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HUMAN RIGHTS

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Reference
IV-2
Adopted
New York, 7 March 1966
Entry into force
4 January 1969, in accordance with article 19. 1
Registration
12 March 1969, No. 9464
Signatories
88
Parties
182
Depositary record
United Nations Treaty Collection

Who signed, and when

CountrySignatureRatification, acceptance, approval or accession
Afghanistan - 6 Jul 1983 a
Albania - 11 May 1994 a
Algeria 9 Dec 1966 14 Feb 1972
Andorra 5 Aug 2002 22 Sep 2006
Angola 24 Sep 2013 2 Oct 2019
Antigua and Barbuda - 25 Oct 1988 d
Argentina 13 Jul 1967 2 Oct 1968
Armenia - 23 Jun 1993 a
Australia 13 Oct 1966 30 Sep 1975
Austria 22 Jul 1969 9 May 1972
Azerbaijan - 16 Aug 1996 a
Bahamas (The) - 5 Aug 1975 d
Bahrain - 27 Mar 1990 a
Bangladesh - 11 Jun 1979 a
Barbados - 8 Nov 1972 a
Belarus 7 Mar 1966 8 Apr 1969
Belgium 17 Aug 1967 7 Aug 1975
Belize 6 Sep 2000 14 Nov 2001
Benin 2 Feb 1967 30 Nov 2001
Bhutan 26 Mar 1973 -
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7 Jun 1966 22 Sep 1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 16 Jul 1993 d
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 - 16 Jul 1993 d
Botswana - 20 Feb 1974 a
Brazil 7 Mar 1966 27 Mar 1968
Bulgaria 1 Jun 1966 8 Aug 1966
Burkina Faso - 18 Jul 1974 a
Burundi 1 Feb 1967 27 Oct 1977
Cabo Verde - 3 Oct 1979 a
Cambodia 12 Apr 1966 28 Nov 1983
Cameroon 12 Dec 1966 24 Jun 1971
Canada 24 Aug 1966 14 Oct 1970
Central African Republic 7 Mar 1966 16 Mar 1971
Chad - 17 Aug 1977 a
Chile 3 Oct 1966 20 Oct 1971
China - 29 Dec 1981 a
China 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 - 29 Dec 1981 a
Colombia 23 Mar 1967 2 Sep 1981
Comoros 22 Sep 2000 27 Sep 2004
Congo - 11 Jul 1988 a
Costa Rica 14 Mar 1966 16 Jan 1967
Croatia - 12 Oct 1992 d
Croatia 4 - 12 Oct 1992 d
Cuba 7 Jun 1966 15 Feb 1972
Cyprus 12 Dec 1966 21 Apr 1967
Czech Republic - 22 Feb 1993 d
Czech Republic 9 - 22 Feb 1993 d
Côte d'Ivoire - 4 Jan 1973 a
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 21 Apr 1976 a
Denmark 21 Jun 1966 9 Dec 1971
Denmark 10 21 Jun 1966 9 Dec 1971
Djibouti 14 Jun 2006 30 Sep 2011
Dominica - 13 May 2019 a
Dominican Republic - 25 May 1983 a
Ecuador - 22 Sep 1966 a
Egypt 28 Sep 1966 1 May 1967
El Salvador - 30 Nov 1979 a
Equatorial Guinea - 8 Oct 2002 a
Eritrea - 31 Jul 2001 a
Estonia - 21 Oct 1991 a
Eswatini - 7 Apr 1969 a
Ethiopia - 23 Jun 1976 a
Fiji - 11 Jan 1973 d
Finland 6 Oct 1966 14 Jul 1970
France - 28 Jul 1971 a
Gabon 20 Sep 1966 29 Feb 1980
Gambia - 29 Dec 1978 a
Georgia - 2 Jun 1999 a
Germany 10 Feb 1967 16 May 1969
Germany 11 10 Feb 1967 16 May 1969
Ghana 8 Sep 1966 8 Sep 1966
Greece 7 Mar 1966 18 Jun 1970
Grenada 17 Dec 1981 10 May 2013
Guatemala 8 Sep 1967 18 Jan 1983
Guinea 24 Mar 1966 14 Mar 1977
Guinea-Bissau 12 Sep 2000 1 Nov 2010
Guyana 11 Dec 1968 15 Feb 1977
Haiti 30 Oct 1972 19 Dec 1972
Holy See 21 Nov 1966 1 May 1969
Honduras - 10 Oct 2002 a
Hungary 15 Sep 1966 4 May 1967
Iceland 14 Nov 1966 13 Mar 1967
India 2 Mar 1967 3 Dec 1968
Indonesia - 25 Jun 1999 a
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Mar 1967 29 Aug 1968
Iraq 18 Feb 1969 13 Feb 1970
Ireland 21 Mar 1968 29 Dec 2000
Israel 7 Mar 1966 3 Jan 1979
Italy 13 Mar 1968 5 Jan 1976
Jamaica 14 Aug 1966 4 Jun 1971
Japan - 15 Dec 1995 a
Jordan - 30 May 1974 a
Kazakhstan - 26 Aug 1998 a
Kenya - 13 Sep 2001 a
Kuwait - 15 Oct 1968 a
