Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of wounded, sick and shipwrecked
members of armed forces at sea
Treaty data
Treaty number
007147
Date of conclusion
12-08-1949
Place of conclusion
Genève
Provisional application
Entry into force
21-10-1950
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
1951, 73 (external link) 1954, 190 (external link) 1954, 247 (external link) 1956, 149 (external link) 1959, 11 (external link) 1963, 137 (external link) 1967, 128 (external link) 1980, 84 (external link) 1987, 100 (external link) 1996, 238 (external link)
Parliamentary paper
Approval act
1954, 247
Consolidated text
0005410
Comment
The Convention was in force for the Netherlands Antilles from 03-02-1955 until 10-10-2010.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijksdeel
Provisional
Entry into force
Retroactive effect
Termination
Netherlands (in Europe)
03-02-1955
Netherlands (Bonaire)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
10-10-2010
Aruba
01-01-1986
Curaçao
10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
10-10-2010
PartiesTooltip Parties with a link have a reservation.
Party
Signature
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
08-12-1949
26-09-1956 (R)
26-03-1957
Albania 12-12-1949
27-05-1957 (R)
27-11-1957
Algeria
20-06-1960 (A)
20-12-1960
Andorra
17-09-1993 (A)
17-03-1994
Angola
20-09-1984 (A)
20-03-1985
Antigua and Barbuda
06-10-1986 (Su)
01-11-1981
Argentina
08-12-1949
18-09-1956 (R)
18-03-1957
Armenia
07-06-1993 (A)
07-12-1993
Australia
04-01-1950
14-10-1958 (R)
14-04-1959
Austria
08-12-1949
27-08-1953 (R)
27-02-1954
Azerbaijan
01-06-1993 (A)
01-12-1993
Bahamas
11-07-1975 (Su)
10-07-1973
Bahrain
30-11-1971 (A)
30-05-1972
Bangladesh 04-04-1972 (Su)
26-03-1971
Barbados
10-09-1968 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belarus
12-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
Belgium
08-12-1949
03-09-1952 (R)
03-03-1953
Belize
29-06-1984 (A)
29-10-1984
Benin
14-12-1961 (Su)
01-08-1960
Bhutan
10-01-1991 (A)
10-07-1991
Bolivia
08-12-1949
10-12-1976 (R)
10-06-1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31-12-1992 (Su)
06-03-1992
Botswana
29-03-1968 (A)
29-09-1968
Brazil
08-12-1949
29-06-1957 (R)
29-12-1957
Brunei
14-10-1991 (A)
14-04-1992
Bulgaria
28-12-1949
22-07-1954 (R)
22-01-1955
Burkina Faso
07-11-1961 (Su)
05-08-1960
Burundi
27-12-1971 (Su)
01-07-1962
Cabo Verde
11-05-1984 (A)
11-11-1984
Cambodia
08-12-1958 (A)
08-06-1959
Cameroon
16-09-1963 (Su)
01-01-1960
Canada
08-12-1949
14-05-1965 (R)
14-11-1965
Central African Republic
01-08-1966 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chad
05-08-1970 (A)
05-02-1971
Chile
12-08-1949
12-10-1950 (R)
12-04-1951
China 10-12-1949
28-12-1956 (R)
28-06-1957
Colombia
12-08-1949
08-11-1961 (R)
08-05-1962
Comoros
21-11-1985 (A)
21-05-1986
Cook Islands
07-05-2002 (Su)
11-06-2001
Costa Rica
15-10-1969 (A)
15-04-1970
Côte d'Ivoire
28-12-1961 (Su)
07-08-1960
Croatia
11-05-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
12-08-1949
15-04-1954 (R)
15-10-1954
Cyprus
23-05-1962 (A)
