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2. International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947

Lake Success, 12 November 1947

 

Entry into force: 24 April 1950 , the date on which the amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 12 November 1947 entered into force, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article V of the Protocol.
Registration: 24 April 1950, No. 771.
Status: Parties: 46.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 53, p. 39

Note: The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, concluded at Lake Success, New York of 21 March 1950 consolidates the Protocols, Conventions and Agreements listed in the present chapter under Nos. 1 to 10. Furthermore, the Convention of 21 March 1950 supercedes the provisions of the above-referenced instruments in the relations between the Parties thereto and shall terminate such instruments when all the Parties thereto shall have become Parties to the Convention of 21 March 1950, in accordance with its article 28.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Participant  Definitive signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Protocol  Accession to the Convention as amended by the Protocol (a), Succession to the Convention as amended by the Protocol (d) 
Afghanistan  12 Nov 1947   
Albania  25 Jul 1949   
Algeria    31 Oct 1963 a 
Australia  13 Nov 1947   
Austria  7 Jun 1950   
Belgium  12 Nov 1947   
Brazil  6 Apr 1950   
Canada  24 Nov 1947   
China1  12 Nov 1947   
Cuba  16 Mar 1981   
Czech Republic2  30 Dec 1993   
Denmark  21 Nov 1949   
Egypt  12 Nov 1947   
Finland  6 Jan 1949   
Germany3  29 May 1973   
Greece  5 Apr 1960   
Hungary  2 Feb 1950   
India  12 Nov 1947   
Ireland  19 Jul 1961   
Italy  5 Jan 1949   
Jamaica  16 Mar 1965   
Lebanon  12 Nov 1947   
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya    17 Feb 1959 a 
Luxembourg  14 Mar 1955   
Madagascar    18 Feb 1963 a 
Malawi    25 Feb 1966 a 
Malta  27 Feb 1975   
Mexico  12 Nov 1947   
Montenegro4    23 Oct 2006 d 
Myanmar  13 May 1949   
Netherlands  7 Mar 1949   
Nicaragua  24 Apr 1950   
Norway  28 Nov 1947   
Pakistan  12 Nov 1947   
Philippines    30 Sep 1954 a 
Poland  21 Dec 1950   
Romania  2 Nov 1950   
Russian Federation  18 Dec 1947   
Serbia5    12 Mar 2001 d 
Sierra Leone  13 Aug 1962   
Singapore  26 Oct 1966   
Slovakia2  28 May 1993   
South Africa  12 Nov 1947   
Sweden  9 Jun 1948   
Syrian Arab Republic  17 Nov 1947   
Turkey  12 Nov 1947   
 

 

DECLARATIONS


Declarations and Reservations

[See the text of the declarations and reservations in respect of the unamended Convention (chapter VII.5)

and the amending Protocol of 12 November 1947 (chapter VII.1).]

 

 

NOTES


1. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).


2. The Protocol of 12 November 1947 amending the Agreement, having been signed definitively on 12 November 1947 by the Government of Czechoslovakia, the latter applied the Convention as amended as from that date. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


3. A notification of reapplication of the Convention of 30 September 1921 was received on 21 February 1974 from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. An instrument of acceptance of the Protocol of 12 November 1947 amending the Agreement having been deposited with the Secretary-General on 16 July 1974 on behalf of the German Democratic Republic, the latter applied the Convention as amended since 16 July 1974. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


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


5. The former Yugoslavia had signed the Protocol definitively on 12 November 1947. 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.