Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Appearance
Signed | 26 November 1968 |
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Location | New York City, United States |
Effective | 11 November 1970 |
Condition | 10 ratifications |
Parties | 55 |
The Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity was adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by United Nations General Assembly resolution 2391 (XXIII) of 26 November 1968. Pursuant to the provisions of its Article VIII (90 days following the deposit of the tenth ratification), it came into force on 11 November 1970.
The Convention provides that no signatory state may apply statutory limitations to:
- War crimes as they are defined in the Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal of 8 August 1945.
- Crimes against humanity, whether committed in time of war or in time of peace, as defined in the Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal, eviction by armed attack or occupation, inhuman acts resulting from the policy of apartheid, and the crime of genocide as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
As of December 2020, with the adhesion of Ecuador, the convention has 56 state parties, which includes 55 UN member states and the State of Palestine.
Member states[edit]
- Signatories
Poland, signed on 16/12/1968, ratified on 14/02/1969
Russia, signed on 06/01/1969, ratified on 22/04/1969
Belarus, signed on 07/01/1969, ratified on 08/05/1969
Bulgaria, signed on 21/01/1969, ratified on 21/05/1969
Mongolia, signed on 31/01/1969, ratified on 21/05/1969
Ukraine, signed on 14/01/1969, ratified on 19/06/1969
Hungary, signed on 25/03/1969, ratified on 24/06/1969
Romania, signed on 17/04/1969, ratified on 15/09/1969
Ex Yugoslavia, signed on 16/12/1968, ratified on 09/06/1970
Ex Czechoslovakia, signed on 21/05/1969, ratified on 13/08/1970
Mexico, signed on 03/07/1969, ratified on 15/03/2002
- Adherents
Nigeria, adhered on 01/12/1970
India, adhered on 12/01/1971
Albania, adhered on 19/05/1971
Guinea, adhered on 07/06/1971
Kenya, adhered on 01/05/1972
Tunisia, adhered on 15/06/1972
Cuba, adhered on 13/09/1972
Cameroon, adhered on 06/10/1972
Philippines, adhered on 15/05/1973
Rwanda, adhered on 16/04/1975
Gambia, adhered on 29/12/1978
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, adhered on 09/11/1981
Vietnam, adhered on 06/05/1983
Afghanistan, adhered on 22/07/1983
Bolivia, adhered on 06/10/1983
North Korea, adhered on 08/11/1984
Laos, adhered on 28/12/1984
Nicaragua, adhered on 03/09/1986
Yemen, adhered on 09/02/1987
Libya, adhered on 16/05/1989
Estonia, adhered on 21/10/1991
Latvia, adhered on 14/04/1992
Slovenia, adhered on 06/07/1992[a]
Croatia, adhered on 12/10/1992[a]
Moldova, adhered on 26/01/1993
Czech Republic, adhered on 22/02/1993[b]
Slovakia, adhered on 28/05/1993[b]
Armenia, adhered on 23/06/1993
Bosnia and Herzegovina, adhered on 01/09/1993[a]
North Macedonia, adhered on 18/01/1994[a]
Kuwait, adhered on 07/03/1995
Georgia, adhered on 31/03/1995
Lithuania, adhered on 01/02/1996
Azerbaijan, adhered on 16/08/1996
Ghana, adhered on 07/09/2000
Serbia, adhered on 12/03/2001[a]
Uruguay, adhered on 21/09/2001
Peru, adhered on 11/08/2003
Argentina, adhered on 26/08/2003
Liberia, adhered on 16/09/2005
Montenegro, adhered on 23/10/2006
Panama, adhered on 21/06/2007
Paraguay, adhered on 23/09/2008
Costa Rica, adhered on 27/04/2009
Honduras, adhered on 16/08/2010
State of Palestine, adhered on 02/01/2015
Ecuador, adhered on 01/12/2020
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d e The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Convention on 16 December 1968 and 9 June 1970, respectively.
- ^ a b The former Czechoslovakia had signed and ratified the Convention on 21 May 1969 and 13 August 1970, respectively, with a declaration.
External links[edit]
- Convention text (UNHCHR)
- Convention text UNITED NATIONS
- Signatories and ratifications Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Procedural history and related documents on the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
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