23-11-1962
Czech Republic
05-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
08-12-1949
19-12-1950 (R)
19-06-1951
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27-08-1957 (A)
27-02-1958
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20-02-1961 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
12-08-1949
27-06-1951 (R)
27-12-1951
Djibouti
06-03-1978 (Su)
27-06-1977
Dominica
28-09-1981 (Su)
03-11-1978
Dominican Republic
22-01-1958 (A)
22-07-1958
Ecuador
12-08-1949
11-08-1954 (R)
11-02-1955
Egypt
08-12-1949
10-11-1952 (R)
10-05-1953
El Salvador
08-12-1949
17-06-1953 (R)
17-12-1953
Equatorial Guinea
24-07-1986 (A)
24-01-1987
Eritrea
14-08-2000 (A)
14-08-2000
Estonia
18-01-1993 (A)
18-07-1993
Eswatini
28-06-1973 (A)
28-12-1973
Ethiopia
08-12-1949
02-10-1969 (R)
02-04-1970
Federated States of Micronesia
19-09-1995 (A)
19-03-1996
Fiji
09-08-1971 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
08-12-1949
22-02-1955 (R)
22-08-1955
France
08-12-1949
28-06-1951 (R)
28-12-1951
Gabon
20-02-1965 (Su)
17-08-1960
Gambia, The
11-10-1966 (Su)
18-02-1965
Georgia
14-09-1993 (A)
14-03-1994
Germany
03-09-1954 (A)
03-03-1955
Ghana
02-08-1958 (A)
02-02-1959
Greece
22-12-1949
05-06-1956 (R)
05-12-1956
Grenada
13-04-1981 (Su)
07-02-1974
Guatemala
12-08-1949
14-05-1952 (R)
14-11-1952
Guinea
11-07-1984 (A)
11-01-1985
Guinea-Bissau 21-02-1974 (A)
21-08-1974
Guyana
22-07-1968 (Su)
26-05-1966
Haïti
11-04-1957 (A)
11-10-1957
Holy See
08-12-1949
22-02-1951 (R)
22-08-1951
Honduras
31-12-1965 (A)
30-06-1966
Hungary
08-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
Iceland
10-08-1965 (A)
10-02-1966
India
16-12-1949
09-11-1950 (R)
09-05-1951
Indonesia
30-09-1958 (A)
30-03-1959
Iran 08-12-1949
20-02-1957 (R)
20-08-1957
Iraq
14-02-1956 (A)
14-08-1956
Ireland
19-12-1949
27-09-1962 (R)
27-03-1963
Israel 08-12-1949
06-07-1951 (R)
06-01-1952
Italy
08-12-1949
17-12-1951 (R)
17-06-1952
Jamaica
17-07-1964 (Su)
06-08-1962
Japan
21-04-1953 (A)
21-10-1953
Jordan
29-05-1951 (A)
29-11-1951
Kazakhstan
05-05-1992 (Su)
21-12-1991
Kenya
20-09-1966 (A)
20-03-1967
Kiribati
05-01-1989 (Su)
12-07-1979
Kuwait 02-09-1967 (A)
02-03-1968
Kyrgyzstan
18-09-1992 (Su)
21-12-1991
Laos
29-10-1956 (A)
29-04-1957
Latvia
24-12-1991 (A)
24-06-1992
Lebanon
08-12-1949
10-04-1951 (R)
10-10-1951
Lesotho
20-05-1968 (Su)
04-10-1966
Liberia
29-03-1954 (A)
29-09-1954
Libya
22-05-1956 (A)
22-11-1956
Liechtenstein
12-08-1949
21-09-1950 (R)
21-03-1951
Lithuania
03-10-1996 (A)
03-04-1997
Luxembourg
08-12-1949
01-07-1953 (R)
01-01-1954
Madagascar
13-07-1963 (Su)
26-06-1960
Malawi
05-01-1968 (A)
05-07-1968
Malaysia
24-08-1962 (A)
24-02-1963
Maldives
18-06-1991 (A)
18-12-1991
Mali
24-05-1965 (A)
24-11-1965
Malta
22-08-1968 (Su)
21-09-1964
Marshall Islands
01-06-2004 (A)
01-12-2004
Mauritania
27-10-1962 (Su)
28-11-1960
Mauritius
18-08-1970 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
08-12-1949
29-10-1952 (R)
29-04-1953
Moldova
24-05-1993 (A)
24-11-1993
Monaco
12-08-1949
05-07-1950 (R)
05-01-1951
Mongolia
20-12-1958 (A)
20-06-1959
Montenegro
02-08-2006 (A)
