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Department of International Law (DIL)
Inter-American Treaties
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.
By Member States
Treaties
Year
Signature (mm/dd/yy)
Ratification/
Accession
Deposit
Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal
Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29)
1947
11/10/49
10/30/50
11/07/50
American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact
of Bogota) (A-42)
1948
04/30/48
03/03/08
03/07/08
Economic Agreement of Bogota (A-43)
1948
05/02/48
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-
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of
Political Rights to Women (A-44)
1948
05/02/48
12/30/48
03/17/49
Inter-American Convention on the Granting of
Civil Rights to Women (A-45)
1948
05/02/48
12/30/48
03/17/49
Charter of the Organization of American
States (A-41)
1948
04/30/48
12/21/50
12/28/50
Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of
the Organization of American States (C-13)
1949
03/05/51
05/19/51
06/04/51
Additional Protocol to the Pan-American
Sanitary Code (B-3) (2)
1952
09/24/52
03/11/54
04/21/54
Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (A-46)
1954
03/28/54
03/20/55
08/11/55
Convention on Territorial Asylum (A-47)
1954
03/28/54
03/20/55
08/11/55
Convention for the Promotion of
Inter-American Cultural Relations (A-48)
1954
03/28/54
03/20/55
08/11/55
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
11/06/59
12/12/60
01/04/61
Agreement establishing the Inter-American
Development Bank (C-15)
1959
12/22/59
12/14/59
12/22/59
Inter-American Convention on Facilitation of
International Waterborne Transportation
(B-30)
1963
-
08/08/79
11/29/79
Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the
Organization of American States "Protocol of
Buenos Aires" (B-31)
1967
02/27/67
08/20/70
09/30/70
American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of
San Jose, Costa Rica (B-32)
1969
11/22/69
12/08/77
12/28/77
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
05/17/84
03/17/06
06/08/06
Inter-American Convention on International
Commercial Arbitration (B-35)
1975
01/30/75
08/06/91
10/23/91
Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty)
(B-29 (1)
1975
07/26/75
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-
Inter-American Convention on Letters
Rogatory (B-36)
1975
01/30/75
08/15/75
09/10/75
Inter-American Convention on the Legal
Regime of Powers of Attorney to be used
Abroad (B-38)
1975
01/30/75
06/24/75
08/06/75
Inter-American Convention on the
Taking of Evidence Abroad (B-37)
1975
01/30/75
08/29/75
10/03/75
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of
Laws Concerning (B-34)
1975
01/30/75
09/05/75
10/03/75
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of
Laws concerning Bills of Exchange,
Promissory Notes, and Invoices (B-33)
1975
01/30/75
08/12/75
09/10/75
Convention on the Protection of the
Archeological, Historical, and Artistic
Heritage of the American Nations (Convention
of San Salvador) (C-16)
1976
07/27/78
08/31/78
09/27/78
Inter-American Convention on General Rules
of Private International Law (B-45)
1979
05/08/79
04/27/82
05/18/82
Inter-American Convention on
Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign
Judgments and
Arbitral Awards (B-41)
1979
05/08/79
05/05/82
06/01/82
Inter-American Convention on Domicile of
Natural Persons in Private International Law
(B-44)
1979
05/08/79
05/05/82
06/01/82
Additional Protocol to the Inter-American
Convention on Letters Rogatory
(B-46)
1979
05/08/79
04/27/82
05/18/82
Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of
Laws Concerning Commercial Companies (B-40)
1979
05/08/79
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-
Inter-American Convention on Proof of and
Information on Foreign Law (B-43)
1979
05/08/79
04/23/82
05/11/82
Inter-American Convention on Execution of
Preventive Measures (B-42)
1979
05/08/79
05/05/82
06/01/82
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
05/08/79
04/27/82
05/18/82
Convention on the Inter-American Institute
for Cooperation on Agriculture (C-17)
1979
03/14/79
12/12/80
01/30/81
Inter-American Convention on Extradition
(B-47)
1981
02/25/81
02/05/98
04/15/98
Inter-American Convention on Conflict of
Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors
(B-48)
1984
05/24/84
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-
Inter-American Convention on Personality and
Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private
International Law (B-49)
1984
05/24/84
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-
Additional Protocol to the Inter-American
Convention on the Takingof Evidence Abroad
(B-51)
1984
05/24/84
08/21/95
02/28/96
Inter-American Convention on Jurisdiction in
the International Sphere for the
Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign
Judgments (B-50)
1984
05/24/84
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-
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and
Punish Torture (A-51)
1985
05/30/86
09/30/99
11/09/99
Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the
Organization of American States "Protocol of
Cartagena de Indias (A-50)
1985
12/05/85
04/27/90
05/22/90
Inter-American Amateur Radio Service
Convention (B-52)
1987
-
-
-
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
11/17/88
02/10/93
03/25/93
Amendment of Article Seven of the
Inter-American Amateur Radio Service
Convention (B-52) (1)
1988
-
-
-
Inter-American Convention on Support
Obligations (B-54)
1989
07/15/89
10/05/00
01/10/01
Inter-American Convention on the
International Return of Children (B-53)
1989
07/15/89
01/25/02
03/08/02
Inter-American Convention on Contracts for
the International Carriage of Goods by Road
(B-55)
1989
07/15/89
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-
Protocol to the American Convention on Human
Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (A-53)
1990
08/27/90
02/05/98
04/15/98
Inter-American Convention to facilitate
Disaster Assistance (A-54)
1991
-
-
-
Inter-American Convention on Mutual
Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-55)
1992
10/15/92
12/26/01
03/08/02
Agreement establishing the Inter-American
Institute for Global Change Research (C-19)
1992
05/13/92
10/16/97
11/24/97
Protocol of amendments to the Charter of the
Organization of American States "Protocol of
Washington"(A-56)
1992
12/14/92
06/30/95
09/15/95
Optional Protocol related to the
Inter-American Convention on Mutual
Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-59)
1993
03/14/96
12/26/01
03/08/02
Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the
Organization of American States "Protocol of
Managua" (A-58)
1993
06/10/93
06/30/95
09/15/95
Inter-American Convention on Serving
Criminal Sentences Abroad (A-57)
1993
03/14/96
08/28/06
12/21/06
Inter-American Convention on the Law
Applicable to International Contracts (B-56)
1994
-
-
-
Inter-American Convention on the Forced
Disappearance of Persons (A-60 )
1994
02/08/00
07/07/06
07/27/06
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention,
Punishment and Eradication of Violence
Against Women "Convention of Belem do Para"
(A-61)
1994
01/10/95
06/30/95
09/15/95
Inter-American Convention on International
Traffic in Minors (B-57)
1994
06/11/98
05/20/02
05/28/02
Inter-American Convention on the
International Amateur Radio Permit (A-62)
1995
-
-
-
Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
(B-58)
1996
03/29/96
05/26/97
06/02/97
Inter-American Convention Against the Ilicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other
Related Materials (A-63)
1997
11/14/97
06/08/99
06/23/99
Convenio Basico del Instituo
de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá
(F-104)
1998
-
-
-
Inter-American Convention on Transparency in
Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (A-64)
1999
06/07/99
04/06/01
05/21/01
Inter-American
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms
of Discrimination Against Persons with
Disabilities
(A-65)
1999
06/08/99
03/01/04
03/18/04
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
07/07/06
07/27/06
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
06/07/13
12/18/19 RA
01/14/20
Inter-American Convention against All
Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance (A-69)
2013
06/07/13
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-
Inter-American Convention on Protecting
the Human Rights of Older Persons
(A-70)
2015
-
02/12/19 AD
03/21/19
Amendment of The Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit
(A-71)
2018
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