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Ratification status

This page is a translation of the German original. If anything is unclear, the German text applies.

The four Geneva Conventions have been ratified by 196 states, the First Additional Protocol by 174 and the Second Additional Protocol by 169 states (as of September 2024). A list of the states parties to these instruments of international humanitarian law is shown here.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z
State party Signed Ratification Entry into force
Afghanistan 8 Dec 49 26 Sep 56 26 Mar 57
Albania 12 Dec 49 27 May 57 27 Nov 57
Algeria 20 Jun 60 20 Dec 60
Andorra 17 Sep 93 17 Mar 94
Angola 20 Sep 84 20 Mar 85
Antigua and Barbuda 6 Oct 86 1 Nov 81
Argentina 8 Dec 49 18 Sep 56 18 Mar 57
Armenia 7 Jun 93 7 Dec 93
Australia 4 Jan 50 14 Oct 58 14 Apr 59
Austria 12 Aug 49 27 Aug 53 27 Feb 54
Azerbaijan 1 Jun 93 1 Dec 93
Bahamas 11 Jul 75 10 Jul 73
Bahrain 30 Nov 71 30 May 72
Bangladesh 4 Apr 72 26 Mar 71
Barbados 10 Sep 68 30 Nov 66
Belarus 12 Dec 49 3 Aug 54 3 Feb 55
Belgium 8 Dec 49 3 Sep 52 3 Mar 53
Belize 29 Jun 84 29 Dec 84
Benin 14 Dec 61 1 Aug 60
Bhutan 10 Jan 91 10 Jul 91
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8 Dec 49 10 Dec 76 10 Jun 77
Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 Dec 92 6 Mar 92
Botswana 29 Mar 68 29 Sep 68
Brazil 8 Dec 49 29 Jun 57 29 Dec 57
Brunei Darussalam 14 Oct 91 14 Apr 92
Bulgaria 28 Dec 49 22 Jul 54 22 Jan 55
Burkina Faso 7 Nov 61 5 Aug 60
Burundi 27 Dec 71 1 Jul 62
Cabo Verde 11 May 84 11 Nov 84
Cambodia 8 Dec 58 8 Jun 59
Cameroon 16 Sep 63 1 Jan 60
Canada 8 Dec 49 14 May 65 14 Nov 65
Central African Republic 1 Aug 66 13 Aug 60
Chad 5 Aug 70 5 Feb 71
Chile 12 Aug 49 12 Oct 50 12 Apr 51
China 10 Dec 49 28 Dec 56 28 Jun 57
Colombia 12 Aug 49 8 Nov 61 8 May 62
Comoros 21 Nov 85 21 May 86
Congo 30 Jan 67 15 Aug 60
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) 20 Feb 61 30 Jun 60
Cook Islands 7 May 02 11 Jun 01
Costa Rica 15 Oct 69 15 Apr 70
Côte d'Ivoire 28 Dec 61 7 Aug 60
Croatia 11 May 92 8 Oct 91
Cuba 12 Aug 49 15 Apr 54 15 Oct 54
Cyprus 23 May 62 23 Nov 62
Czechia 5 Feb 93 1 Jan 93
Denmark 12 Aug 49 27 Jun 51 27 Dec 51
Djibouti 6 Mar 78 27 Jun 77
Dominica 28 Sep 81 3 Nov 78
Dominican Republic 22 Jan 58 22 Jul 58
Ecuador 12 Aug 49 11 Aug 54 11 Feb 55
Egypt 8 Dec 49 10 Nov 52 10 May 53
El Salvador 8 Dec 49 17 Jun 53 17 Dec 53
