Signatures and Accessions/Ratifications to the Optional Protocol
State Parties: 90 as of 27 November 2007
Albania
23 June 2003 (a)
Andorra
9 July 2001
14 October 2002
Argentina
28 February 2000
20 March 2007
Austria
10 December 1999
6 September 2000
Azerbaijan
6 June 2000
1 June 2001
Bangladesh
Belarus
29 April 2002
3 February 2004
Belgium
17 June 2004
Belize
9 December 2002 (a)
Benin
25 May 2000
Bolivia
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
20 September 2006
Burkina Faso
16 November 2001
10 October 2005 (a)
Burundi
13 November 2001
Cambodia
11 November 2001
Canada
18 October 2002 (a)
Chile
Colombia
23 January 2007
Cook Islands
27 November 2007 (a)
Costa Rica
20 September 2001
Croatia
5 June 2000
7 March 2001
Cuba
17 March 2000
Cyprus
8 February 2001
26 April 2002
Czech Republic
26 February 2001
Denmark
31 May 2000
Dominican Republic
14 March 2000
10 August 2001
Ecuador
5 February 2002
El Salvador
4 April 2001
Finland
29 December 2000
France
9 June 2000
Gabon
5 November 2004 (a)
Georgia
30 July 2002
Germany
15 January 2002
Ghana
24 February 2000
Greece
24 January 2002
Guatemala
9 May 2002
Guinea-Bissau
12 September 2000
Hungary
22 December 2000
Iceland
6 March 2001
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
22 September 2000
Kazakhstan
24 August 2001
Kyrgyzstan
22 July 2002
Lesotho
24 September 2004
Liberia
22 September 2004
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
18 June 2004
Liechtenstein
24 October 2001
Lithuania
8 September 2000
5 August 2004
Luxembourg
1 July 2003
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
13 March 2006 (a)
Mali
5 December 2000 (a)
Mauritius
Mexico
15 March 2002
Mongolia
28 March 2002
Namibia
19 May 2000
26 May 2000
Nepal
18 December 2001
15 June 2007
Netherlands
22 May 2002
New Zealand
Niger
30 September 2004 (a)
Nigeria
22 November 2004
Norway
5 March 2002
Panama
9 May 2001
Paraguay
28 December 1999
14 May 2001
Peru
9 April 2001
Philippines
21 March 2000
12 November 2003
Poland
22 December 2003 (a)
Portugal
16 February 2000
Republic of Korea
18 October 2006 (a)
Republic of Moldova
28 February 2006 (a)
Romania
25 August 2003
Russian Federation
8 May 2001
28 July 2004
San Marino
10 September 2005 (a)
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
31 July 2003 (a)
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
17 November 2000
Slovenia
23 September 2004
Solomon Islands
6 May 2002
Spain
6 July 2001
Sri Lanka
15 October 2002 (a)
Sweden
24 April 2003
Switzerland
15 February 2007
Tajikistan
Thailand
14 June 2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
3 April 2000
17 October 2003
Timor-Leste
16 April 2003 (a)
Turkey
29 October 2002
Ukraine
26 September 2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
17 December 2004 (a)
Uruguay
9 May 2000
26 July 2001
Vanuatu
17 May 2007 (a)
Venezuela
13 May 2002
