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States parties

Living Cases

Concluded Cases

State


Entry into Force

Pre-admissible

Admissible

Inadmissible

Discontinued

Views

(1) /(2)

Total

Albania

4 Jan 2008

-

-

-

-

-

-

Algeria

12 Dec 1989

22

-

1

1

12/0

36

Andorra

22 Dec 2006

-

-

-

-

-

-

Angola

10 Apr 1992

-

-

- 

1

2/0 

3

Argentina

8 Nov 1986

1

-

5 

-

3/0 

9 

Armenia

23 Sep 1993

-

-

1 

-

- 

1 

Australia

25 Dec 1991

23

-

32

36

27/6

124

Austria

10 Mar 1988

2

-

10

1

 5/6 

24

Azerbaijan

27 Feb 2002

1

-

- 

-

1/0 

2 

Barbados

23 Mar 1976

-

-

3 

2

- 

5

Belarus

30 Dec 1992

69

1

4 

9

24/1 

108

Belgium

17 Aug 1994

1

-

2 

-

1/3 

7

Benin

12 Jun 1992

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Bolivia

12 Nov 1982

-

-

- 

-

2/0 

2 

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1 Jun 1995

12

-

1 

-

- 

13 

Brazil

25 Dec 2009

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bulgaria

26 Jun 1992

1

-

3

-

- 

4

Burkina Faso

4 Apr 1999

- 

- 

- 

- 

1/0 

1 

Cameroon

27 Sep 1984

2

-

- 

-

7/0 

9

Canada

19 Aug 1976

15

0

80

35

16/12 

158

Cape Verde

19 Aug 2000

-

-

-

-

-

-

Central African Republic

8 Aug 1981

-

-

- 

-

2/0 

2

Chad

9 Sep 1995

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Chile

28 Aug 1992

-

-

7 

2

- 

9

Colombia

23 Mar 1976

9

-

8 

6

 16/0 

39

Congo

5 Jan 1984

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Costa Rica

23 Mar 1976

1

-

1 

2

- 

4

Côte d 'Ivoire

5 Jun 1997

1

-

1

-

-

2

Croatia

12 Jan 1996

-

-

1 

-

2/0 

3

Cyprus

15 Jul 1992

-

-

4 

1

- 

5

Czech Republic

1 Jan 1993

17

-

18

2

26/0 

63

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1 Feb 1977

2

-

4 

3

15/0 

24

Denmark

23 Mar 1976

6

-

9

4

2/0

21 

Djibouti

5 Feb 2003

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dominican Republic

4 Apr 1978

-

-

- 

-

3/0 

3 

Ecuador

23 Mar 1976

-

-

- 

4

5/0 

9

El Salvador

6 Sep 1995

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Equatorial Guinea

25 Dec 1987

-

-

- 

-

4/0 

4 

Estonia

21 Jan 1992

-

-

- 

2

1/3 

6 

Finland

23 Mar 1976

-

-

15

3

5/9

32 

France

17 May 1984

6

-

45

10

8/12 

81

Gambia

9 Sep 1988

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Georgia

3 Aug 1994

1

-

- 

1

5/0

7

Germany

25 Nov 1993

-

-

16

1

1/1 

19

Ghana

7 Dec 2000

 -

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

Greece

5 Aug 1997

-

2

3

-

3/2 

10 

Guatemala

28 Feb 2001

 -

 -

 -

 -

- 

-

Guinea

17 Sep 1993

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Guyana1

10 Aug 1993

-

-

- 

2

10/0

12

Honduras

7 Sep 2005

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hungary

7 Dec 1988

-

-

5

2

 3/1 

11

Iceland

22 Nov 1979

-

-

2

1

1/0

4

Ireland

8 Mar 1990

-

-

3

-

1/1 

5

Italy

15 Dec 1978

-

-

10 

3

1/1 

15 

Jamaica2

-

-

-

39 

18

100/20

177

Kazakhstan

30 Sep 2009

4

-

-

-

-

4

Kyrgyzstan

7 Jan 1995

5

-

2 

- 

11/0 

18 

Latvia

22 Sep 1994

1

-

1 

2

2/1

7

Lesotho

6 Dec 2000

 -

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

16 Aug 1989

10

1 

1 

- 

8/0 

20 

Liechtenstein

10 Mar 1999

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Lithuania

20 Feb 1992

3

-

1 

1 

2/0 

7

Luxembourg

18 Nov 1983

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Madagascar

23 Mar 1976

-

-

- 

2 

4/0

6

Malawi

11 Sep 1996

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maldives

19 Dec 2006

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mali

24 Jan 2002

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Malta

13 Dec 1990

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Mauritius

23 Mar 1976

-

1

4 

1 

1/0 

7

Mexico

15 Jun 2002

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Moldova (Republic of)