Equatorial Guinea 24 Jul 86 24 Jan 87
Eritrea 14 Aug 00 14 Aug 00
Estonia 18 Jan 93 18 Jul 93
Eswatini 28 Jun 73 28 Dec 73
Ethiopia 8 Dec 49 2 Oct 69 2 Apr 70
Fiji 9 Aug 71 10 Oct 70
Finland 8 Dec 49 22 Feb 55 22 Aug 55
France 8 Dec 49 28 Jun 51 28 Dec 51
Gabon 20 Feb 65 17 Aug 60
Gambia 11 Oct 66 18 Feb 65
Georgia 14 Sep 93 14 Mar 94
Germany 3 Sep 54 3 Mar 55
Ghana 2 Aug 58 2 Feb 59
Greece 22 Dec 49 5 Jun 56 5 Dec 56
Grenada 13 Apr 81 7 Feb 74
Guatemala 12 Aug 49 14 May 52 14 Nov 52
Guinea 11 Jul 84 11 Jan 85
Guinea-Bissau 21 Feb 74 21 Aug 74
Guyana 22 Jul 68 26 May 66
Haiti 11 Apr 57 11 Oct 57
Holy See 8 Dec 49 22 Feb 51 22 Aug 51
Honduras 31 Dec 65 30 Jun 66
Hungary 8 Dec 49 3 Aug 54 3 Feb 55
Iceland 10 Aug 65 10 Feb 66
India 16 Dec 49 9 Nov 50 9 May 51
Indonesia 30 Sep 58 30 Mar 59
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Dec 49 20 Feb 57 20 Aug 57
Iraq 14 Feb 56 14 Aug 56
Ireland 19 Dec 49 27 Sep 62 27 Mar 63
Israel 8 Dec 49 6 Jul 51 6 Jan 52
Italy 8 Dec 49 17 Dec 51 17 Jun 52
Jamaica 17 Jul 64 6 Aug 62
Japan 21 Apr 53 21 Oct 53
Jordan 29 May 51 29 Nov 51
Kazakhstan 5 May 92 21 Dec 91
Kenya 20 Sep 66 20 Mar 67
Kiribati 5 Jan 89 12 Jul 79
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) 27 Aug 57 27 Feb 58
Korea (the Republic of) 16 Aug 66 23 Sep 66
Kuwait 2 Sep 67 2 Mar 68
Kyrgyzstan 18 Sep 92 21 Dec 91
Lao People's Democratic Republic 29 Oct 56 29 Apr 57
Latvia 24 Dec 91 24 Jun 92
Lebanon 8 Dec 49 10 Apr 51 10 Oct 51
Lesotho 20 May 68 4 Oct 66
Liberia 29 Mar 54 29 Sep 54
Libya 22 May 56 22 Nov 56
Liechtenstein 12 Aug 49 21 Sep 50 21 Mar 51
Lithuania 3 Oct 96 3 Apr 97
Luxembourg 8 Dec 49 1 Jul 53 1 Jan 54
Madagascar 13 Jul 63 26 Jun 60
Malawi 5 Jan 68 5 Jul 68
Malaysia 24 Aug 62 24 Feb 63
Maldives 18 Jun 91 18 Dec 91
Mali 24 May 65 24 Nov 65
Malta 22 Aug 68 21 Sep 64
Marshall Islands 1 Jun 04 1 Dec 04
Mauritania 27 Oct 62 28 Nov 60
Mauritius 18 Aug 70 12 Mar 68
Mexico 8 Dec 49 29 Oct 52 29 Apr 53
Micronesia (Federated States of) 19 Sep 95 19 Mar 96
Moldova (the Republic of) 24 May 93 24 Nov 93
Monaco 12 Aug 49 5 Jul 50 5 Jan 51
Mongolia 20 Dec 58 20 Jun 59
Montenegro 2 Aug 06 2 Feb 07
Morocco 26 Jul 56 26 Jan 57
Mozambique 14 Mar 83 14 Sep 83
Myanmar 25 Aug 92 25 Feb 93
Namibia 22 Aug 91 21 Mar 90
Nauru 27 Jun 06 27 Dec 06
Nepal 7 Feb 64 7 Aug 64
Netherlands 8 Dec 49 3 Aug 54 3 Feb 55
New Zealand 11 Feb 50 2 May 59 2 Nov 59
Nicaragua 12 Aug 49 17 Dec 53 17 Jun 54