02-02-2007
Morocco
26-07-1956 (A)
26-01-1957
Mozambique
14-03-1983 (A)
14-09-1983
Myanmar
25-08-1992 (A)
25-02-1993
Namibia
22-08-1991 (Su)
21-03-1990
Nauru
27-06-2006 (A)
27-12-2006
Nepal
07-02-1964 (A)
07-08-1964
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
08-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
New Zealand
11-02-1950
02-05-1959 (R)
02-11-1959
Nicaragua
12-08-1949
17-12-1953 (R)
17-06-1954
Niger
16-04-1964 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
09-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
North Macedonia 01-09-1993 (Su)
08-09-1991
Norway
12-08-1949
03-08-1951 (R)
03-02-1952
Oman
31-01-1974 (A)
31-07-1974
Pakistan
12-08-1949
12-06-1951 (R)
12-12-1951
Palau
25-06-1996 (A)
25-12-1996
Palestine
02-04-2014 (A)
02-04-2014
Panama
10-02-1956 (A)
10-08-1956
Papua New Guinea
26-05-1976 (Su)
16-09-1975
Paraguay
10-12-1949
23-10-1961 (R)
23-04-1962
Peru
12-08-1949
15-02-1956 (R)
15-08-1956
Philippines
08-12-1949
06-10-1952 (R)
06-04-1953
Poland
08-12-1949
26-11-1954 (R)
26-05-1955
Portugal 11-02-1950
14-03-1961 (R)
14-09-1961
Qatar
15-10-1975 (A)
15-04-1976
Republic of Korea, the 16-08-1966 (A)
23-09-1966
Republic of the Congo
30-01-1967 (Su)
15-08-1960
Romania
10-02-1950
01-06-1954 (R)
01-12-1954
Russian Federation 12-12-1949
10-05-1954 (R)
10-11-1954
Rwanda
21-03-1964 (Su)
01-07-1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis
14-02-1986 (Su)
19-09-1983
Saint Lucia
18-09-1981 (Su)
22-02-1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
01-04-1981 (A)
01-10-1981
Samoa
23-08-1984 (Su)
01-01-1962
San Marino
29-08-1953 (A)
28-02-1954
São Tomé e Principe
21-05-1976 (A)
21-11-1976
Saudi Arabia
18-05-1963 (A)
18-11-1963
Senegal
23-04-1963 (Su)
20-06-1960
Serbia
16-10-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
08-11-1984 (A)
08-05-1985
Sierra Leone
31-05-1965 (Su)
27-04-1961
Singapore
27-04-1973 (A)
27-10-1973
Slovakia
02-04-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
26-03-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
06-07-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
Somalia
12-07-1962 (A)
12-01-1963
South Africa
31-03-1952 (A)
30-09-1952
South Sudan
25-01-2013 (A)
25-01-2013
Spain
08-12-1949
04-08-1952 (R)
04-02-1953
Sri Lanka
08-12-1949
28-02-1959 (R)
28-08-1959
Sudan
23-09-1957 (A)
23-03-1958
Suriname
13-10-1976 (Su)
25-11-1975
Sweden
08-12-1949
28-12-1953 (R)
28-06-1954
Switzerland
12-08-1949
31-03-1950 (R)
21-10-1950
Syria
12-08-1949
02-11-1953 (R)
02-05-1954
Tajikistan
13-01-1993 (Su)
21-12-1991
Tanzania
12-12-1962 (Su)
09-12-1961
Thailand
29-12-1954 (A)
29-06-1955
Timor-Leste
08-05-2003 (A)
08-11-2003
Togo
06-01-1962 (Su)
27-04-1960
Tonga
13-04-1978 (Su)
04-06-1970
Trinidad and Tobago
24-09-1963 (A)
24-03-1964
Tunisia
04-05-1957 (A)
04-11-1957
Türkiye
12-08-1949
10-02-1954 (R)
10-08-1954
Turkmenistan
10-04-1992 (Su)
26-12-1991
Tuvalu
19-02-1981 (Su)
01-10-1978
Uganda
18-05-1964 (A)
18-11-1964
Ukraine
12-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
United Arab Emirates
10-05-1972 (A)
10-11-1972
United Kingdom 08-12-1949