23 Apr 2008

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mongolia

16 Jul 1991

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Montenegro (Republic of)4

3 Jun 20063

-

-

-

-

-

-

Namibia

28 Feb 1995

-

-

1 

- 

2/0 

3

Nepal

14 Aug 1991

5

-

- 

- 

3/0 

8 

Netherlands

11 May 1979

5

1

61 

2 

8/19 

96

New Zealand

26 Aug 1989

2

-

9

8

4/8

31

Nicaragua

12 Jun 1980

-

-

1 

3 

1/0 

5 

Niger

7 Jun 1986

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Norway

23 Mar 1976

2

-

9 

- 

3/3 

17

Panama

8 Jun 1977

-

-

4 

7

2/0 

13 

Paraguay

10 Apr 1995

2

-

- 

- 

1/0 

3 

Peru

3 Jan 1981

-

-

- 

4

15/1 

20

Philippines

22 Nov 1989

1

-

2 

10

11/2 

26

Poland

7 Feb 1992

-

-

4 

2 

1/2 

9

Portugal

3 Aug 1983

-

-

3 

1 

2/1 

7

Republic of Korea

10 Jul 1990

2

-

1 

1 

19/2 

125

Romania

20 Oct 1993

-

-

- 

- 

119/2 

2 

Russian Federation

1 Jan 1992

22

-

13

7 

13/3 

58

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

9 Feb 1982

-

-

- 

- 

1/0 

1

San Marino

18 Jan 1986

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

Senegal

13 May 1978

-

-

- 

- 

 1/0 

1 

Serbia (Republic of)3

6 Dec 2001

-

-

1 

- 

2/0 

3 

Seychelles

5 Aug 1992

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Sierra Leone

23 Nov 1996

-

-

-

-

3/0

3

Slovakia

1 Jan 1993

1

-

4

- 

1/0 

6

Slovenia

16 Oct 1993

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Somalia

24 Apr 1990

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

South Africa

28 Nov 2002

-

-

-

-

1/1

2

Spain

25 Apr 1985

8

1

67

7

22/12 

117

Sri Lanka

3 Jan 1998

1

-

5

-

13/0

19

Suriname

28 Mar 1977

-

-

- 

- 

 8/0 

8

Sweden

23 Mar 1976

1

-

5

2

1/6

15

Tajikistan

4 Apr 1999

3

-

2

2

22/0

29

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

12 Mar 1995

 -

 -

 -

1

 -

1

Togo

30 Jun 1988

-

-

- 

- 

4/1

5

Trinidad and Tobago 5

-

-

-

15 

8

22/3

48

Turkey

24 Feb 2007

-

2

-

-

-

2

Turkmenistan

1 Aug 1997

2

-

- 

1

3/0

6

Uganda

14 Feb 1996

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

Ukraine

25 Oct 1991

5

-

2 

5 

2/1 

15

Uruguay

23 Mar 1976

3

-

6

28 

46/1

84

Uzbekistan

28 Dec 1995

16

-

33 

23 

28/3 

 83 

Venezuela

10 Aug 1978

1

-

1

- 

1/0 

3

Zambia

10 Jul 1984

3

-

4 

3 

8/0 

18

113

 

300

9

565

293

718/149

2034

309  living cases

2034 registered communications with respect to 84 countries


(1) Disclose a Violation
(2) Disclose No Violation


1 The Government of Guyana had initially acceded to the Optional Protocol on 10 May 1993. On 5 January 1999, the Government of Guyana notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to denounce the said Optional Protocol with effect from 5 April 1999. On that same date, the Government of Guyana re-acceded to the Optional Protocol with a reservation.


2 Denunciation by Jamaica of the Optional Protocol took effect on 23 January 1998.


3 Formerly Yugoslavia. Serbia and Montenegro changed its name to Republic of Serbia, effective 3 June 2006.


4 Serbia and Montenegro (now known as the Republic of Serbia) had previously ratified the Optional Protocol on 6 December 2001. On 3 June 2006, the Republic of Montenegro became an independent state, and subsequently deposited on 23 October 2006 its notification of succession to the treaties to which Serbia and Montenegro was a party or a signatory, as from 3 June 2006.


5 Denunciation by Trinidad and Tobago of the Optional Protocol took effect on 27 June 2000.