Niger 16 Apr 64 3 Aug 60
Nigeria 9 Jun 61 1 Oct 60
Niue 2 May 59
North Macedonia 1 Sep 93 8 Sep 91
Norway 12 Aug 49 3 Aug 51 3 Feb 52
Oman 31 Jan 74 31 Jul 74
Pakistan 12 Aug 49 12 Jun 51 12 Dec 51
Palau 25 Jun 96 25 Dec 96
Palestine, State of 2 Apr 14 2 Apr 14
Panama 10 Feb 56 10 Aug 56
Papua New Guinea 26 May 76 16 Sep 75
Paraguay 10 Dec 49 3 Oct 61 23 Apr 62
Peru 12 Aug 49 15 Feb 56 15 Aug 56
Philippines 8 Dec 49 6 Oct 52 6 Apr 53
Poland 8 Dec 49 26 Nov 54 26 May 55
Portugal 11 Feb 50 14 Mar 61 14 Sep 61
Qatar 15 Oct 75 15 Apr 76
Romania 10 Feb 50 1 Jun 54 1 Dec 54
Russian Federation 12 Dec 49 10 May 54 10 Nov 54
Rwanda 21 Mar 64 1 Jul 62
Saint Kitts and Nevis 14 Feb 86 19 Sep 83
Saint Lucia 18 Sep 81 22 Feb 79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 Apr 81 1 Oct 81
Samoa 23 Aug 84 1 Jan 62
San Marino 29 Aug 53 28 Feb 54
Sao Tome and Principe 21 May 76 21 Nov 76
Saudi Arabia 18 May 63 18 Nov 63
Senegal 23 Apr 63 20 Jun 60
Serbia 16 Oct 01 27 Apr 92
Seychelles 8 Nov 84 8 May 85
Sierra Leone 31 May 65 27 Apr 61
Singapore 27 Apr 73 27 Oct 73
Slovakia 2 Apr 93 1 Jan 93
Slovenia 26 Mar 92 25 Jun 91
Solomon Islands 6 Jul 81 7 Jul 78
Somalia 12 Jul 62 12 Jan 63
South Africa 31 Mar 52 30 Sep 52
South Sudan 25 Jan 13 25 Jan 13
Spain 8 Dec 49 4 Aug 52 4 Feb 53
Sri Lanka 23 Feb 59 23 Aug 59
Sudan 23 Sep 57 23 Mar 58
Suriname 13 Oct 76 25 Nov 75
Sweden 8 Dec 49 28 Dec 53 28 Jun 54
Switzerland 12 Aug 49 31 Mar 50 21 Oct 50
Syrian Arab Republic 12 Aug 49 2 Nov 53 2 May 54
Tajikistan 13 Jan 93 21 Dec 91
Tanzania, the United Republic of 12 Dec 62 9 Dec 61
Thailand 29 Dec 54 29 Jun 55
Timor-Leste 8 May 03 8 Nov 03
Togo 6 Jan 62 27 Apr 60
Tonga 13 Apr 78 4 Jun 70
Trinidad and Tobago 24 Sep 63 24 Mar 64
Tunisia 4 May 57 4 Nov 57
Türkiye 12 Aug 49 10 Feb 54 10 Aug 54
Turkmenistan 10 Apr 92 26 Dec 91
Tuvalu 19 Feb 81 1 Oct 78
Uganda 18 May 64 18 Nov 64
Ukraine 12 Dec 49 3 Aug 54 3 Feb 55
United Arab Emirates 10 May 72 10 Nov 72
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8 Dec 49 23 Sep 57 23 Mar 58
United States of America 8 Dec 49 2 Aug 55 2 Feb 56
Uruguay 12 Aug 49 5 Mar 69 5 Sep 69
Uzbekistan 8 Oct 93 8 Apr 94
Vanuatu 27 Oct 82 27 Apr 83
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10 Feb 50 13 Feb 56 13 Aug 56
Viet Nam 28 Jun 57 28 Dec 57
Yemen 16 Jul 70 16 Jan 71
Zambia 19 Oct 66 19 Apr 67
Zimbabwe 7 Mar 83 7 Sep 83
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