States Parties

1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 

The Convention entered into force on 7 August 1956, in accordance with Article 33.

List of States Parties to the 1954 Convention 

 

1954 First Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention

Its First Protocol entered into force on 7 August 1956, in accordance with Article 10.

List of States Parties of the 1954 First Protocol

 

1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention

The Second Protocol entered into force on 9 March 2004, in accordance with Article 43.1.

List of States Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol

 

List of States Parties to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols (1954, 1999) by electoral group :  PDF icon EN | PDF icon FR

 

1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of
Armed Conflict (the 1954 Hague Convention) and its two Protocols (1954 and 1999)    

 

Status of Ratification

Group I

Member States   1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Andorra - - -
Austria 25/03/1964 25/03/1964 01/03/2002
Belgium 16/09/1960 16/09/1960 13/10/2010
Canada 11/12/1998 29/11/2005 29/11/2005
Cyprus 09/09/1964 09/09/1964 16/05/2001
Denmark 26/03/2003 26/03/2003 05/09/2018
Finland 16/09/1994 16/09/1994 27/08/2004
France 07/06/1957 07/06/1957 20/03/2017
Germany 11/08/1967 11/08/1967 25/11/2009
Greece 09/02/1981 09/02/1981 20/04/2005
Iceland 05/12/2022 05/12/2022 -
Ireland 17/05/2018 - 17/05/2018
Italy 09/05/1958 09/05/1958 10/07/2009
Luxembourg 29/09/1961 29/09/1961 30/06/2005
Malta - - -
Monaco 10/12/1957 10/12/1957 -
Netherlands 14/10/1958 14/10/1958 30/01/2007
Norway 19/09/1961 19/09/1961 05/09/2016
Portugal 04/08/2000 18/02/2005 09/04/2018
San Marino 09/02/1956 09/02/1956 -
Spain 07/07/1960 26/06/1992 06/07/2001
Sweden 22/01/1985 22/01/1985 10/11/2017
Switzerland 15/05/1962 15/05/1962 09/07/2004
Türkiye 15/12/1965 15/12/1965 -
United Kingdom of
Great Britain
and Northern Ireland		 12/09/2017 12/09/2017 12/09/2017
United States of America 13/03/2009 - -
Total 26 24 22 19

Group II

Member States 1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Albania 20/12/1960 20/12/1960 -
Armenia 05/09/1993 05/09/1993 18/05/2006
Azerbaijan 20/09/1993 20/09/1993 17/04/2001
Belarus 07/05/1957 07/05/1957 13/12/2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/07/1993 12/07/1993 22/05/2009
Bulgaria 07/08/1956 09/10/1958 14/06/2000
Croatia 06/07/1992 06/07/1992 08/02/2006
Czechia 26/03/1993 26/03/1993 08/06/2007
Estonia 04/04/1995 17/01/2005 17/01/2005
Georgia 04/11/1992 04/11/1992 13/09/2010
Hungary 17/05/1956 16/08/1956 26/10/2005
Latvia 19/12/2003 19/12/2003 -
Lithuania 27/07/1998 27/07/1998 13/03/2002
Montenegro 26/04/2007 26/04/2007 26/04/2007
North Macedonia 30/04/1997 30/04/1997 19/04/2002
Poland 06/08/1956 06/08/1956 03/01/2012
Republic of Moldova 09/12/1999 09/12/1999 -
Romania 21/03/1958 21/03/1958 07/08/2006
Russian Federation 04/01/1957 04/01/1957 -
Serbia 11/09/2001 11/09/2001 02/09/2002
Slovakia 31/03/1993 31/03/1993 11/02/2004
Slovenia 05/11/1992 05/11/1992 13/04/2004
Tajikistan 28/08/1992 28/08/1992 21/02/2006
Ukraine 06/02/1957 06/02/1957 30/06/2020
Uzbekistan 21/02/1996 - -
Total 25 25 24 20

