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 

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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

09/02/47

07/23/19

08/06/19

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

1948

04/30/48

-

-

Economic Agreement of Bogota (A-43)

1948

05/02/48

-

-

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

1948

05/02/48

02/12/93

03/11/93

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

1948

05/02/48

02/12/93

03/11/93

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

1948

04/30/48

12/21/51

12/29/51

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

09/24/52

-

-

Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (A-46)

1954

03/28/54

12/15/54

12/29/54

Convention on Territorial Asylum (A-47)

1954

03/28/54

12/15/54

12/29/54

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

1954

03/28/54

12/15/54

12/29/54

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

1957

-

-

-

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

1958

10/31/60

12/30/60

02/01/61

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

1959

11/18/59

02/13/60

02/13/60

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

1963

-

-

-

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

1967

02/27/67

09/26/68

10/10/68

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

1969

11/22/69

07/01/19

07/31/19

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

02/02/71

10/18/73

11/07/73

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

1975

01/30/75

03/22/85

05/16/85

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

1975

07/26/75

07/23/19

08/06/19

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

1975

01/30/75

08/12/84

10/04/84

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

1975

01/30/75

11/06/85

12/18/85

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

1975

01/30/75

03/29/85

05/16/85

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

1975

01/30/75

-

-

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

1975

01/30/75

01/30/85

05/16/85

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

1976

-

-

-

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

1979

05/08/79

11/06/85

12/18/85

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

1979

05/08/79

01/30/85

02/28/85

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

1979

05/08/79

-

-

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

1979

05/08/79

08/27/91

10/16/91

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

1979

05/08/79

03/29/85

05/16/85

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

1979

05/08/79

03/29/85

05/16/85

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

1979

05/08/79

-

-

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

1979

12/07/79

-

-

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

1979

05/08/79

01/30/85

02/28/85

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

1979

03/06/79

07/20/81

07/31/81

Inter-American Convention on Extradition (B-47)

1981

02/25/81

06/09/82

10/04/82

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

1984

05/24/84

-

-

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

1984

05/24/84

-

-

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

1984

05/24/84

05/20/93

08/10/93

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

1984

05/24/84

-

-

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

1985

12/09/85

06/25/91

08/26/91

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

1985

12/05/85

05/20/93

08/10/93

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

1987

-

10/14/88

11/30/88

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

01/27/89

13/07/20

24/07/20

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

-

-

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

1989

07/15/89

05/28/96

06/26/96

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

1989

07/15/89

-

-

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

1990

09/25/90

04/06/94

07/09/94

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

1991

-

-

-

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

1992

08/27/92

03/11/95

03/14/96

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

1992

-

03/06/96

06/14/96

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

1992

12/14/92

09/12/97

09/25/97

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

12/26/94

04/04/95

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

1993

04/14/94

09/13/95

03/14/96

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

1994

03/17/94

09/22/95

10/26/95

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

1994

06/10/94

07/06/98

01/19/99

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

1994

06/09/94

01/16/95

02/03/95

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

1994

03/18/94

-

-

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

1995

02/05/96

-

-

Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (B-58)

1996

03/29/96

05/22/97

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

04/02/02

05/14/02

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

04/08/05

04/27/05

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

1999

06/08/99

06/06/06

09/28/06

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

1999

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (A-66)

2002

06/03/02

10/22/03

01/28/04

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

2003

-

-

-

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

2013

-

-

-

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

2013

-

-

-

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

2015

-

-

-

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

2018

-

-

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