List of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons explained

The list of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement prohibiting or restricting the use of certain conventional weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or have indiscriminate effects.

On April 10, 1981, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCWC) was opened for signature. Mexico became the first state to deposit the treaty on February 11, 1982. The treaty came into force on December 2, 1983. Since April 10, 1982, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it. The instrument of ratification, accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations

As of September 2023, 127 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, the most recent being Singapore on September 21, 2023.^[1] Four states have signed but not ratified the treaty.

Ratified or acceded states

State	Signed	Deposited	Method	PI^[2]	PII^[3]	PIII^[4]	PIV^[5]	PV^[6]
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X
			Accession	X		X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession			X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification as	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession		X			X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Accession		X		X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Acceptance	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Succession from Signed April 10, 1981 Ratified August 31, 1982	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification (extends to the Faroe Islands and Greenland)	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification Also Signed April 10, 1981 Ratified July 20, 1982	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession		X		X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X		X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession		X			X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Acceptance	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X		X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification		X		X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Acceptance (initially for the Kingdom in Europe; in 2014 extended to the Caribbean Netherlands)	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification as	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X	X
			Accession		X	X		X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X	X
			Succession from Signed April 10, 1981 Ratified August 31, 1982	X	X	X	X	X
			Succession from	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X			X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Acceptance	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X		X
			Accession	X	X			X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Ratification as	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X		X		X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X
			Ratification	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X
			Accession	X	X	X		X

Signatory states

The following four states have signed but not ratified the Convention.

State	Signed

Non-signatory states

• Andorra
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bhutan
• Botswana
  • Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
  • • Dominica
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Indonesia
  • Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kyrgyzstan
• Libya
• Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
  • Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Oman
• Palau
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Samoa
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
  • Suriname
• Swaziland
  • • • Thailand
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

See also

• List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
• List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
• List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• List of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• List of parties to the Ottawa Treaty
• List of parties to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Further reading

• Web site: Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (with Protocols I, II and III) . United Nations Treaty Collection . 2009-04-18.

Notes and References

1. Web site: UNODA Treaties.
2. Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments.
3. [Protocol on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices|Protocol II on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices]
4. Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons.
5. [Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons|Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons]
6. [Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War|Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War]