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Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents

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14-01-2026 Party
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Vietnam modified

  • Ratification: 31-12-2025 (A)
  • Entry into force: 11-09-2026
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No

  • added reservation
    31-12-2025
    […] the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, designates the following Competent Authorities to issue Apostilles: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: 1. The Consular Department (Headquarters in Hanoi); 2. Ho Chi Minh City’s Department for External Relations.


10-11-2025 Party
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Algeria added

  • Ratification: 05-11-2025 (A)
  • Entry into force: 09-07-2026
  • Reservations / Declarations: No
  • Objections: No
17-06-2025 Party
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France modified

  • removed reservation
    21-05-2025
30-05-2025 Party
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France modified

  • added reservation
    21-05-2025
29-07-2024 Party
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Bangladesh added

  • Ratification: 29-07-2024 (A)
  • Entry into force: 30-03-2025
  • Reservations / Declarations: No
  • Objections: No
11-12-2023 Party
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Ukraine modified

  • added reservation
    01-12-2023
    [The aforementioned treaty is] implemented on the territory of Ukraine in full, with the exception of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, on which it is impossible to fully guarantee the Ukrainian Party's fulfillment of its obligations under [this treaty] as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as the introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine until the complete cessation of encroachment on the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine. The regularly updated list of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted, or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation is at the link below: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1668-22#Text


06-10-2023 Party
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Rwanda modified

  • Ratification: 06-10-2023 (A)
  • Entry into force: 05-06-2024
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No

  • added reservation
    06-10-2023
    Competent authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

    added reservation
    06-10-2023
    […] the Republic of Rwanda wishes to exclude documents that provide Power of Attorney for property from certification under the Apostille Convention in Rwanda, due to internal considerations.
12-05-2023 Party
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Canada added

  • Ratification: 12-05-2023 (A)
  • Entry into force: 11-01-2024
  • Reservations / Declarations: No
  • Objections: No
08-03-2023 Party
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China modified

  • Ratification: 08-03-2023 (A)
  • Entry into force: 07-11-2023

  • added reservation
    08-03-2023
    The Convention will not be applicable between the People's Republic of China and those Contracting States that China does not recognize as sovereign states. In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China has decided that the Convention will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The other Declarations previously made by the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region continue to be effective. The Declaration made by the Government of the People's Republic of China that "the Convention will not be applicable between the People's Republic of China and those Contracting States that China does not recognize as sovereign states" applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region.
21-10-2022 Party
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Indonesia modified

  • added reservation
    05-10-2021
    The Government of the Republic of Indonesia is bound by the provisions of Article 1 on the scope of public documents in the Convention with a declaration statement that provided that the documents issued by the prosecutor office as the prosecuting body in the Republic of Indonesia, are not included in public documents whose requirements of legalization have been abolished as set forth in this Convention.

    added objection to reservation

    Objections France, 05-10-2022

    The Government of the French Republic has carefully examined the declaration made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on 5 October 2021 upon Indonesia’s accession to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”). The declaration, according to which the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is bound by the provisions of Article 1 defining public documents for the purposes of the Convention on the condition that documents emanating from the office of the prosecutor in its capacity as the prosecuting body of the Republic of Indonesia are not included among the public documents for which the requirement of legalisation has been abolished under the Convention, amounts to a reservation insofar as it seeks to limit the legal effect of Article 1 of the Convention with regard to the Republic of Indonesia. Under Article 1(2) of the Convention, documents emanating from a public prosecutor are deemed to be public documents, unless they have been executed by diplomatic or consular agents or concern administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations. The prosecutor is an authority or an official falling under the jurisdiction of the State, and consequently the documents issued by the prosecutor in this capacity must be considered public documents under the Convention within the meaning of Article 1. Any reservation excluding these documents from the abolition of the requirement of legalisation substantively restricts the material field of application of the Convention and for this reason is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. The French Republic therefore objects to the reservation made by the Republic of Indonesia. This objection does not preclude the entry into force of the Convention between the French Republic and the Republic of Indonesia.