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Protocol to amend the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, New York, 1947

Entry into force: November 12, 1947

Signed by 8 countries, ratified by 42 countries

Country Signature date Ratification date * Reservation / Declaration Comments
 Afghanistan

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November 12, 1947

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 Albania

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July 25, 1949

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 Australia

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November 13, 1947

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 Austria

-

June 7, 1950

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 Belgium

-

November 12, 1947

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 Brazil

March 17, 1948

April 6, 1950

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 Canada

-

November 24, 1947

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 China

-

November 12, 1947

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 Cuba

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March 16, 1981

Reservation
The Government of the Republic of Cuba declares that article 10 of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921, and article 7 of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933, as amended in the annex to the Protocol done at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947, are discriminatory in that they deny States which are not Members of the United Nations and to which the Economic and Social Council does not officially communicate the Conventions as amended by the Protocol the right to accede to the Conventions as so amended, this being contrary to the principle of sovereign equality of States.
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 Czech Republic

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December 30, 1993

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 Denmark

November 12, 1947

November 21, 1949

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 Egypt

-

November 12, 1947

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 Finland

-

January 6, 1949

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 Germany

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May 29, 1973

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 Greece

March 9, 1951

April 5, 1960

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 Hungary

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February 2, 1950

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 India

-

November 12, 1947

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 Iran

July 16, 1953

-

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 Ireland

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July 19, 1961

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 Italy

-

January 5, 1949

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 Ivory Coast

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November 5, 1962

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 Jamaica

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March 16, 1965

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 Lebanon

-

November 12, 1947

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 Luxembourg

November 12, 1947

March 14, 1955

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 Malta

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February 27, 1975

Reservation
"In accepting the above-mentioned Protocol, Malta considers itself bound only in so far as the Protocol applies to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921 to which Malta is a party."
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 Mexico

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November 12, 1947

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 Myanmar

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May 13, 1949

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 Netherlands

November 12, 1947

March 7, 1949

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 Nicaragua

November 12, 1947

April 24, 1950

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 Niger

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December 7, 1964

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 Norway

November 12, 1947

November 28, 1947

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 Pakistan

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November 12, 1947

Reservation
"In accordance with paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Indian Independence Order, 1947, Pakistan considers herself a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921 by the fact that India became a party to the above-mentioned Convention before 15 August 1947."
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 Poland

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December 21, 1950

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 Romania

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November 2, 1950

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 Russian Federation

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December 18, 1947

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 Serbia

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March 12, 2001

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 Sierra Leone

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August 13, 1962

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 Singapore

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October 26, 1966

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 Slovakia

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May 28, 1993

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 South Africa

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November 12, 1947

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 Sweden

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June 9, 1948

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 Syrian Arab Republic

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November 17, 1947

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 Turkey

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November 12, 1947

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