Convention on the Rights of the Child
Treaty data
Treaty number
003908
Date of conclusion
20-11-1989
Place of conclusion
New York
Provisional application
Entry into force
02-09-1990
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Parliamentary paper
Approval act
1994, 862
Consolidated text
0002508
Comment
The Convention was in force for the Netherlands Antilles from 16-01-1998 until 10-10-2010.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijksdeel
Provisional
Entry into force
Retroactive effect
Termination
Netherlands (in Europe)
08-03-1995
Netherlands (Bonaire)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
10-10-2010
Aruba
17-01-2001
Curaçao
10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
10-10-2010
PartiesTooltip Parties with a link have a reservation.
Party
Signature
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan 27-09-1990
28-03-1994 (R)
27-04-1994
Albania
26-01-1990
27-02-1992 (R)
28-03-1992
Algeria 26-01-1990
16-04-1993 (R)
16-05-1993
Andorra 02-10-1995
02-01-1996 (R)
01-02-1996
Angola
14-02-1990
05-12-1990 (R)
04-01-1991
Antigua and Barbuda
12-03-1991
05-10-1993 (R)
04-11-1993
Argentina 29-06-1990
04-12-1990 (R)
03-01-1991
Armenia
23-06-1993 (A)
23-07-1993
Australia 22-08-1990
17-12-1990 (R)
16-01-1991
Austria 26-08-1990
06-08-1992 (R)
05-09-1992
Azerbaijan
13-08-1992 (A)
12-09-1992
Bahamas 30-10-1990
20-02-1991 (R)
22-03-1991
Bahrain
13-02-1992 (A)
14-03-1992
Bangladesh 26-01-1990
03-08-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Barbados
19-04-1990
09-10-1990 (R)
08-11-1990
Belarus
26-01-1990
01-10-1990 (R)
31-10-1990
Belgium 26-01-1990
16-12-1991 (R)
15-01-1992
Belize
02-03-1990
02-05-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Benin
25-04-1990
03-08-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Bhutan
04-06-1990
01-08-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Bolivia
08-03-1990
26-06-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Bosnia and Herzegovina 01-09-1993 (Su)
06-03-1992
Botswana 14-03-1995 (A)
13-04-1995
Brazil
26-01-1990
24-09-1990 (R)
24-10-1990
Brunei 27-12-1995 (A)
26-01-1996
Bulgaria
31-05-1990
03-06-1991 (R)
03-07-1991
Burkina Faso
26-01-1990
31-08-1990 (R)
30-09-1990
Burundi
08-05-1990
19-10-1990 (R)
18-11-1990
Cabo Verde
04-06-1992 (A)
04-07-1992
Cambodia
15-10-1992 (A)
14-11-1992
Cameroon
25-09-1990
11-01-1993 (R)
10-02-1993
Canada 28-05-1990
13-12-1991 (R)
12-01-1992
Central African Republic
30-07-1990
23-04-1992 (R)
23-05-1992
Chad
30-09-1990
02-10-1990 (R)
01-11-1990
Chile
26-01-1990
13-08-1990 (R)
12-09-1990
China 29-08-1990
02-03-1992 (R)
01-04-1992
Colombia 26-01-1990
28-01-1991 (R)
27-02-1991
Comoros
30-09-1990
22-06-1993 (R)
22-07-1993
Cook Islands 06-06-1997 (A)
06-07-1997
Costa Rica
26-01-1990
21-08-1990 (R)
20-09-1990
Côte d'Ivoire
26-01-1990
04-02-1991 (R)
06-03-1991
Croatia 12-10-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba 26-01-1990
21-08-1991 (R)
20-09-1991
Cyprus
05-10-1990
07-02-1991 (R)
09-03-1991
Czech Republic 22-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 30-09-1990
07-01-1991 (R)
06-02-1991
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
23-08-1990
21-09-1990 (R)
21-10-1990
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20-03-1990
27-09-1990 (R)
27-10-1990
Denmark 26-01-1990
19-07-1991 (R)
18-08-1991
Djibouti 30-09-1990
06-12-1990 (R)
05-01-1991
Dominica
26-01-1990
13-03-1991 (R)
12-04-1991
Dominican Republic
08-08-1990
11-06-1991 (R)
11-07-1991
Ecuador 26-01-1990
23-03-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Egypt 05-02-1990
06-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
El Salvador
26-01-1990
10-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Equatorial Guinea
15-06-1992 (A)
15-07-1992
