A-37: CONVENTION ON POLITICAL ASYLUM
ADOPTED AT: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
DATE: 12/26/33
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 03/28/35, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 7 OF THE CONVENTION
DEPOSITORY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF URUGUAY (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT)
GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 34
UN REGISTRATION: / / No. Vol.
OBSERVATIONS:
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-37
COUNTRY |
SIGNATURE |
RATIFICATION/ACCESSION |
DEPOSIT |
INFORMATION* |
Antigua & Barbuda |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Argentina |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Bahamas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Barbados |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Belize |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bolivia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Brazil |
12/26/33 |
09/01/36 |
02/23/37
RA |
- |
Canada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Chile |
12/26/33 |
02/02/35 |
03/28/35
RA |
- |
Colombia |
12/26/33 |
06/22/36 |
07/22/36
RA |
- |
Costa Rica |
- |
06/02/54 |
06/10/54
AD |
- |
Cuba |
12/26/33 |
12/20/50 |
01/17/51
RA |
- |
Dominica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Dominican Republic |
12/26/33 |
11/22/34 |
12/26/34
RA |
Yes |
Ecuador |
12/26/33 |
03/20/55 |
08/11/55
RA |
- |
El Salvador |
12/26/33 |
07/26/36 |
01/09/37
RA |
- |
Grenada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guatemala |
12/26/33 |
04/28/35 |
07/03/35
RA |
- |
Guyana |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Haiti |
12/26/33 |
06/29/51 |
12/01/74
RA |
Yes |
Honduras |
12/26/33 |
12/10/35 |
02/15/36
RA |
- |
Jamaica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mexico |
12/26/33 |
08/13/35 |
01/27/36
RA |
- |
Nicaragua |
12/26/33 |
12/25/52 |
02/04/53
RA |
- |
Panama |
12/26/33 |
11/11/38 |
12/13/38
RA |
- |
Paraguay |
12/26/33 |
09/20/48 |
10/28/48
RA |
- |
Peru |
12/26/33 |
01/12/60 |
03/09/60
RA |
- |
St. Kitts & Nevis |
- |
- |
- |
- |
St. Lucia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
St. Vincent & Grenadines |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Suriname |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Trinidad & Tobago |
- |
- |
- |
- |
United States |
- |
- |
- |
Yes |
Uruguay |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Venezuela |
- |
- |
- |
- |
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWS
Declaration made upon approval of the Convention
United States:
Since the United States of America does not recognize or subscribe to, as part of international law, the doctrine of asylum, the delegation of the United States of America refrains from signing the present Convention on Political
Asylum.
Haiti:
Denunciation: 08/01/67
Withdraw: 12/01/74
Dominican Republic:
Denunciation: 10/06/54 |