23-09-1957 (R)
23-03-1958
United States of America 12-08-1949
02-08-1955 (R)
02-02-1956
Uruguay
12-08-1949
05-03-1969 (R)
05-09-1969
Uzbekistan
08-10-1993 (A)
08-04-1994
Vanuatu
27-10-1982 (A)
27-04-1983
Venezuela
10-02-1950
13-02-1956 (R)
13-08-1956
Vietnam 28-06-1957 (A)
28-12-1957
Yemen 16-07-1970 (A)
16-01-1971
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
10-02-1950
21-04-1950 (R)
21-10-1950
Zambia
19-10-1966 (A)
19-04-1967
Zimbabwe
07-03-1983 (A)
07-09-1983
Extensions
Australia
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
New Guinea (< 16-09-1975)
14-04-1959
16-09-1975
Papua (< 16-09-1975)
14-04-1959
16-09-1975
Belgium
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Belgian Congo (<30-06-1960)
03-03-1953
30-06-1960
Ruanda-Urundi ( <01-07-1962)
03-03-1953
01-07-1962
China
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Hong Kong SAR
01-07-1997
Macao SAR
20-12-1999
France
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Djibouti (< 27-06-1977)
28-12-1951
27-06-1977
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Suriname (< 25-11-1975)
03-02-1955
25-11-1975
Portugal
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Macao (<20-12-1999)
20-12-1999
United Kingdom
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Anguilla
23-03-1958
Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981)
23-03-1958
01-11-1981
Bahamas (< 10-07-1973)
23-03-1958
10-07-1973
Bahrain (< 15-08-1971)
23-03-1958
15-08-1971
Barbados (< 30-11-1966)
23-03-1958
30-11-1966
Bermuda
23-03-1958
British Antarctic Territory
23-03-1958
British Virgin Islands
23-03-1958
Cayman Islands
23-03-1958
Dominica (< 03-11-1978)
23-03-1958
03-11-1978
Falkland Islands
23-03-1958
Fiji (< 10-10-1970)
23-03-1958
10-10-1970
Gambia, The (< 18-02-1965)
23-03-1958
18-02-1965
Gibraltar
23-03-1958
Grenada (< 07-02-1974)
23-03-1958
07-02-1974
Guiana (< 26-05-1966)
23-03-1958
26-05-1966
Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997)
23-03-1958
01-07-1997
Jamaica (< 06-08-1962)
23-03-1958
06-08-1962
Kiribati (< 12-07-1979)
23-03-1958
12-07-1979
Kuwait (< 19-06-1961)
23-03-1958
19-06-1961
Lesotho (< 04-10-1966)
23-03-1958
04-10-1966
Malta (< 21-09-1964)
23-03-1958
21-09-1964
Mauritius (< 12-03-1968)
23-03-1958
12-03-1968
Montserrat
23-03-1958
Nigeria (< 01-10-1960)
23-03-1958
01-10-1960
Pitcairn Islands
23-03-1958
Qatar (< 03-09-1971)
23-03-1958
03-09-1971
Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983)
23-03-1958
19-11-1983
Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979)
23-03-1958
22-02-1979
Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
23-03-1958
Sierra Leone (< 27-04-1961)
23-03-1958
27-04-1961
Solomon Islands (< 07-07-1978)
23-03-1958
07-07-1978
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
23-03-1958
Tanganyika (< 09-12-1961)
23-03-1958
26-04-1964
Tonga (< 04-06-1970)
23-03-1958
04-06-1970
Trucial States (< 02-12-1971)
23-03-1958
02-12-1971
Turks and Caicos Islands
23-03-1958
Tuvalu (< 01-10-1978)
23-03-1958
01-10-1978
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