Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of APARTHEID

Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 30 November 1973

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18 July 1976, in accordance with article XV (1).

REGISTRATION: 18 July 1976, No. 14861.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, p. 243.

STATUS: Signatories: 32. Parties: 101.

Note: The Convention was opened for signature at New York on 30 November 1973.

Afghanistan 6 Jul 1983 a

Algeria 23 Jan 1974 26 May 1982

Antigua and Barbuda 7 Oct 1982 a

Argentina 6 Jun 1975 7 Nov 1985

Armenia 23 Jun 1993 a

Azerbaijan 16 Aug 1996 a

Bahamas 31 Mar 1981 a

Bahrain 27 Mar 1990 a

Bangladesh 5 Feb 1985 a

Barbados 7 Feb 1979 a

Belarus 4 Mar 1974 2 Dec 1975

Benin 7 Oct 1974 30 Dec 1974

Bolivia 6 Oct 1983 a

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Sep 1993 d

Bulgaria 27 Jun 1974 18 Jul 1974

Burkina Faso 3 Feb 1976 24 Oct 1978

Burundi 12 Jul 1978 a

Cambodia 2 28 Jul 1981 a

Cameroon 1 Nov 1976 a

Cape Verde 12 Jun 1979 a

Central African
Republic 8 May 1981 a

Chad 23 Oct 1974 23 Oct 1974

China 18 Apr 1983 a

Colombia 23 May 1988 a

Congo 5 Oct 1983 a

Costa Rica 15 Oct 1986 a

Croatia 12 Oct 1992 d

Cuba 13 Feb 1977 a

Czech Republic  22 Feb 1993 d

Democratic Republic
of the Congo 11 Jul 1978 a

Ecuador 12 Mar 1975 12 May 1975

Egypt 13 Jun 1977 a

El Salvador 30 Nov 1979 a

Estonia 21 Oct 1991 a

Ethiopia 19 Sep 1978 a

Gabon 29 Feb 1980 a

Gambia 29 Dec 1978 a

Ghana 1 Aug 1978 a

Guinea 1 Mar 1974 3 Mar 1975

Guyana 30 Sep 1977 a

Haiti 19 Dec 1977 a

Hungary 26 Apr 1974 20 Jun 1974

India 22 Sep 1977 a

Iran (Islamic
Republic of) 17 Apr 1985 a

Iraq 1 Jul 1975 9 Jul 1975

Jamaica 30 Mar 1976 18 Feb 1977

Jordan 5 Jun 1974 1 Jul 1992

Kenya 2 Oct 1974

Kuwait 23 Feb 1977 a

Kyrgyzstan 5 Sep 1997 a

Lao People's
Democratic
Republic 5 Oct 1981 a

Latvia 14 Apr 1992 a

Lesotho 4 Nov 1983 a

Liberia 5 Nov 1976 a

Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya 8 Jul 1976 a

Madagascar 26 May 1977 a

Maldives 24 Apr 1984 a

Mali 19 Aug 1977 a

Mauritania 13 Dec 1988 a

Mexico 4 Mar 1980 a

Mongolia 17 May 1974 8 Aug 1975

Mozambique 18 Apr 1983 a

Namibia 11 Nov 1982 a

Nepal 12 Jul 1977 a

Nicaragua 28 Mar 1980 a

Niger 28 Jun 1978 a

Nigeria 26 Jun 1974 31 Mar 1977

Oman 3 Apr 1974 22 Aug 1991

Pakistan 27 Feb 1986 a

Panama 7 May 1976 16 Mar 1977

Peru 1 Nov 1978 a

Philippines 2 May 1974 26 Jan 1978

Poland 7 Jun 1974 15 Mar 1976

Qatar 18 Mar 1975 19 Mar 1975

Romania 6 Sep 1974 15 Aug 1978

Russian Federation 12 Feb 1974 26 Nov 1975

Rwanda 15 Oct 1974 23 Jan 1981

Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines 9 Nov 1981 a

Sao Tome and Principe 5 Oct 1979 a

Senegal 18 Feb 1977 a

Seychelles 13 Feb 1978 a

Slovakia 3 28 May 1993 d

Slovenia 6 Jul 1992 d

Somalia 2 Aug 1974 28 Jan 1975

Sri Lanka 18 Feb 1982 a

Sudan 10 Oct 1974 21 Mar 1977

Suriname 3 Jun 1980 a

Syrian Arab Republic 17 Jan 1974 18 Jun 1976

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18 Jan 1994 d

Togo 24 May 1984 a

Trinidad and Tobago 7 Apr 1975 26 Oct 1979

Tunisia 21 Jan 1977 a

Uganda 11 Mar 1975 10 Jun 1986

Ukraine 20 Feb 1974 10 Nov 1975

United Arab Emirates 9 Sep 1975 15 Oct 1975

United Republic of Tanzania 11 Jun 1976 a

Venezuela 28 Jan 1983 a

Viet Nam 9 Jun 1981 a

Yemen 17 Aug 1987 a

Yugoslavia 17 Dec 1974 1 Jul 1975

Zambia 14 Feb 1983 a

Zimbabwe 13 May 1991 a