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List of parties to the Geneva Conventions


The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or accession by any sovereign state. They are:

The four 1949 Conventions have been ratified by 195 states, including all UN member states, both UN observers the Holy See and the State of Palestine, as well as the Cook Islands. Kosovo and Taiwan have not been listed as signing the Geneva Conventions. The Protocols have been ratified by 174, 168 and 72 states respectively. In addition, Article 90 of Protocol I states that "The High Contracting Parties may at the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to the Protocol, or at any other subsequent time, declare that they recognize ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other High Contracting Party accepting the same obligation, the competence of the [International Fact-Finding] Commission to enquire into allegations by such other Party, as authorized by this Article." 76 states have made such a declaration.

Below is a list of state parties to the Geneva Conventions.

 Hong Kong was declared by China to be covered by its ratification of Conventions I–IV and Protocols I–II from 1 July 1997, the same date the UK renounced their obligations for the territory following the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.

New Zealand declared that its ratification of Protocols I–II does not extend to the  Cook Islands (which subsequently independently ratified the Protocols),  Niue and  Tokelau.


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