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7. Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality

Vienna, 24 April 1963

 

Entry into force: 19 March 1967, in accordance with article VI (1).
Registration: 8 June 1967, No. 8639.
Status: Signatories: 19 ,Parties: 39.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, p. 469. 

Note: See "Note:" in chapter III.6.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant1  Signature, Succession to signature (d)  Ratification, Accession (a) 
Belgium    9 Sep 1970 a 
Bosnia and Herzegovina2  12 Jan 1994 d   
Brazil  24 Apr 1963   
Bulgaria    11 Jul 1989 a 
Cameroon  21 Aug 1963   
China3     
Colombia  24 Apr 1963   
Congo  24 Apr 1963   
Democratic Republic of the Congo  24 Apr 1963   
Denmark  24 Apr 1963  15 Nov 1972 
Dominican Republic  24 Apr 1963  4 Mar 1964 
Egypt    21 Jun 1965 a 
Estonia    21 Oct 1991 a 
Finland  28 Oct 1963  2 Jul 1980 
Gabon    23 Feb 1965 a 
Germany4,5  31 Oct 1963  7 Sep 1971 
Ghana  24 Apr 1963  4 Oct 1963 
Iceland    1 Jun 1978 a 
India    28 Nov 1977 a 
Indonesia    4 Jun 1982 a 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)    5 Jun 1975 a 
Iraq6    14 Jan 1970 a 
Italy  22 Nov 1963  25 Jun 1969 
Kenya    1 Jul 1965 a 
Kuwait  10 Jan 1964   
Lao People's Democratic Republic    9 Aug 1973 a 
Liberia  24 Apr 1963   
Madagascar    17 Feb 1967 a 
Malawi    23 Feb 1981 a 
Montenegro7  23 Oct 2006 d   
Morocco    23 Feb 1977 a 
Nepal    28 Sep 1965 a 
Netherlands8    17 Dec 1985 a 
New Zealand9    5 Sep 2003 a 
Nicaragua    9 Jan 1990 a 
Niger    21 Jun 1978 a 
Norway  24 Apr 1963  13 Feb 1980 
Oman    31 May 1974 a 
Panama  4 Dec 1963  28 Aug 1967 
Paraguay    23 Dec 1969 a 
Philippines    15 Nov 1965 a 
Republic of Korea    7 Mar 1977 a 
Senegal    29 Apr 1966 a 
Serbia2  12 Mar 2001 d   
Suriname    11 Sep 1980 a 
Sweden  8 Oct 1963  19 Mar 1974 
Switzerland    12 Jun 1992 a 
Syrian Arab Republic    21 Jun 1965 a 
Thailand    15 Apr 1999 a 
Tunisia    24 Jan 1968 a 
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations and Reservations

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made

upon ratification or accession.)

Netherlands

Declaration:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands interprets the words "not, solely by the operation of the law of the receiving State" in article II of the Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality as meaning that acquisition of nationality by descent is not regarded as acquisition of nationality solely by the operation of this law.

 

 

NOTES

1. The Republic of Viet-Nam had acceded to the Protocol on 10 May 1973. See also note 1 under "Viet Nam" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

2. The former Yugoslavia had signed the Optional Protocol on 24 April 1963. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

3. Signed on behalf of the Republic of China on 24 April 1963. See also note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

4. See note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

5. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

6. See chapter III.6 for the text of the reservation contained in the instrument of accession by the Government of Iraq to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and to this Protocol and note in the same chapter for the communication received in this regard by the Government of Israel.

7. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

8. For the Kingdom in Europe and the Netherlands Antilles. See also note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

9. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Tokelau Islands:

"Declares that, consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this accession shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory."