Inter-American Treaties

Current Status of Signatures and Ratifications of the Inter-American Treaties .

Any updates must be notified to the Department of International Law.

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Treaties

Year

Signature
(mm/dd/yy)

Ratification/ Accession
(mm/dd/yy)

Deposit
(mm/dd/yy)

Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29)

1947

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American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota)  (A-42)

1948

-

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Economic Agreement of Bogota (A-43)

1948

-

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Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women (A-44)

1948

-

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Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women (A-45)

1948

-

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Charter of the Organization of American States (A-41)

1948

01/08/91

01/08/91

01/08/91

Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of American States (C-13)

1949

-

-

-

Additional Protocol to the Pan-American Sanitary Code (B-3) (2)

1952

-

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-

Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (A-46)

1954

-

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Convention on Territorial Asylum (A-47)

1954

-

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Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations (A-48)

1954

-

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Protocol to the Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife (C-14)

1957

-

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-

Protocol of Amendment to the Convention on the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (C-12) (1)

1958

-

-

-

Agreement establishing the Inter-American Development Bank (C-15)

1959

09/28/92

08/31/92

09/28/92

Inter-American Convention on Facilitation of International Waterborne Transportation (B-30) 

1963

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-

-

Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Buenos Aires" (B-31)

1967

-

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-

American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica (B-32)

1969

-

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Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of International Significance (A-49)

1971

-

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Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (B-35)

1975

-

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Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29 (1)

1975

-

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Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-36)

1975

-

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Inter-American Convention on the Legal Regime of Powers of Attorney to be used Abroad (B-38)

1975

-

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Inter-American Convention on the  Taking of Evidence Abroad (B-37)

1975

-

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Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning (B-34)

1975

-

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Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices (B-33)

1975

-

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Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations (Convention of San Salvador) (C-16)

1976

-

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Inter-American Convention on General Rules of Private International Law (B-45)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards (B-41)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Domicile of Natural Persons in Private International Law (B-44)

1979

-

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Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-46)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Commercial Companies (B-40)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law (B-43)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Execution of Preventive Measures (B-42)

1979

-

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Agreement on the Adoption of the Inter-American Manual on Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways "Agreement of Caracas" (C-18)

1979

-

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Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Checks (B-39)

1979

-

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-

Convention on the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (C-17)

1979

-

08/13/92

11/15/92

Inter-American Convention on Extradition (B-47)

1981

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors (B-48)

1984

-

06/11/97

07/16/97

Inter-American Convention on Personality and Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private International Law (B-49)

1984

-

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Additional Protocol to the Inter-American  Convention on the Takingof Evidence Abroad (B-51)

1984

-

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Inter-American Convention on Jurisdiction in the International Sphere for the Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments (B-50)

1984

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Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (A-51)

1985

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Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Cartagena de Indias  (A-50)

1985

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Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (B-52)

1987

-

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Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador (A-52)

1988

-

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Amendment of Article Seven of the Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (B-52) (1)

1988

-

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Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations (B-54)

1989

-

06/11/97

07/16/97

Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children (B-53)

1989

 

06/11/97

07/16/97

Inter-American Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (B-55)

1989

-

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-

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (A-53)

1990

-

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Inter-American Convention to facilitate Disaster Assistance (A-54)

1991

-

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Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-55)

1992

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Agreement establishing the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (C-19)

1992

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Protocol of amendments to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Washington"(A-56)

1992

-

05/11/95

09/15/95

Optional Protocol related to the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-59)

1993

-

-

-

Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Managua" (A-58)

1993

06/10/93

05/11/95

09/15/95

Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad (A-57)

1993

05/10/05

06/29/05

07/15/05

Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts (B-56)

1994

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Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (A-60)

1994

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Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women "Convention of Belem do Para" (A-61)

1994

11/15/96

11/25/96

11/25/96

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (B-57)

1994

-

06/11/97

07/16/97

Inter-American Convention on the International Amateur Radio Permit (A-62)

1995

-

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Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (B-58)

1996

06/05/01

08/02/02

09/06/02

Inter-American Convention Against the Ilicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (A-63)

1997

11/14/97

11/17/97

01/12/98

Convenio Basico del Instituo de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (F-104)

1998

08/27/98

04/03/00

04/18/00

Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (A-64)

1999

-

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Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (A-65)

1999

-

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Amendment to the Agreement Establishing The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (C-19(1))

1999

-

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Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (A-66)

2002

06/03/02

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Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit (A-67)

2003

-

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Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance (A-68)

2013

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Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance (A-69)

2013

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Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (A-70)

2015

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Amendment of The Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit (A-71)

2018

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