Group III

Member States 1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Antigua and Barbuda - - -
Argentina 22/03/1989 10/05/2007 07/01/2002
Bahamas - - -
Barbados 09/04/2002 02/10/2008 02/10/2008
Belize - - -
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17/11/2004 - -
Brazil 12/09/1958 12/09/1958 23/09/2005
Chile 11/09/2008 11/09/2008 11/09/2008
Colombia 18/06/1998 18/06/1998 24/11/2010
Costa Rica 03/06/1998 03/06/1998 09/12/2003
Cuba 26/11/1957 26/11/1957 -
Dominica - - -
Dominican Republic 05/01/1960 21/03/2002 03/03/2009
Ecuador 02/10/1956 08/02/1961 02/08/2004
El Salvador 19/07/2001 27/03/2002 27/03/2002
Grenada - - -
Guatemala 02/10/1985 19/05/1994 04/02/2005
Guyana - - -
Haiti - - -
Honduras 25/10/2002 25/10/2002 26/01/2003
Jamaica - - -
Mexico 07/05/1956 07/05/1956 07/10/2003
Nicaragua 25/11/1959 25/11/1959 01/06/2001
Panama 17/07/1962 08/03/2001 08/03/2001
Paraguay 09/11/2004 09/11/2004 09/11/2004
Peru 21/07/1989 21/07/1989 24/05/2005
Saint Lucia - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - -
Surinam - - -
Trinidad and Tobago - - -
Uruguay 24/09/1999 24/09/1999 03/01/2007
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 09/05/2005 - -
Total 33 20 18 17
Group IV      
Member States 1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Afghanistan 26/10/2017 12/03/2018 12/03/2018
Australia 19/09/1984 - -
Bangladesh 23/06/2006 23/06/2006 -
Bhutan - - -
Brunei Darussalam - - -
Cambodia 04/04/1962 04/04/1962 17/09/2013
China 05/01/2000 05/01/2000 -
Cook Islands - - -
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - - -
Fiji - - -
India 16/06/1958 16/06/1958 -
Indonesia 10/01/1967 26/07/1967 -
Iran, Islamic Republic of 22/06/1959 22/06/1959 24/05/2005
Japan 10/09/2007 10/09/2007 10/09/2007
Kazakhstan 14/03/1997 14/03/1997 -
Kiribati - - -
Kyrgyzstan 03/07/1995 - -
Lao People’s Democratic Republic - - -
Malaysia 12/12/1960 12/12/1960 -
Maldives - - -
Marshall Islands - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) - - -
Mongolia 04/11/1964 - -
Myanmar 10/02/1956 10/02/1956 -
Nauru - - -
Nepal - - -
New Zealand 24/07/2008 17/10/2013 23/10/2013
Niue - - -
Pakistan 27/03/1959 27/03/1959 -
Palau - - -
Papua New Guinea - - -
Philippines - - -
Republic of Korea - - -
Samoa - - -
Singapore - - -
Solomon Islands - - -
Sri Lanka 11/05/2004 - -
Thailand 02/05/1958 02/05/1958 -
Timor-Leste - - -
Tonga - - -
Turkmenistan 22/01/2018 22/01/2018 22/01/2018
Tuvalu - - -
Vanuatu - - -
Viet Nam - - -
Total 44 19 15 6
Group V(a)      
Member States 1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Angola 07/02/2012 - -
Benin 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012
Botswana 03/01/2002 23/08/2017 19/11/2021
Burkina Faso 18/12/1969 04/02/1987 05/02/2018
Burundi - - -
Cameroon 12/10/1961 12/10/1961 -
Cape Verde - - -
Central African Republic - - -
Chad 17/06/2008 - -
Comoros - - -
Congo - - -
Côte d’Ivoire 24/01/1980 - -
Democratic Republic of the Congo 18/04/1961 18/04/1961 -
Djibouti 09/04/2018 09/04/2018 09/04/2018
Equatorial Guinea 19/11/2003 - 19/11/2003
Eritrea 06/08/2004 - -
Ethiopia 31/08/2015 31/08/2015 -
Gabon 04/12/1961 04/12/1961 29/08/2003
Gambia - - -
Ghana 25/07/1960 25/07/1960 -
Guinea 11/12/1961 11/12/1961  
Guinea-Bissau - - -
Kenya - - -
Lesotho - - -
Liberia - - -
Madagascar 03/11/1961 03/11/1961 03/07/2018
Malawi - - -
Mali 18/05/1961 18/05/1961 15/11/2012
Mauritius 22/09/2006 - -
Mozambique - - -
Namibia - - -
Niger 06/12/1976 06/12/1976 16/06/2006
Nigeria 05/06/1961 05/06/1961 21/10/2005
Rwanda 28/12/2000 - -
Sao Tome and Principe - - -
Senegal 17/06/1987 17/06/1987 -
Seychelles 08/10/2003 - -
Sierra Leone - - -
Somalia - - -
South Africa 18/12/2003 - 11/02/2015
South Sudan - - -
Swaziland - - -
Togo 24/01/2017 24/01/2017 24/01/2017
Uganda - - -
United Republic of Tanzania 23/09/1971 - -
Zambia - - -
Zimbabwe 09/06/1998 - -
Total 47 27 16 12
Group V(b)      
Member States 1954 Convention 1954 First Protocol 1999 Second Protocol
Algeria - - -
Bahrain 26/08/2008 26/08/2008 26/08/2008
Egypt 17/08/1955 17/08/1955 03/08/2005
Iraq 21/12/1967 21/12/1967 06/04/2022
Jordan 02/10/1957 02/10/1957 05/05/2009
Kuwait 06/06/1969 17/02/1970 -
Lebanon 01/06/1960 01/06/1960 08/10/2020
Libya 19/11/1957 19/11/1957 20/07/2001
Mauritania 07/07/2023 07/07/2023 07/07/2023
Morocco 30/08/1968 30/08/1968 05/12/2013
Oman 26/10/1977 - 16/05/2011
Palestine 22/03/2012 22/03/2012 22/03/2012
Qatar 31/07/1973 - 04/09/2000
Saudi Arabia 20/01/1971 06/11/2007 06/11/2007
Sudan 23/07/1970 - -
Syrian Arab Republic 06/03/1958 06/03/1958 -
Tunisia 28/01/1981 28/01/1981 -
United Arab Emirates - - -
Yemen 06/02/1970 06/02/1970 01/06/2023
Total 19 17 14 13

194

Member States

134*

1954 Convention

111*

1954 First Protocol

87*

1999 Second Protocol

* The Holy See, Liechtenstein and Israel are not voting members of UNESCO, and therefore they have not been included in the list, although these States have acceded to the 1954 Hague Convention.

The Holy See, Liechtenstein and Israel have also acceded to the First Protocol (1954). Liechtenstein has acceded to the Second Protocol (1999).

In total, 134 States ratified the 1954 Hague Convention, 111 of them are also Parties to the 1954 First Protocol and 87 of them to the 1999 Second Protocol.

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