List of parties to the Genocide Convention

Participation in the Genocide Convention

  Signed and ratified

  Acceded or succeeded

  Only signed

The list of parties to the Genocide Convention encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement to prevent and punish actions of genocide in war and in peacetime.

On 11 December 1948, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was opened for signature. Ethiopia became the first state to deposit the treaty on 1 July 1949. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on 12 January 1951. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it. The instrument of ratification, accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations

As of November 2015, 147 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently Tajikistan on 3 November 2015. One state, the Dominican Republic, has signed but not ratified the treaty.

Ratified or acceded states

State	Signed	Deposited	Method
Afghanistan		Mar 22, 1956	Accession
Albania		May 12, 1955	Accession
Algeria		Oct 31, 1963	Accession
Andorra		Sep 22, 2006	Accession
Antigua and Barbuda		Oct 25, 1988	Succession from  United Kingdom
Argentina		Jun 5, 1956	Accession
Armenia		Jun 23, 1993	Accession
Australia	Dec 11, 1948	Jul 8, 1949	Ratification
Austria		Mar 19, 1958	Accession
Azerbaijan		Aug 16, 1996	Accession
Bahamas		Aug 5, 1975	Succession from  United Kingdom
Bahrain		Mar 27, 1990	Accession
Bangladesh		Oct 5, 1998	Accession
Barbados		Jan 14, 1980	Accession
Belarus	Dec 16, 1949	Aug 11, 1954	Ratification as  Byelorussian SSR
Belgium	Dec 12, 1949	Sep 5, 1951	Ratification
Belize		Mar 10, 1998	Accession
Bolivia	Dec 11, 1948	Jun 14, 2005	Ratification
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Dec 29, 1992	Succession from  Yugoslavia Signed 11 December 1948 Ratified 29 August 1950
Brazil	Dec 11, 1948	Apr 15, 1952	Ratification
Bulgaria		Jul 21, 1950	Accession
Burkina Faso		Sep 14, 1965	Accession
Burma	Dec 30, 1949	Mar 14, 1956	Ratification
Burundi		Jan 6, 1997	Accession
Cambodia		Oct 14, 1950	Accession
Canada	Nov 28, 1949	Sep 3, 1952	Ratification
Cape Verde		Oct 10, 2011	Accession
Chile	Dec 11, 1948	Jun 3, 1953	Ratification
China	Jul 20, 1949	Apr 18, 1983	Ratification Signed as  Republic of China
Colombia	Aug 12, 1949	Oct 27, 1959	Ratification
Comoros		Sep 27, 2004	Accession
Costa Rica		Oct 14, 1950	Accession
Ivory Coast		Dec 18, 1995	Accession
Croatia		Oct 12, 1992	Succession from  Yugoslavia Signed 11 December 1948 Ratified 29 August 1950
Cuba	Dec 28, 1949	Mar 4, 1953	Ratification
Cyprus		Mar 29, 1982	Accession
Czech Republic		Feb 22, 1993	Succession from  Czechoslovakia Signed 28 December 1949 Ratified 21 December 1950
Democratic Republic of the Congo		May 31, 1962	Succession as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) from  Belgium
Denmark	Sep 28, 1949	Jun 15, 1951	Ratification
Ecuador	Dec 11, 1948	Dec 21, 1949	Ratification
Egypt	Dec 12, 1948	Feb 8, 1952	Ratification
El Salvador	Apr 27, 1949	Sep 28, 1950	Ratification
Estonia		Oct 21, 1991	Accession
Ethiopia	Dec 11, 1948	Jul 1, 1949	Ratification
Fiji		Jan 11, 1973	Succession from  United Kingdom
Finland		Dec 18, 1959	Accession
France	Dec 11, 1948	Oct 14, 1950	Ratification
Gabon		Jan 21, 1983	Accession
Gambia		Dec 29, 1978	Accession
Georgia		Oct 11, 1993	Accession
Germany		Nov 24, 1954	Accession as  West Germany Also  East Germany Acceded 27 March 1973
Ghana		Dec 24, 1958	Accession
Greece	Dec 29, 1949	Dec 8, 1954	Ratification
Guatemala	Jun 22, 1949	Jan 13, 1950	Ratification
Guinea		Sep 7, 2000	Accession
Guinea-Bissau		Sep 24, 2013	Accession
Haiti	Dec 11, 1948	Oct 14, 1950	Ratification
Honduras	Apr 22, 1949	Mar 5, 1952	Ratification
Hungary		Jan 7, 1952	Accession
Iceland	May 14, 1949	Aug 29, 1949	Ratification
India	Nov 29, 1949	Aug 27, 1959	Ratification
Iran	Dec 8, 1949	Aug 14, 1956	Ratification
Iraq		Jan 20, 1959	Accession
Ireland		Jun 22, 1976	Accession
Israel	Aug 17, 1949	Mar 9, 1950	Ratification
