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4. International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933, 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. 772.
Status: Parties: 31.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 53, p. 49. 

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

Participant1  Definitive signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Protocol  Accession to the Convention as amended by the Protocol 
Afghanistan  12 Nov 1947   
Algeria    31 Oct 1963 
Australia  13 Nov 1947   
Austria  7 Jun 1950   
Belgium  12 Nov 1947   
Brazil  6 Apr 1950   
Côte d'Ivoire  5 Nov 1962   
Cuba  16 Mar 1981   
Czech Republic2  30 Dec 1993   
Finland  6 Jan 1949   
Greece  5 Apr 1960   
Hungary  2 Feb 1950   
Ireland  19 Jul 1961   
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya    17 Feb 1959 
Luxembourg    14 Mar 1955 
Madagascar    12 Feb 1964 
Mali    2 Feb 1973 
Mexico  12 Nov 1947   
Netherlands  7 Mar 1949   
Nicaragua  24 Apr 1950   
Niger  7 Dec 1964   
Norway  28 Nov 1947   
Philippines    30 Sep 1954 
Poland  21 Dec 1950   
Romania  2 Nov 1950   
Russian Federation  18 Dec 1947   
Singapore    26 Oct 1966 
Slovakia2  28 May 1993   
South Africa  12 Nov 1947   
Sweden  9 Jun 1948   
Turkey  12 Nov 1947   
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations and Reservations

[See also 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. The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Convention, as amended by the Protocol of 12 November 1947, with a reservation and a declaration, on 16 July 1974. For the text of the reservation and declaration, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 943, p. 335. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

2. The Protocol of 12 November 1947 amending the Convention 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.