Signatures and Accessions/Ratifications to the Optional Protocol


State Parties: 90
as of 27 November 2007

Participant Signature Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d)

Albania

 

23 June 2003 (a)

Andorra

9 July 2001

14 October 2002

Angola   1 November 2007 (a)
Antigua and Barbuda   5 June 2006 (a)

Argentina

28 February 2000

20 March 2007

Armenia    14 September 2006 (a) 

Austria

10 December 1999

6 September 2000

Azerbaijan

6 June 2000

1 June 2001

Bangladesh

6 September 2000

6 September 2000

Belarus

29 April 2002

3 February 2004

Belgium

10 December 1999

17 June 2004

Belize

 

9 December 2002 (a)

Benin

25 May 2000

 

Bolivia

10 December 1999

27 September 2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina

7 September 2000

4 September 2002

Botswana

 

21 February 2007 (a)

Brazil

13 March 2001

28 June 2002

Bulgaria

6 June 2000

20 September 2006

Burkina Faso

16 November 2001

10 October 2005 (a)

Burundi

13 November 2001

 

Cambodia

11 November 2001

 

Cameroon    7 January 2005 (a )

Canada

 

18 October 2002 (a)

Chile

10 December 1999

 

Colombia

10 December 1999

23 January 2007

Cook Islands

 

27 November 2007 (a)

Costa Rica

10 December 1999

20 September 2001

Croatia

5 June 2000

7 March 2001

Cuba

17 March 2000

 

Cyprus

8 February 2001

26 April 2002

Czech Republic

10 December 1999

26 February 2001

Denmark

10 December 1999

31 May 2000

Dominican Republic

14 March 2000

10 August 2001

Ecuador

10 December 1999

5 February 2002

El Salvador

4 April 2001

 

Finland

10 December 1999

29 December 2000

France

10 December 1999

9 June 2000

Gabon

 

5 November 2004 (a)

Georgia

 

30 July 2002

Germany

10 December 1999

15 January 2002

Ghana

24 February 2000

 

Greece

10 December 1999

24 January 2002

Guatemala

7 September 2000

9 May 2002

Guinea-Bissau

12 September 2000

 

Hungary

 

22 December 2000

Iceland

10 December 1999

6 March 2001

Indonesia

28 February 2000

 

Ireland

7 September 2000

7 September 2000

Italy

10 December 1999

22 September 2000

Kazakhstan

6 September 2000

24 August 2001

Kyrgyzstan

 

22 July 2002

Lesotho

6 September 2000

24 September 2004

Liberia

22 September 2004

 

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

 

18 June 2004

Liechtenstein

10 December 1999

24 October 2001

Lithuania

8 September 2000

5 August 2004

Luxembourg

10 December 1999

1 July 2003

Madagascar

7 September 2000

 

Malawi

7 September 2000

 

Maldives

 

13 March 2006 (a)

Mali

 

5 December 2000 (a)

Mauritius

11 November 2001

 

Mexico

10 December 1999

15 March 2002

Mongolia

7 September 2000

28 March 2002

Montenegro   23 October 2006 (d)

Namibia

19 May 2000

26 May 2000

Nepal

18 December 2001

15 June 2007

Netherlands

10 December 1999

22 May 2002

New Zealand

7 September 2000

7 September 2000

Niger

 

30 September 2004 (a)

Nigeria

8 September 2000

22 November 2004

Norway

10 December 1999

5 March 2002

Panama

9 June 2000

9 May 2001

Paraguay

28 December 1999

14 May 2001

Peru

22 December 2000

9 April 2001

Philippines

21 March 2000

12 November 2003

Poland

 

22 December 2003 (a)

Portugal

16 February 2000

26 April 2002

Republic of Korea

 

18 October 2006 (a)

Republic of Moldova

 

28 February 2006 (a)

Romania

6 September 2000

25 August 2003

Russian Federation

8 May 2001

28 July 2004

San Marino

 

10 September 2005 (a)

Sao Tome and Principe

6 September 2000

 

Senegal

10 December 1999

26 May 2000

Serbia

 

31 July 2003 (a)

Seychelles

22 July 2002

 

Sierra Leone

8 September 2000

 

Slovakia

5 June 2000

17 November 2000

Slovenia

10 December 1999

23 September 2004

Solomon Islands

 

6 May 2002

South Africa   18 October 2005 (a)

Spain

14 March 2000

6 July 2001

Sri Lanka

 

15 October 2002 (a)

St. Kitts and Nevis   20 January 2006 (a)

Sweden

10 December 1999

24 April 2003

Switzerland

15 February 2007

 

Tajikistan

7 September 2000

 

Thailand

14 June 2000

14 June 2000

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

3 April 2000

17 October 2003

Timor-Leste

 

16 April 2003 (a)

Turkey

8 September 2000

29 October 2002

Ukraine

7 September 2000

26 September 2003

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

17 December 2004 (a)

United Republic Of Tanzania   12 January 2006 (a)

Uruguay

9 May 2000

26 July 2001

Vanuatu

 

17 May 2007 (a)

Venezuela

17 March 2000

13 May 2002