Italy		Jun 4, 1952	Accession
Jamaica		Sep 23, 1968	Accession
Jordan		Apr 3, 1950	Accession
Kazakhstan		Aug 26, 1998	Accession
Kuwait		Mar 7, 1995	Accession
Kyrgyzstan		Sep 5, 1997	Accession
Laos		Dec 8, 1950	Accession
Latvia		Apr 14, 1992	Accession
Lebanon	Dec 30, 1949	Dec 17, 1953	Ratification
Lesotho		Nov 29, 1974	Accession
Liberia	Dec 11, 1948	Jun 9, 1950	Ratification
Libya		May 16, 1989	Accession
Liechtenstein		Mar 24, 1994	Accession
Lithuania		Feb 1, 1996	Accession
Luxembourg		Oct 7, 1981	Accession
Malaysia		Dec 20, 1994	Accession
Maldives		Apr 24, 1984	Accession
Mali		Jul 16, 1974	Accession
Malta		Jun 6, 2014	Accession
Mexico	Dec 14, 1948	Jul 22, 1952	Ratification
Moldova		Jan 26, 1993	Accession
Monaco		Mar 30, 1950	Accession
Mongolia		Jan 5, 1967	Accession
Montenegro	Jul 19, 2006	Oct 23, 2006	Succession from  Serbia and Montenegro
Morocco		Jan 24, 1958	Accession
Mozambique		Apr 18, 1983	Accession
Namibia		Nov 28, 1994	Accession
Nepal		Jan 17, 1969	Accession
Netherlands		Jun 20, 1966	Accession
New Zealand	Nov 25, 1949	Dec 28, 1978	Ratification
Nicaragua		Jan 29, 1952	Accession
Nigeria		Jul 27, 2009	Accession
North Korea		Jan 31, 1989	Accession
Norway	Dec 11, 1948	Jul 22, 1949	Ratification
Pakistan	Dec 11, 1948	Oct 12, 1957	Ratification
Palestine		Apr 2, 2014	Accession
Panama	Dec 11, 1948	Jan 11, 1950	Ratification
Papua New Guinea		Jan 27, 1982	Accession
Paraguay	Dec 11, 1948	Oct 3, 2001	Ratification
Peru	Dec 11, 1948	Feb 24, 1960	Ratification
Philippines	Dec 11, 1948	Jul 7, 1950	Ratification
Poland		Nov 14, 1950	Accession
Portugal		Feb 9, 1999	Accession
Macedonia		Jan 18, 1994	Succession from  Yugoslavia Signed 11 December 1948 Ratified 29 August 1950
Romania		Nov 2, 1950	Accession
Russia	Dec 16, 1949	May 3, 1954	Ratification as  Soviet Union
Rwanda		Apr 16, 1975	Accession
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Nov 9, 1981	Accession
San Marino		Nov 8, 2013	Accession
Saudi Arabia		Jul 13, 1950	Accession
Senegal		Aug 4, 1983	Accession
Serbia		Mar 12, 2001	Accession as  Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles		May 5, 1992	Accession
Singapore		Aug 18, 1995	Accession
Slovakia		May 28, 1993	Succession from  Czechoslovakia Signed 28 December 1949 Ratified 21 December 1950
Slovenia		Jul 6, 1992	Succession from  Yugoslavia Signed 11 December 1948 Ratified 29 August 1950
South Africa		Dec 10, 1998	Accession
South Korea		Oct 14, 1950	Accession
Spain		Sep 13, 1968	Accession
Sri Lanka		Oct 12, 1950	Accession
Sudan		Oct 13, 2003	Accession
Sweden	Dec 30, 1949	May 27, 1952	Ratification
Switzerland		Sep 7, 2000	Accession
Syria		Jun 25, 1955	Accession
Tajikistan		Nov 3, 2015	Accession
Tanzania		Apr 5, 1984	Accession
Togo		May 24, 1984	Accession
Tonga		Feb 16, 1972	Accession
Trinidad and Tobago		Dec 13, 2002	Accession
Tunisia		Nov 29, 1956	Accession
Turkey		Jul 31, 1950	Accession
Uganda		Nov 14, 1995	Accession
Ukraine	Dec 16, 1949	Nov 15, 1954	Ratification as  Ukrainian SSR
United Arab Emirates		Nov 11, 2005	Accession
United Kingdom		Jan 30, 1970	Accession
United States	Dec 11, 1948	Nov 25, 1988	Ratification
Uruguay	Dec 11, 1948	Jul 11, 1967	Ratification
Uzbekistan		Sep 9, 1999	Accession
Venezuela		Jul 12, 1960	Accession
Vietnam		Jun 9, 1981	Accession
Yemen		Feb 9, 1987	Accession as  South Yemen Also  North Yemen Acceded 6 April 1989
Zimbabwe		May 13, 1991	Accession

Unrecognized state, ratified treaty^[1]

State	Signed	Deposited	Method
Republic of China	Jul 20, 1949	Jul 19, 1951	Ratification

State that has signed but not ratified

State	Signed
Dominican Republic	Dec 11, 1948

References

• "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide". United Nations Treaty Series. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

1. On the date that Taiwan ratified the treaty, it was recognized by the United States and other nations as the sole legitimate government of China, and it was a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, holding a veto power