Eritrea
20-12-1993
03-08-1994 (R)
02-09-1994
Estonia
21-10-1991 (A)
20-11-1991
Eswatini 22-08-1990
07-09-1995 (R)
07-10-1995
Ethiopia
14-05-1991 (A)
13-06-1991
Federated States of Micronesia
05-05-1993 (A)
04-06-1993
Fiji
02-07-1993
13-08-1993 (R)
12-09-1993
Finland
26-01-1990
20-06-1991 (R)
20-07-1991
France 26-01-1990
07-08-1990 (R)
06-09-1990
Gabon
26-01-1990
09-02-1994 (R)
11-03-1994
Gambia, The
05-02-1990
08-08-1990 (R)
07-09-1990
Georgia
02-06-1994 (A)
02-07-1994
Germany 26-01-1990
06-03-1992 (R)
05-04-1992
Ghana
29-01-1990
05-02-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Greece 26-01-1990
11-05-1993 (R)
10-06-1993
Grenada
21-02-1990
05-11-1990 (R)
05-12-1990
Guatemala 26-01-1990
06-06-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Guinea
13-07-1990 (A)
02-09-1990
Guinea-Bissau
26-01-1990
20-08-1990 (R)
19-09-1990
Guyana
30-09-1990
14-01-1991 (R)
13-02-1991
Haïti
26-01-1990
08-06-1995 (R)
08-07-1995
Holy See 20-04-1990
20-04-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Honduras
31-05-1990
10-08-1990 (R)
09-09-1990
Hungary
14-03-1990
07-10-1991 (R)
06-11-1991
Iceland 26-01-1990
28-10-1992 (R)
27-11-1992
India 11-12-1992 (A)
10-01-1993
Indonesia 26-01-1990
05-09-1990 (R)
05-10-1990
Iran 05-09-1991
13-07-1994 (R)
12-08-1994
Iraq 15-06-1994 (A)
15-07-1994
Ireland 30-09-1990
28-09-1992 (R)
28-10-1992
Israel 03-07-1990
03-10-1991 (R)
02-11-1991
Italy
26-01-1990
05-09-1991 (R)
05-10-1991
Jamaica
26-01-1990
14-05-1991 (R)
13-06-1991
Japan 21-09-1990
22-04-1994 (R)
22-05-1994
Jordan 29-08-1990
24-05-1991 (R)
23-06-1991
Kazakhstan
16-02-1994
12-08-1994 (R)
11-09-1994
Kenya
26-01-1990
30-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Kiribati 11-12-1995 (A)
10-01-1996
Kuwait 07-06-1990
21-10-1991 (R)
20-11-1991
Kyrgyzstan
07-10-1994 (A)
06-11-1994
Laos
08-05-1991 (A)
07-06-1991
Latvia
14-04-1992 (A)
14-05-1992
Lebanon
26-01-1990
14-05-1991 (R)
13-06-1991
Lesotho
21-08-1990
10-03-1992 (R)
09-04-1992
Liberia
26-04-1990
04-06-1993 (R)
04-07-1993
Libya
15-04-1993 (A)
15-05-1993
Liechtenstein 30-09-1990
22-12-1995 (R)
21-01-1996
Lithuania
31-01-1992 (A)
01-03-1992
Luxembourg 21-03-1990
07-03-1994 (R)
06-04-1994
Madagascar
19-04-1990
19-03-1991 (R)
18-04-1991
Malawi
02-01-1991 (A)
01-02-1991
Malaysia 17-02-1995 (A)
19-03-1995
Maldives 21-08-1990
11-02-1991 (R)
13-03-1991
Mali 26-01-1990
20-09-1990 (R)
20-10-1990
Malta 26-01-1990
30-09-1990 (R)
30-10-1990
Marshall Islands
14-04-1993
04-10-1993 (R)
03-11-1993
Mauritania 26-01-1990
16-05-1991 (R)
15-06-1991
Mauritius 26-07-1990 (A)
02-09-1990
Mexico
26-01-1990
21-09-1990 (R)
21-10-1990
Moldova
26-01-1993 (A)
25-02-1993
Monaco 21-06-1993 (A)
21-07-1993
Mongolia
26-01-1990
05-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco 26-01-1990
21-06-1993 (R)
21-07-1993
Mozambique
30-09-1990
26-04-1994 (R)
26-05-1994
Myanmar 15-07-1991 (A)
14-08-1991
Namibia
26-09-1990
30-09-1990 (R)
30-10-1990
Nauru
27-07-1994 (A)
26-08-1994
Nepal
26-01-1990
14-09-1990 (R)
14-10-1990
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 26-01-1990
06-02-1995 (R)
08-03-1995
New Zealand 01-10-1990
06-04-1993 (R)
06-05-1993
Nicaragua
06-02-1990
05-10-1990 (R)
04-11-1990
Niger
26-01-1990
30-09-1990 (R)
30-10-1990
Nigeria
26-01-1990
19-04-1991 (R)
19-05-1991
Niue
20-12-1995 (A)
19-01-1996
North Macedonia
02-12-1993 (Su)
17-11-1991
Norway
26-01-1990
08-01-1991 (R)
07-02-1991
Oman 09-12-1996 (A)
08-01-1997
Pakistan 20-09-1990
12-11-1990 (R)
12-12-1990
Palau
04-08-1995 (A)
03-09-1995
Palestine 02-04-2014 (A)
02-05-2014
Panama
26-01-1990
12-12-1990 (R)
11-01-1991
Papua New Guinea
30-09-1990
02-03-1993 (R)
01-04-1993
Paraguay
04-04-1990
25-09-1990 (R)
25-10-1990
Peru
26-01-1990
04-09-1990 (R)
04-10-1990
Philippines
26-01-1990
21-08-1990 (R)
