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CPT: 12TH GENERAL REPORT
APPENDIX 1
A.
Signatures and ratifications of the European Convention for the
Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(as at 1 September 2002) *
Member States
Date of
Date of
Date of entry
of the Council of Europe
signature
ratification
into force
Albania
02.10.96
02.10.96
01.02.97
Andorra
10.09.96
06.01.97
01.05.97
Armenia
11.05.01
18.06.02
01.10.02
Austria
26.11.87
06.01.89
01.05.89
Azerbaijan
21.12.01
15.04.02
01.08.02
Belgium
26.11.87
23.07.91
01.11.91
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12.07.02
12.07.02
01.11.02
Bulgaria
30.09.93
03.05.94
01.09.94
Croatia
06.11.96
11.10.97
01.02.98
Cyprus
26.11.87
03.04.89
01.08.89
Czech Republic
23.12.92
07.09.95
01.01.96
Denmark
26.11.87
02.05.89
01.09.89
Estonia
28.06.96
06.11.96
01.03.97
Finland
16.11.89
20.12.90
01.04.91
France
26.11.87
09.01.89
01.05.89
Georgia
16.02.00
20.06.00
01.10.00
Germany
26.11.87
21.02.90
01.06.90
Greece
26.11.87
02.08.91
01.12.91
Hungary
09.02.93
04.11.93
01.03.94
Iceland
26.11.87
19.06.90
01.10.90
Ireland
14.03.88
14.03.88
01.02.89
Italy
26.11.87
29.12.88
01.04.89
Latvia
11.09.97
10.02.98
01.06.98
Liechtenstein
26.11.87
12.09.91
01.01.92
Lithuania
14.09.95
26.11.98
01.03.99
Luxembourg
26.11.87
06.09.88
01.02.89
Malta
26.11.87
07.03.88
01.02.89
Moldova
02.05.96
02.10.97
01.02.98
Netherlands
26.11.87
12.10.88
01.02.89
Norway
26.11.87
21.04.89
01.08.89
Poland
11.07.94
10.10.94
01.02.95
Portugal
26.11.87
29.03.90
01.07.90
Romania
04.11.93
04.10.94
01.02.95
Russian Federation
28.02.96
05.05.98
01.09.98
San Marino
16.11.89
31.01.90
01.05.90
Slovakia
23.12.92
11.05.94
01.09.94
Slovenia
04.11.93
02.02.94
01.06.94
Spain
26.11.87
02.05.89
01.09.89
Sweden
26.11.87
21.06.88
01.02.89
Switzerland
26.11.87
07.10.88
01.02.89
“the former Yugoslav
14.06.96
06.06.97
01.10.97
Republic of Macedonia”
Turkey
11.01.88
26.02.88
01.02.89
Ukraine
02.05.96
05.05.97
01.09.97
United Kingdom
26.11.87
24.06.88
01.02.89
Non-member States
Date of
Date of entry
invited to accede to the Convention
accession
into force
Yugoslavia **
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*
The Convention is open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. Since 1 March 2002, the Committee
of Ministers of the Council of Europe may also invite any non-member State of the Council of Europe to accede to the
Convention.
**
On 20 June 2002, the Committee of Ministers decided to invite the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to accede to the
Convention.
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