ENVIRONMENT

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Reference

XXVII-17

Adopted

Kumamoto, 10 October 2013

Entry into force

16 August 2017, in accordance with article 31(1) , the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves this Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that organization.

Registration

16 August 2017, No. 54669

Signatories

128

Parties

154

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

• 128 signed
• 154 ratified or acceded
• 167 participants listed

Who signed, and when

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.