Kyrgyzstan - 5 Sep 1997 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic - 22 Feb 1974 a
Latvia - 14 Apr 1992 a
Lebanon - 12 Nov 1971 a
Lesotho - 4 Nov 1971 a
Liberia - 5 Nov 1976 a
Libya - 3 Jul 1968 a
Liechtenstein - 1 Mar 2000 a
Lithuania 8 Jun 1998 10 Dec 1998
Luxembourg 12 Dec 1967 1 May 1978
Madagascar 18 Dec 1967 7 Feb 1969
Malawi - 11 Jun 1996 a
Maldives - 24 Apr 1984 a
Mali - 16 Jul 1974 a
Malta 5 Sep 1968 27 May 1971
Marshall Islands - 11 Apr 2019 a
Mauritania 21 Dec 1966 13 Dec 1988
Mauritius - 30 May 1972 a
Mexico 1 Nov 1966 20 Feb 1975
Monaco - 27 Sep 1995 a
Mongolia 3 May 1966 6 Aug 1969
Montenegro - 23 Oct 2006 d
Montenegro 12 - 23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco 18 Sep 1967 18 Dec 1970
Mozambique - 18 Apr 1983 a
Namibia - 11 Nov 1982 a
Namibia 13 - 11 Nov 1982 a
Naoero 12 Nov 2001 -
Nepal - 30 Jan 1971 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 24 Oct 1966 10 Dec 1971
New Zealand 25 Oct 1966 22 Nov 1972
New Zealand 14 25 Oct 1966 22 Nov 1972
Nicaragua - 15 Feb 1978 a
Niger 14 Mar 1966 27 Apr 1967
Nigeria - 16 Oct 1967 a
North Macedonia - 18 Jan 1994 d
North Macedonia 4 - 18 Jan 1994 d
Norway 21 Nov 1966 6 Aug 1970
Oman - 2 Jan 2003 a
Pakistan 19 Sep 1966 21 Sep 1966
Palau 20 Sep 2011 -
Panama 8 Dec 1966 16 Aug 1967
Papua New Guinea - 27 Jan 1982 a
Paraguay 13 Sep 2000 18 Aug 2003
Peru 22 Jul 1966 29 Sep 1971
Philippines 7 Mar 1966 15 Sep 1967
Poland 7 Mar 1966 5 Dec 1968
Portugal - 24 Aug 1982 a
Portugal 7 - 24 Aug 1982 a
Qatar - 22 Jul 1976 a
Republic of Korea 8 Aug 1978 5 Dec 1978
Republic of Moldova - 26 Jan 1993 a
Romania - 15 Sep 1970 a
Russian Federation 7 Mar 1966 4 Feb 1969
Rwanda - 16 Apr 1975 a
San Marino 11 Dec 2001 12 Mar 2002
Sao Tome and Principe 6 Sep 2000 10 Jan 2017
Saudi Arabia - 23 Sep 1997 a
Senegal 22 Jul 1968 19 Apr 1972
Serbia - 12 Mar 2001 d
Serbia 4 - 12 Mar 2001 d
Seychelles - 7 Mar 1978 a
Sierra Leone 17 Nov 1966 2 Aug 1967
Singapore 19 Oct 2015 27 Nov 2017
Slovakia - 28 May 1993 d
Slovakia 9 - 28 May 1993 d
Slovenia - 6 Jul 1992 d
Slovenia 4 - 6 Jul 1992 d
Solomon Islands - 17 Mar 1982 d
Somalia 26 Jan 1967 26 Aug 1975
South Africa 3 Oct 1994 10 Dec 1998
Spain - 13 Sep 1968 a
Sri Lanka - 18 Feb 1982 a
St. Kitts and Nevis - 13 Oct 2006 a
St. Lucia - 14 Feb 1990 d
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - 9 Nov 1981 a
State of Palestine - 2 Apr 2014 a
Sudan - 21 Mar 1977 a
Suriname - 15 Mar 1984 d
Sweden 5 May 1966 6 Dec 1971
Switzerland - 29 Nov 1994 a
Syrian Arab Republic - 21 Apr 1969 a
Tajikistan - 11 Jan 1995 a
Thailand - 28 Jan 2003 a
Thailand 15 - 28 Jan 2003 a
Timor-Leste - 16 Apr 2003 a
Togo - 1 Sep 1972 a
Tonga - 16 Feb 1972 a
Trinidad and Tobago 9 Jun 1967 4 Oct 1973
Tunisia 12 Apr 1966 13 Jan 1967
Turkmenistan - 29 Sep 1994 a
Türkiye 13 Oct 1972 16 Sep 2002
Uganda - 21 Nov 1980 a
Ukraine 7 Mar 1966 7 Mar 1969
United Arab Emirates - 20 Jun 1974 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 Oct 1966 7 Mar 1969
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5 , 16 11 Oct 1966 7 Mar 1969
United Republic of Tanzania - 27 Oct 1972 a
United States of America 28 Sep 1966 21 Oct 1994
Uruguay 21 Feb 1967 30 Aug 1968
Uzbekistan - 28 Sep 1995 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21 Apr 1967 10 Oct 1967
Viet Nam - 9 Jun 1982 a
Yemen - 18 Oct 1972 a
Yemen 17 , 18 - 18 Oct 1972 a
Zambia 11 Oct 1968 4 Feb 1972
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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