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A-27: CONVENTION ON DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF STATES IN THE EVENT OF CIVIL STRIFE

ADOPTED AT: LA HAVANA, CUBA                                            

DATE: 02/20/28

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES          

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 05/21/29,  ON THE DATE OF DEPOSIT OF THE SECOND INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION

DEPOSITORY: MINISTRY OF STATE OF CUBA (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT); GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (RATIFICATIONS)

TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 7

UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.      

OBSERVATIONS: See also the Protocol to the Convention (C-14), as well as the Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (A-40), and the Charter of the OAS (A-41), as amended by the Protocols of Buenos Aires (B-31) and of Cartagena de Indias (A-50).

 
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-27
COUNTRY SIGNATURE RATIFICATION/ACCESSION DEPOSIT INFORMATION*
Antigua & Barbuda - - - -
Argentina 02/20/28 09/30/57 10/24/57 RA -
Bahamas - - - -
Barbados - - - -
Belize - - - -
Bolivia 02/20/28 09/20/50 10/18/50 RA -
Brazil 02/20/28 07/30/29 08/29/29 RA -
Canada - - - -
Chile 02/20/28 - - -
Colombia 02/20/28 08/22/32 09/30/32 RA -
Costa Rica 02/20/28 05/08/33 06/07/33 RA -
Cuba 02/20/28 07/06/34 07/18/34 RA -
Dominica - - - -
Dominican Republic 02/20/28 03/18/32 04/08/32 RA -
Ecuador 02/20/28 06/24/36 09/04/36 RA -
El Salvador 02/20/28 07/26/36 01/09/37 RA -
Grenada - - - -
Guatemala 02/20/28 - - -
Guyana - - - -
Haiti 02/20/28 02/01/33 03/09/33 RA -
Honduras 02/20/28 03/27/45 04/16/45 RA -
Jamaica - - - -
Mexico 02/20/28 01/11/29 02/06/29 RA -
Nicaragua 02/20/28 12/21/29 03/20/30 RA -
Panama 02/20/28 03/20/29 05/21/29 RA -
Paraguay 02/20/28 02/16/50 04/18/50 RA -
Peru 02/20/28 04/09/45 06/21/45 RA -
St. Kitts & Nevis - - - -
St. Lucia - - - -
St. Vincent & Grenadines - - - -
Suriname - - - -
Trinidad & Tobago - - - -
United States 02/20/28 05/07/30 05/21/30 RA Yes
Uruguay 02/20/28 07/21/33 09/16/33 RA -
Venezuela 02/20/28 - - -

*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWS

A-27. CONVENTION ON DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF STATES IN THE EVENT OF CIVIL STRIFE

1. United States:

(Reservation made at the time of ratification)

Subject to the understanding that the provisions of Article 3 of the Convention shall not apply where a state of belligerency has been recognized.

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