| Treaty open for signature by the member States and for accession by non-member States party either to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28/7/1951 or to the Agreement of 15/10/1946 |
| Opening for signature |
Entry into force |
Place: Strasbourg
Date : 20/4/1959 |
Conditions: 3 Ratifications.
Date : 4/9/1960 |
Status as of: 23/5/2012
Member States of the Council of Europe
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Albania |
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Andorra |
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Armenia |
11/5/2001 |
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Austria |
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Azerbaijan |
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Belgium |
20/4/1959 s |
20/4/1959 s |
4/9/1960 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Bulgaria |
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Croatia |
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Cyprus |
7/4/1978 |
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Czech Republic |
9/3/1999 s |
9/3/1999 s |
10/4/1999 |
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Denmark |
30/11/1960 s |
30/11/1960 s |
1/1/1961 |
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X |
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Estonia |
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Finland |
4/7/1990 |
4/7/1990 |
5/8/1990 |
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X |
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France |
20/4/1959 s |
20/4/1959 s |
4/9/1960 |
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16/9/1986 |
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Georgia |
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Germany |
20/4/1959 |
6/11/1961 |
7/12/1961 |
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X |
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Greece |
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Hungary |
16/6/2009 |
6/11/2009 |
7/12/2009 |
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X |
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Iceland |
8/9/1966 |
8/9/1966 |
9/10/1966 |
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Ireland |
29/10/1969 s |
29/10/1969 s |
30/11/1969 |
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Italy |
4/12/1963 |
1/6/1965 |
2/7/1965 |
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X |
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Latvia |
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Liechtenstein |
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28/10/1969 a |
29/11/1969 |
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X |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
20/4/1959 |
24/4/1961 |
25/5/1961 |
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Malta |
17/1/1989 s |
17/1/1989 s |
18/2/1989 |
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X |
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Moldova |
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Monaco |
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Montenegro |
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Netherlands |
4/6/1959 |
3/8/1960 |
4/9/1960 |
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X |
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Norway |
25/11/1960 s |
25/11/1960 s |
1/1/1961 |
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X |
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Poland |
19/5/2004 |
20/4/2005 |
21/5/2005 |
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X |
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Portugal |
10/5/1979 |
12/10/1981 |
13/11/1981 |
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X |
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Romania |
5/11/1999 |
24/4/2001 |
25/5/2001 |
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Russia |
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San Marino |
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Serbia |
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Slovakia |
3/6/2004 |
27/1/2005 |
28/2/2005 |
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X |
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Slovenia |
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Spain |
10/3/1982 |
30/6/1982 |
31/7/1982 |
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Sweden |
30/11/1960 s |
30/11/1960 s |
1/1/1961 |
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X |
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X |
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Switzerland |
29/11/1965 |
20/12/1966 |
21/1/1967 |
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X |
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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Turkey |
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Ukraine |
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United Kingdom |
26/8/1968 s |
26/8/1968 s |
27/9/1968 |
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11/2/2003 |
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Non-member States of the Council of Europe
| States |
Signature |
Ratification |
Entry into force |
Notes |
Suspension |
R. |
D. |
A. |
T. |
C. |
O. |
| Total number of signatures not followed by ratifications: |
2 |
| Total number of ratifications/accessions: |
23 |
Notes:
a: Accession - s: Signature without reservation as to ratification - su: Succession - r: Signature "ad referendum".
R.: Reservations - D.: Declarations - A.: Authorities - T.: Territorial Application - C.: Communication - O.: Objection.
Source : Treaty Office on http://conventions.coe.int
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