PENAL MATTERS
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries
- Reference
- XVIII-6
- Adopted
- New York, 4 December 1989
- Entry into force
- 20 October 2001, in accordance with article 19(1).
- Registration
- 20 October 2001, No. 37789
- Signatories
- 17
- Parties
- 38
- Depositary record
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- 17 signed
- 38 ratified or acceded
- 47 participants listed
Who signed, and when
| Country | Signature | Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | 28 Dec 1990 | - |
| Armenia | - | 23 Nov 2020 a |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 Dec 1997 a |
| Barbados | - | 10 Jul 1992 a |
| Belarus | 13 Dec 1990 | 28 May 1997 |
| Belgium | - | 31 May 2002 a |
| Cameroon | 21 Dec 1990 | 26 Jan 1996 |
| Congo | 20 Jun 1990 | - |
| Costa Rica | - | 20 Sep 2001 a |
| Croatia | - | 27 Mar 2000 a |
| Cuba | - | 9 Feb 2007 a |
| Cyprus | - | 8 Jul 1993 a |
| Côte d'Ivoire | - | 2 Jan 2025 a |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20 Mar 1990 | - |
| Ecuador | - | 7 Dec 2016 a |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 21 Jan 2019 a |
| Georgia | - | 8 Jun 1995 a |
| Germany | 20 Dec 1990 | - |
| Guinea | - | 18 Jul 2003 a |
| Honduras | - | 1 Apr 2008 a |
| Italy | 5 Feb 1990 | 21 Aug 1995 |
| Liberia | - | 16 Sep 2005 a |
| Libya | - | 22 Sep 2000 a |
| Maldives | 17 Jul 1990 | 11 Sep 1991 |
| Mali | - | 12 Apr 2002 a |
| Mauritania | - | 9 Feb 1998 a |
| Montenegro | 23 Oct 2006 d | - |
| Morocco | 5 Oct 1990 | - |
| New Zealand | - | 22 Sep 2004 a |
| Nigeria | 4 Apr 1990 | - |
| Peru | - | 23 Mar 2007 a |
| Poland | 28 Dec 1990 | - |
| Qatar | - | 26 Mar 1999 a |
| Republic of Moldova | - | 28 Feb 2006 a |
| Romania | 17 Dec 1990 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 14 Apr 1997 a |
| Senegal | - | 9 Jun 1999 a |
| Serbia | 12 Mar 2001 d | 14 Jan 2016 |
| Seychelles | - | 12 Mar 1990 a |
| Suriname | 27 Feb 1990 | 10 Aug 1990 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | - | 23 Oct 2008 a |
| Togo | - | 25 Feb 1991 a |
| Turkmenistan | - | 18 Sep 1996 a |
| Ukraine | 21 Sep 1990 | 13 Sep 1993 |
| Uruguay | 20 Nov 1990 | 14 Jul 1999 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 19 Jan 1998 a |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | - | 12 Nov 2013 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.
Counts verified against the depositary’s own totals for this treaty before publication. The United Nations Treaty Collection is the authority; this page is a readable copy and may lag it.