20-09-1990
Poland 26-01-1990
07-06-1991 (R)
07-07-1991
Portugal
26-01-1990
21-09-1990 (R)
21-10-1990
Qatar 08-12-1992
03-04-1995 (R)
03-05-1995
Republic of Korea, the 25-09-1990
20-11-1991 (R)
20-12-1991
Republic of the Congo
14-10-1993 (A)
13-11-1993
Romania
26-01-1990
28-09-1990 (R)
28-10-1990
Russian Federation
26-01-1990
16-08-1990 (R)
15-09-1990
Rwanda
26-01-1990
24-01-1991 (R)
23-02-1991
Saint Kitts and Nevis
26-01-1990
24-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Saint Lucia
30-09-1990
16-06-1993 (R)
16-07-1993
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
20-09-1993
26-10-1993 (R)
25-11-1993
Samoa 30-09-1990
29-11-1994 (R)
29-12-1994
San Marino
25-11-1991 (A)
25-12-1991
São Tomé e Principe
14-05-1991 (A)
13-06-1991
Saudi Arabia 26-01-1996 (A)
25-02-1996
Senegal
26-01-1990
31-07-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
07-09-1990 (A)
07-10-1990
Sierra Leone
13-02-1990
18-06-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Singapore 05-10-1995 (A)
04-11-1995
Slovakia 28-05-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia 06-07-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
10-04-1995 (A)
10-05-1995
Somalia 09-05-2002
01-10-2015 (R)
31-10-2015
South Africa
29-01-1993
16-06-1995 (R)
16-07-1995
South Sudan
23-01-2015 (A)
22-02-2015
Spain 26-01-1990
06-12-1990 (R)
05-01-1991
Sri Lanka
26-01-1990
12-07-1991 (R)
11-08-1991
Sudan
24-07-1990
03-08-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Suriname
26-01-1990
01-03-1993 (R)
31-03-1993
Sweden
26-01-1990
29-06-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Switzerland 01-05-1991
24-02-1997 (R)
26-03-1997
Syria 18-09-1990
15-07-1993 (R)
14-08-1993
Tajikistan
26-10-1993 (A)
25-11-1993
Tanzania
01-06-1990
10-06-1991 (R)
10-07-1991
Thailand 27-03-1992 (A)
26-04-1992
Timor-Leste
16-04-2003 (A)
16-05-2003
Togo
26-01-1990
01-08-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Tonga
06-11-1995 (A)
06-12-1995
Trinidad and Tobago
30-09-1990
05-12-1991 (R)
04-01-1992
Tunisia 26-02-1990
30-01-1992 (R)
29-02-1992
Türkiye 14-09-1990
04-04-1995 (R)
04-05-1995
Turkmenistan
20-09-1993 (A)
20-10-1993
Tuvalu
22-09-1995 (A)
22-10-1995
Uganda
17-08-1990
17-08-1990 (R)
17-09-1990
Ukraine
21-02-1990
28-08-1991 (R)
27-09-1991
United Arab Emirates 03-01-1997 (A)
02-02-1997
United Kingdom 19-04-1990
16-12-1991 (R)
15-01-1992
United States of America
16-02-1995
Uruguay 26-01-1990
20-11-1990 (R)
20-12-1990
Uzbekistan
29-06-1994 (A)
29-07-1994
Vanuatu
30-09-1990
07-07-1993 (R)
06-08-1993
Venezuela 26-01-1990
13-09-1990 (R)
13-10-1990
Vietnam
26-01-1990
28-02-1990 (R)
02-09-1990
Yemen
13-02-1990
01-05-1991 (R)
31-05-1991
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 26-01-1990
03-01-1991 (R)
02-02-1991
Zambia
30-09-1990
06-12-1991 (R)
05-01-1992
Zimbabwe
08-03-1990
11-09-1990 (R)
11-10-1990
Extensions
China
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Hong Kong SAR
01-07-1997
Macao SAR
20-12-1999
Portugal
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Macao (<20-12-1999)
27-04-1999
20-12-1999
United Kingdom
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Alderney
04-11-2020
Anguilla
07-09-1994
Bermuda
07-09-1994
British Virgin Islands
07-09-1994
Cayman Islands
07-09-1994
Ducie and Oeno Islands
07-09-1994
Falkland Islands
07-09-1994
Guernsey
04-11-2020
Henderson Island
07-09-1994
Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997)
07-09-1994
01-07-1997
Jersey
29-04-2014
Man, Isle of
07-09-1994
Montserrat
07-09-1994
Pitcairn Islands
07-09-1994
Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
07-09-1994
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
07-09-1994
Turks and Caicos Islands
07-09-1994
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