 11 Dec 1948 14 Oct 1950
Honduras 22 Apr 1949 5 Mar 1952
Hungary - 7 Jan 1952 a
Iceland 14 May 1949 29 Aug 1949
India 29 Nov 1949 27 Aug 1959
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Dec 1949 14 Aug 1956
Iraq - 20 Jan 1959 a
Ireland - 22 Jun 1976 a
Israel 17 Aug 1949 9 Mar 1950
Italy - 4 Jun 1952 a
Jamaica - 23 Sep 1968 a
Jordan - 3 Apr 1950 a
Kazakhstan - 26 Aug 1998 a
Kuwait - 7 Mar 1995 a
Kyrgyzstan - 5 Sep 1997 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic - 8 Dec 1950 a
Latvia - 14 Apr 1992 a
Lebanon 30 Dec 1949 17 Dec 1953
Lesotho - 29 Nov 1974 a
Liberia 11 Dec 1948 20 Jun 1950
Libya - 16 May 1989 a
Liechtenstein - 24 Mar 1994 a
Lithuania - 1 Feb 1996 a
Luxembourg - 7 Oct 1981 a
Malawi - 14 Jul 2017 a
Malaysia - 20 Dec 1994 a
Maldives - 24 Apr 1984 a
Mali - 16 Jul 1974 a
Malta - 6 Jun 2014 a
Mauritius - 8 Jul 2019 a
Mexico 14 Dec 1948 22 Jul 1952
Monaco - 30 Mar 1950 a
Mongolia - 5 Jan 1967 a
Montenegro - 23 Oct 2006 d
Montenegro 14 - 23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco - 24 Jan 1958 a
Mozambique - 18 Apr 1983 a
Myanmar 30 Dec 1949 14 Mar 1956
Namibia - 28 Nov 1994 a
Nepal - 17 Jan 1969 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - 20 Jun 1966 a
New Zealand 25 Nov 1949 28 Dec 1978
New Zealand 15 25 Nov 1949 28 Dec 1978
Nicaragua - 29 Jan 1952 a
Nigeria - 27 Jul 2009 a
North Macedonia - 18 Jan 1994 d
North Macedonia 2 - 18 Jan 1994 d
Norway 11 Dec 1948 22 Jul 1949
Pakistan 11 Dec 1948 12 Oct 1957
Panama 11 Dec 1948 11 Jan 1950
Papua New Guinea - 27 Jan 1982 a
Paraguay 11 Dec 1948 3 Oct 2001
Peru 11 Dec 1948 24 Feb 1960
Philippines 11 Dec 1948 7 Jul 1950
Poland - 14 Nov 1950 a
Portugal - 9 Feb 1999 a
Portugal 7 - 9 Feb 1999 a
Republic of Korea - 14 Oct 1950 a
Republic of Moldova - 26 Jan 1993 a
Romania - 2 Nov 1950 a
Russian Federation 16 Dec 1949 3 May 1954
Rwanda - 16 Apr 1975 a
San Marino - 8 Nov 2013 a
Saudi Arabia - 13 Jul 1950 a
Senegal - 4 Aug 1983 a
Serbia - 12 Mar 2001 a
Serbia 4 , 16 - 12 Mar 2001 a
Seychelles - 5 May 1992 a
Singapore - 18 Aug 1995 a
Slovakia - 28 May 1993 d
Slovakia 10 - 28 May 1993 d
Slovenia - 6 Jul 1992 d
Slovenia 2 - 6 Jul 1992 d
South Africa - 10 Dec 1998 a
Spain - 13 Sep 1968 a
Sri Lanka - 12 Oct 1950 a
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - 9 Nov 1981 a
State of Palestine - 2 Apr 2014 a
Sudan - 13 Oct 2003 a
Sweden 30 Dec 1949 27 May 1952
Switzerland - 7 Sep 2000 a
Syrian Arab Republic - 25 Jun 1955 a
Tajikistan - 3 Nov 2015 a
Togo - 24 May 1984 a
Tonga - 16 Feb 1972 a
Trinidad and Tobago - 13 Dec 2002 a
Tunisia - 29 Nov 1956 a
Turkmenistan - 26 Dec 2018 a
Türkiye - 31 Jul 1950 a
Uganda - 14 Nov 1995 a
Ukraine 16 Dec 1949 15 Nov 1954
United Arab Emirates - 11 Nov 2005 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 30 Jan 1970 a
United Republic of Tanzania - 5 Apr 1984 a
United States of America 11 Dec 1948 25 Nov 1988
Uruguay 11 Dec 1948 11 Jul 1967
Uzbekistan - 9 Sep 1999 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - 12 Jul 1960 a
Viet Nam - 9 Jun 1981 a
Viet Nam 17 , 18 - 9 Jun 1981 a
Yemen - 6 Apr 1989 a
Yemen 19 - 6 Apr 1989 a
Zambia - 20 Apr 2022 a
Zimbabwe - 13 May 1991 a

Participants that are UN member states link to their profile. The Holy See, the European Union, the Cook Islands and Niue appear in these tables and are not member states, so they are named without a link rather than attached to the nearest match. The third column carries the depositary’s own annotation. Accession, succession and acceptance are legally distinct from ratification and are shown as the record states them rather than flattened into one word.

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