Under Article 15, the convention was open for signature from 3 December 2008 until its entry into force, which was 1 August 2010. On the following list, the first date is signature; the second date is ratification. Now that the convention has entered into force, states may no longer sign—rather they may become bound through a one-step procedure known as accession. According to Article 16(2), the treaty is open for accession by any state that has not signed. Accession is indicated below with (a).

As of 15 August 2016 there were 100 States Parties and 19 signatories.

States Parties

Afghanistan 3 Dec 08; 8 Sep 11

Albania 3 Dec 08; 16 Jun 09

Andorra 9 Apr 13 (a)

Antigua and Barbuda 16 Jul 10; 23 Aug 10

Australia 3 Dec 08; 8 Oct 12

Austria 3 Dec 08; 2 Apr 09

Belgium 3 Dec 08; 22 Dec 09

Belize 2 Sep 14 (a)

Bolivia 3 Dec 08; 30 Apr 13

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Dec 08; 7 Sep 10

Botswana 3 Dec 08; 27 Jun 11

Bulgaria 3 Dec 08; 6 Apr 11

Burkina Faso 3 Dec 08; 16 Feb 10

Burundi 3 Dec 08; 25 Dec 09

Cameroon 15 Dec 09; 12 Jul 12

Canada 3 Dec 08; 16 Mar 15

Cape Verde 3 Dec 08; 19 Oct 10

Chad 3 Dec 08; 26 Mar 13

Chile 3 Dec 08; 16 Dec 10

Colombia 3 Dec 08; 10 Sep 15

Comoros 3 Dec 08; 28 Jul 10

Congo, Rep. 3 Dec 08; 2 Sep 14

Cook Islands 3 Dec 08; 23 Aug 11

Costa Rica 3 Dec 08; 28 Apr 11

Côte d’Ivoire 4 Dec 08; 12 Mar 12

Croatia 3 Dec 08; 17 Aug 09

Cuba 6 Apr 16 (a)

Czech Republic 3 Dec 08; 22 Sep 11

Denmark 3 Dec 08; 12 Feb 10

Dominican Republic 10 Nov 09; 20 Dec 11

Ecuador 3 Dec 08; 11 May 10

El Salvador 3 Dec 08; 10 Jan 11

Fiji 3 Dec 08; 28 May 10

France 3 Dec 08; 25 Sep 09

Germany 3 Dec 08; 8 Jul 09

Ghana 3 Dec 08; 3 Feb 11

Grenada 29 Jun 11 (a)

Guatemala 3 Dec 08; 3 Nov 10

Guinea 3 Dec 08; 21 Oct 14

Guinea-Bissau 3 Dec 08; 29 Nov 10

Guyana 31 Oct 14 (a)

Holy See 3 Dec 08; 3 Dec 08

Honduras 3 Dec 08; 21 Mar 12

Hungary 3 Dec 08; 3 Jul 12

Iceland 3 Dec 08; 31 Aug 15

Iraq 12 Nov 09; 14 May 13

Ireland 3 Dec 08; 3 Dec 08

Italy 3 Dec 08; 21 Sep 11

Japan 3 Dec 08; 14 Jul 09

Lao PDR 3 Dec 08; 18 Mar 09

Lebanon 3 Dec 08; 5 Nov 10

Lesotho 3 Dec 08; 28 May 10

Liechtenstein 3 Dec 08; 4 Mar 13

Lithuania 3 Dec 08; 24 Mar 11

Luxembourg 3 Dec 08; 10 Jul 09

Macedonia FYR 3 Dec 08; 8 Oct 09

Malawi 3 Dec 08; 7 Oct 09

Mali 3 Dec 08; 30 Jun 10

Malta 3 Dec 08; 24 Sep 09

Mauritania 19 Apr 12; 1 Feb 12

Mauritius 1 Oct 15 (a)

Mexico 3 Dec 08; 6 May 09

Moldova 3 Dec 08; 16 Feb 10

Monaco 3 Dec 08; 21 Sep 10

Montenegro 3 Dec 08; 25 Jan 10

Mozambique 3 Dec 08; 14 Mar 11

Nauru 3 Dec 08; 4 Feb 13

Netherlands 3 Dec 08; 23 Feb 11

New Zealand 3 Dec 08; 22 Dec 09

Nicaragua 3 Dec 08; 2 Nov 09

Niger 3 Dec 08; 2 Jun 09

Norway 3 Dec 08; 3 Dec 08

Palau 3 Dec 08; 19 Apr 16

Palestine 2 Jan 15 (a)

Panama 3 Dec 08; 29 Nov 10

Paraguay 3 Dec 08; 12 March 15

Peru 3 Dec 08; 26 Sep 12

Portugal 3 Dec 08; 9 Mar 11

Rwanda 3 Dec 08; 25 Aug 15

Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 Sep 13 (a)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23 Sep 09; 29 Oct 10

Samoa 3 Dec 08; 28 Apr 10

San Marino 3 Dec 08; 10 Jul 09

Senegal 3 Dec 08; 3 Aug 11

Seychelles 13 Apr 10; 20 May 10

Sierra Leone 3 Dec 08; 3 Dec 08

Slovak Republic 24 Jul 15 (a)

Slovenia 3 Dec 08; 19 Aug 09

Somalia 3 Dec 08; 30 Sep 15

South Africa 3 Dec 08; 28 May 15

Spain 3 Dec 08; 19 Jun 09

Swaziland 13 Sep 11 (a)

Sweden 3 Dec 08; 23 Apr 12

Switzerland 3 Dec 08; 17 Jul 12

Togo 3 Dec 08; 22 Jun 12

Trinidad and Tobago 21 Sep 11 (a)

Tunisia 12 Jan 09; 28 Sep 10

United Kingdom 3 Dec 08; 4 May 10

Uruguay 3 Dec 08; 24 Sep 09

Zambia 3 Dec 08; 12 Aug 09

Signatories

Angola 3 Dec 08

Benin 3 Dec 08

Central African Republic 3 Dec 08

Congo, Dem. Rep. 18 Mar 09

Cyprus 23 Sep 09

Djibouti 30 Jul 10

Gambia 3 Dec 08

Haiti 28 Oct 09

Indonesia 3 Dec 08

Jamaica 12 Jun 09

Kenya 3 Dec 08

Liberia 3 Dec 08

Madagascar 3 Dec 08

Namibia 3 Dec 08

Nigeria 12 Jun 09

Philippines 3 Dec 08

São Tomé & Príncipe 3 Dec 08

Tanzania 3 Dec 08

Uganda 3 Dec 08

Non-signatories

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Bhutan

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Burma/Myanmar

Cambodia

China

Dominica

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

Gabon

Georgia

Greece

India

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Libya

Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Mongolia

Morocco

Nepal

Niue

Oman

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Poland

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Saint Lucia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

Timor Leste

Tonga

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zimbabwe