PENAL MATTERS · XVIII-6

Saudi Arabia and the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

Saudi Arabia became bound on 1997-04-14, by accession, the 12th state to do so.

Treaty

International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

State

Saudi Arabia

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1997-04-14 — by accession

Treaty in force since

20 October 2001, in accordance with article 19(1).

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 12 in order of becoming party
• 38 states bound in total
• New treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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