The Convention entered into force on 20 April 2006 for the thirty States that had ratified it on or before the 20 January 2006. With respect to any other State, the Convention enters into force three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
The following list of States is presented by electoral group and provided for easy reference, but has no official status.
| 178 STATES (as at 11-05-2018) |
TERMS OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Group I (22 States) | |
| Andorra | |
| Austria | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Belgium | |
| Cyprus | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Denmark | |
| Finland | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Greece | |
| Iceland | |
| Ireland | |
| Italy | |
| Luxembourg | |
| Malta | |
| Monaco | |
| Netherlands | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Norway | |
| Portugal | |
| Spain | |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Turkey | |
| Group II (24 States) | |
| Albania | |
| Armenia | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Azerbaijan | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Belarus | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Bulgaria | |
| Croatia | |
| Czechia | |
| Estonia | |
| Georgia | |
| Hungary | |
| Latvia | |
| Lithuania | |
| Montenegro | |
| North Macedonia | |
| Poland | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Republic of Moldova | |
| Romania | |
| Serbia | |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Ukraine | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Group III (32 States) | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Argentina | |
| Bahamas | |
| Barbados | |
| Belize | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | |
| Brazil | |
| Chile | |
| Colombia | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Costa Rica | |
| Cuba | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Dominica | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Ecuador | |
| El Salvador | |
| Grenada | |
| Guatemala | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Haiti | |
| Honduras | |
| Jamaica | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Mexico | |
| Nicaragua | |
| Panama | |
| Paraguay | |
| Peru | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| Saint Lucia | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Suriname | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Uruguay | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | |
| Group IV (40 States) | |
| Afghanistan | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Bhutan | |
| Brunei Darussalam | |
| Cambodia | |
| China | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Cook Islands | |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | |
| Fiji | |
| India | |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | |
| Japan | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Kazakhstan | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Kiribati | |
| Kyrgyzstan | |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | |
| Malaysia | |
| Marshall Islands | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | |
| Mongolia | |
| Myanmar | |
| Nauru | |
| Nepal | |
| Pakistan | |
| Palau | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Philippines | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Republic of Korea | |
| Samoa | |
| Singapore | |
| Solomon Islands | |
| Sri Lanka | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Thailand | |
| Timor-Leste | |
| Tonga | |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Vanuatu | |
| Viet Nam | |
| Group V(a) (42 States) | |
| Benin | |
| Botswana | |
| Burkina Faso | |
| Burundi | |
| Cabo Verde | |
| Cameroon | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Central African Republic | |
| Chad | |
| Comoros | |
| Congo | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Djibouti | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Equatorial Guinea | |
| Eritrea | |
| Eswatini | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Gabon | |
| Gambia | |
| Ghana | |
| Guinea | |
| Guinea-Bissau | |
| Kenya | |
| Lesotho | |
| Madagascar | |
| Malawi | |
| Mali | |
| Mauritius | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Mozambique | |
| Namibia | |
| Niger | |
| Nigeria | |
| Rwanda | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | |
| Senegal | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Seychelles | |
| South Sudan | |
| Togo | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Uganda | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | |
| Zambia | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Group V(b) (18 States) | |
| Algeria | |
| Bahrain | |
| Egypt | |
| Iraq | |
| Jordan | |
| Kuwait | Committee Member: 2018-2022 |
| Lebanon | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Mauritania | |
| Morocco | |
| Oman | |
| Palestine | Committee Member: 2016-2020 |
| Qatar | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Sudan | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | |
| Tunisia | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| Yemen | |
*Becomes party three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
