Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Practitioner’s Handbook Textbox i: Dates of Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and Additional Protocols as of 31 January 200611 Dates of entry into force States 11 22 Convention Protocol No. 1 CETS CETS No. 005 No. 009 Protocol No. 4 CETS No. 046 Protocol No. 6 CETS No. 114 Protocol No. 7 CETS No. 117 Protocol No. 12 CETS No. 117 Protocol No. 13 CETS No. 187 Albania 02/10/96 02/10/96 02/10/96 01/10/00 01/01/97 01/04/05 01/06/07 Andorra 22/01/96  06/05/08 06/05/08 01/02/96 01/08/08 01/09/08 01/07/03 Armenia 26/04/02 26/04/02 26/04/02 01/10/03 Austria 03/09/58 03/09/58 18/09/69 01/03/85 01/11/88 Azerbaijan 15/04/02 15/04/02 15/04/02 01/05/02 01/07/02  –  – Belgium 14/06/55 14/06/55 21/09/70 01/01/99 01/10/03 12/07/02 01/07/02 01/04/05  –  – 01/07/12  – 01/05/04 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/07/02 12/07/02 Bulgaria 07/09/92 07/09/92 04/11/00 01/10/99 01/02/01  – Croatia 05/11/97 05/11/97 01/12/97 01/02/98 01/04/05 01/07/03 Cyprus 06/10/62 06/10/62 03/10/89 01/02/00 01/12/00 01/04/05 01/07/03 Czech Republic 01/01/93 01/01/93 01/01/93 Denmark 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/03/85 01/11/88 05/11/97 01/08/02 01/10/02 01/04/05 01/11/03 01/01/93 01/01/93  – 01/07/03 01/11/04  – 01/07/03 01/06/04 Estonia 16/04/96 16/04/96 16/04/96 01/05/98 01/07/96  – Finland 10/05/90 10/05/90 10/05/90 01/06/90 01/08/90 01/04/05 01/03/05 France 03/05/74 03/05/74 03/05/74 01/03/86 01/11/88 Georgia 20/05/99 07/06/02 13/04/00 01/05/00 01/07/00 01/04/05 01/09/03 Germany 03/09/53 13/02/57 01/06/68 01/08/89  –  – 01/02/05 Greece 28/11/74 28/11/74  – 01/10/98 01/11/88  – 01/06/05 Hungary 05/11/92 05/11/92 05/11/92 01/12/92 01/02/93  – Iceland 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/06/87 01/11/88  –  – 01/02/08 01/11/03 01/03/05 Ireland 03/09/53 18/05/54 29/10/68 01/07/94 01/11/01  – 01/07/03 Italy 26/10/55 26/10/55 27/05/82 01/01/89 01/02/92  – 01/07/09 Latvia 27/06/97 27/06/97 27/06/97 01/06/99 01/09/97  – 01/05/12 Liechtenstein 08/09/82 14/11/95 01/05/05  – 01/07/03 Lithuania 20/06/95 24/05/96 20/06/95 01/08/99 01/09/95  – 01/05/04 Luxembourg 03/09/53 18/05/54 02/05/68 01/03/85 01/07/89 01/07/06 01/07/06 Malta 23/01/67 23/01/67 05/06/02 01/04/91 01/04/03  – 01/07/03 Moldova 12/09/97 12/09/97 12/09/97 01/10/97 01/12/97  – 01/02/05 Monaco 30/11/05 – 01/02/05  – 01/03/06 Montenegro 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 06/06/06 Netherlands 31/08/54 31/08/54 08/02/05 01/12/90 30/11/05 01/12/05 23/06/82 01/05/86  – 01/04/05 01/06/06 For the ratification of the European Convention and its additional protocols see the webpage of the Council of Europe’s Treaty Office: http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTraites.asp?CM=8&CL=ENG (last visited 23 July 2014).