Signatories
and Ratifications
A-53: PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
ADOPTED AT: ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
DATE: 06/08/90
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: TWENTIETH REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ENTRY INTO FORCE: / / THIS PROTOCOL SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE AMONG THE
STATES THAT RATIFY OR ACCEDE TO IT WHEN THEY DEPOSIT THEIR RESPECTIVE
INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OR ACCESSION (ARTICLE 4)
DEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, No. 73
UN REGISTRATION: / / No. Vol.
OBSERVATIONS:
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-53
COUNTRY |
SIGNATURE |
RATIFICATION/ACCESSION |
DEPOSIT |
INFORMATION* |
Antigua
& Barbuda |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Argentina |
12/12/2006 |
06/18/2008 |
09/05/2008 RA |
- |
Bahamas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Barbados |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Belize |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bolivia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Brazil |
06/07/94 |
07/31/96 |
08/13/96 RA |
Yes |
Canada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Chile |
09/10/01 |
08/04/2008 |
10/16/2008 RA |
Yes |
Colombia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Costa
Rica |
10/28/91 |
03/30/98 |
05/26/98 |
- |
Dominica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Dominican Republic |
- |
12/19/11 |
01/27/12 AD |
- |
Ecuador |
08/27/90 |
02/05/98 |
04/15/98 |
- |
El
Salvador |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Grenada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guatemala |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guyana |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Haiti |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Honduras |
- |
09/14/11 |
11/10/11 AD |
- |
Jamaica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mexico |
- |
06/28/07 |
08/20/07 AD |
- |
Nicaragua |
08/30/90 |
03/24/99 |
11/09/99 RA |
- |
Panama |
11/26/90 |
06/27/91 |
08/28/91 RA |
- |
Paraguay |
06/08/99 |
10/31/00 |
12/07/00 RA |
- |
Peru |
- |
- |
- |
- |
St.
Kitts & Nevis |
- |
- |
Suriname |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
- |
- |
- |
- |
United
States |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Uruguay |
10/02/90 |
02/08/94 |
04/04/94 RA |
- |
Venezuela |
09/25/90 |
04/06/94 |
07/09/94 RA |
- |
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REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R = RESERVATION AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY AD = ACCESSION
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWALS
A-53 PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS
1. Brazil:
"In ratifying the Protocol to Abolish the Death Penalty, adopted in Asunción on June 8, 1990,
I make hereby, in compliance with constitutional requirements, a reservation under the terms of Article 2
of the said Protocol, which guarantees states parties the right to apply the death penalty in wartime
in accordance with international law, for extremely serious crimes of a military nature."
"The State of Chile makes the reservation authorized under Article 2.1 of the Protocol
to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty and may,
therefore, apply the death penalty in wartime in accordance with international law,
for extremely serious crimes of a military nature.”
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