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| Entry into force: | 24 January 1952 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 14. |
| Registration: | 24 January 1952, No. 1610. |
| Status: | Parties: 6. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 119, p. 99. |
| TERMINATION: | 24 January 1972, in accordance with article 1 of the Protocol of 15 January 1967 (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 808, p. 296.) |
Note: The Conference was convened pursuant to General Assembly resolution 369 (IV)1 of 3 December 1949 and met at Lake Success, New York, from 15 March to 6 April 1950. For the text of the Final Act of the Conference, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 119, p. 99.
In accordance with article 17 (1), the Convention was to cease to have effect on 23 January 1957. However, the Convention remained in force until 24 January 1972 as a result of the adoption of the protocols of 16 January 1957 and 15 January 1967 extending it (see chapters XV.2 and XV.3).|
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| Participant | Accession (a) |
| Belgium2 | 22 Jul 1953 a |
| China3 | |
| Germany4 | 30 Jan 1956 a |
| Guatemala | 25 Dec 1951 a |
| Israel | 7 May 1952 a |
| Italy | 25 Mar 1958 a |
| Pakistan | 6 Dec 1955 a |
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"The Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons also applies to Land Berlin.
"Moreover, the Permanent Observer on instructions from his government has the honour to communicate to the Secretary-General that in accordance with article 2, sub-paragraph 3, of the Convention the Amtsgericht Schöneberg in Berlin-Schöneberg has been designated as the tribunal which shall be exclusively competent to receive applications and to issue declarations of death which otherwise would have come within the competence of the tribunals specified in article 2, sub-paragraph 2. This transfer of competence to the Amtsgericht Schöneberg also applies to Land Berlin.
"Furthermore, the Permanent Observer on instructions from his government has the honour to notify the Secretary-General that in accordance with article 1, sub-paragraph 2, the Federal Government has extended the application of the Convention to persons who subsequent to 1945 disappeared under circum- stances similar to those specified in its article 1, sub-paragraph 1. This extension of the application of the Convention likewise applies to Land Berlin."
"Having regard to the provisions of the domestic law of Israel according to which matters of marriage are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the established Religious Courts, the effect to be given to declarations of death, whether issued pursuant to the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons or satisfying the conditions and requirements contained in articles 1, 2 and 3 of the said Convention, and valid by virtue of article 6 thereof, as regards the dissolution of marriages, will depend upon the extent to which the appropriate Religious Court exercising jurisdiction in a given case will be able to recognize the same in accordance with its own religious law."
11 April 1956
The Government of Pakistan extends the application of the Convention to persons having disappeared subsequent to 1945.
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1. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fourth Session (A/1251 & Corr.1 and 2), p. 65.
2. With a declaration to the effect that the Government of Belgium does not assume any obligations as regards the Belgian Congo and the Trust Territories of Ruanda-Urundi.
3. Accession on behalf of the Republic of China on 20 December 1950. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" secton 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.