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| Entry into force: | 7 July 1955, in accordance with article III (2) the date on which the amendments, set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 7 December 1953, entered into force in accordance with article III of the Protocol. |
| Registration: | 7 July 1955, No. 2861. |
| Status: | Parties: 98. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 212, p. 17. |
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| Participant | Definitive signature or participation in the Convention and the Protocol, Participation (P) | Ratification of the Convention as amended, Accession to the Convention as amended (a), Succession to the Convention as amended (d) |
| Afghanistan | 16 Aug 1954 | |
| Albania | 2 Jul 1957 a | |
| Algeria | 20 Nov 1963 a | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25 Oct 1988 P | |
| Australia | 9 Dec 1953 | |
| Austria | 16 Jul 1954 | |
| Azerbaijan | 16 Aug 1996 | |
| Bahamas | 10 Jun 1976 | |
| Bahrain | 27 Mar 1990 a | |
| Bangladesh | 7 Jan 1985 | |
| Barbados | 22 Jul 1976 | |
| Belarus | 13 Sep 1956 a | |
| Belgium | 13 Dec 1962 | |
| Bolivia | 6 Oct 1983 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina1 | 1 Sep 1993 d | |
| Brazil | 6 Jan 1966 a | |
| Cameroon | 27 Jun 1984 | |
| Canada | 17 Dec 1953 | |
| Chile | 20 Jun 1995 | |
| China2 | ||
| Croatia1 | 12 Oct 1992 d | |
| Cuba | 28 Jun 1954 | |
| Cyprus | 21 Apr 1986 d | |
| Denmark | 3 Mar 1954 | |
| Dominica | 17 Aug 1994 | |
| Ecuador | 17 Aug 1955 | |
| Egypt | 29 Sep 1954 | |
| Ethiopia | 21 Jan 1969 | |
| Fiji | 12 Jun 1972 | |
| Finland | 19 Mar 1954 | |
| France | 14 Feb 1963 | |
| Germany3 | 29 May 1973 | |
| Greece | 12 Dec 1955 | |
| Guatemala | 11 Nov 1983 | |
| Guinea | 12 Jul 1963 | |
| Hungary | 26 Feb 1958 | |
| India | 12 Mar 1954 | |
| Iraq | 23 May 1955 | |
| Ireland | 31 Aug 1961 | |
| Israel | 12 Sep 1955 | |
| Italy | 4 Feb 1954 | |
| Jamaica | 30 Jul 1964 d | |
| Jordan | 5 May 1959 a | |
| Kuwait | 28 May 1963 a | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 Sep 1997 a | |
| Lesotho | 4 Nov 1974 d | |
| Liberia | 7 Dec 1953 | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 14 Feb 1957 a | |
| Madagascar | 12 Feb 1964 a | |
| Malawi | 2 Aug 1965 a | |
| Mali | 2 Feb 1973 | |
| Malta | 3 Jan 1966 d | |
| Mauritania | 6 Jun 1986 | |
| Mauritius | 18 Jul 1969 d | |
| Mexico | 3 Feb 1954 | |
| Monaco | 12 Nov 1954 | |
| Mongolia | 20 Dec 1968 a | |
| Montenegro4 | 23 Oct 2006 d | |
| Morocco | 11 May 1959 | |
| Myanmar | 29 Apr 1957 | |
| Nepal | 7 Jan 1963 a | |
| Netherlands5 | 7 Jul 1955 | |
| New Zealand6 | 16 Dec 1953 | |
| Nicaragua | 14 Jan 1986 | |
| Niger | 7 Dec 1964 | |
| Nigeria | 26 Jun 1961 d | |
| Norway | 11 Apr 1957 | |
| Pakistan | 30 Sep 1955 a | |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 Jan 1982 a | |
| Paraguay | 27 Sep 2007 P | |
| Philippines | 12 Jul 1955 a | |
| Romania | 13 Nov 1957 | |
| Russian Federation7 | 8 Aug 1956 a | |
| Saint Lucia | 14 Feb 1990 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 Nov 1981 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 Jul 1973 a | |
| Serbia1 | 12 Mar 2001 d | |
| Sierra Leone | 13 Mar 1962 d | |
| Solomon Islands | 3 Sep 1981 | |
| South Africa | 29 Dec 1953 | |
| Spain | 10 Nov 1976 | |
| Sri Lanka | 21 Mar 1958 a | |
| Sudan | 9 Sep 1957 d | |
| Sweden | 17 Aug 1954 | |
| Switzerland | 7 Dec 1953 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 4 Aug 1954 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 Apr 1966 d | |
| Tunisia | 15 Jul 1966 a | |
| Turkey | 14 Jan 1955 | |
| Turkmenistan | 1 May 1997 | |
| Uganda | 12 Aug 1964 a | |
| Ukraine | 27 Jan 1959 a | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7 Dec 1953 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 28 Nov 1962 a | |
| United States of America | 7 Mar 1956 | |
| Uruguay | 7 Jun 2001 a | |
| Viet Nam8 | 14 Aug 1956 a | |
| Yemen9 | 9 Feb 1987 a | |
| Zambia | 26 Mar 1973 d |
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Reservation:
"The accession by the State of Bahrain to the said Convention shall in no way constitute recognition of Israel or be a cause for the establishment of any relations of any kind therewith."
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1. The former Yugoslavia had accepted the Protocol on 21 March 1955 and, as such, participated in the Convention, as amended by the Protocol. 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.
2. Signed on behalf of the Republic of China on 14 December 1955 (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).
3. A notification of reapplication of the Convention of 25 September 1926 was received on 16 July 1974 from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. As an instrument of acceptance of the amending Protocol of 7 December 1953 was deposited with the Secretary-General on the same date on behalf of the Government of the German Democratic Republic, the latter has been applying 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. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
6. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
7. By a communication received on 25 March 1959, the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics notified the Secretary-General that it confirms the accession of the Soviet Union to the Convention as amended, of which the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations advised the Secretary-General of the United Nations in its note of 8 August 1956 is thus the date on which the aforesaid Convention became formally applicable by the Soviet Union in its relations with other States.
8. The Republic of Viet Nam had acceded to the Convention on 14 August 1956. See also note 1 under "Viet Nam" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
9. The formality was effected by Democratic Yemen. See also note 1 under "Yemen" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
10. On 25 June 1990, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Israel the following objection concerning the reservation:
"The Government of the State of Israel has noted that the instruments of accession of Bahrain [to the Slavery Convention signed on 25 September 1926 and amended by the Protocol of 7 December 1953 and to the Supplementary Convention on the abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery of 7 September 1956] contain a declaration in respect of Israel.
"In the view of the Government of the State of Israel such declaration, which is explicitly of a political character is incompatible with the purposes and objectives of these Conventions and cannot in any way affect whatever obligations are binding upon Bahrain under general International Law or under particular Conventions.
"The Government of the State of Israel will, in so far as concerns the substance of the matter, adopt towards Bahrain an attitude of complete reciprocity."