List of parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

The list of parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement to prevent discrimination against women.

On December 18, 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was opened for signature. Sweden became the first state to deposit the treaty on July 2, 1980. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on September 3, 1981 with the ratification of 20 states. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it. The instrument of ratification, accession, or secession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

As of May 2015, 189 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently South Sudan on April 30, 2015. In addition, the United States and Palau have signed but not ratified the treaty. The Republic of China (Taiwan) has also ratified the treaty in its legislature, but is unrecognized by the United Nations and is a party to the treaty only unofficially.

Ratified or acceded states State Signed Deposited Method Ratification Accession Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession, but did not ratify the optional protocol of preventing violence against women, and acceded with five reservations: to articles 2, 9, 15, and 16.The Legal Status of Women in Bahrain Accession Ratification Ratification as Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Secession from Accession Ratification Accession Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification as People's Republic of Kampuchea Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification, extended to and Ratification Accession Ratification Accession Ratification Ratification Secession from Ratification Accession Secession from Signed July 17, 1980Ratified February 16, 1982 Ratification as Ratification Accession Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Accession Ratification as Also Signed June 25, 1980Ratified July 9, 1980 Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Secession from Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification for the whole Kingdom Ratification,includes Tokelau, and Ratification Accession Ratification Accession Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Accession Secession from Ratification Ratification as Ratification Accession Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Ratification Ratification Secession from Signed July 17, 1980Ratified February 26, 1982 Accession Ratification Accession Secession from Signed July 17, 1980Ratified February 16, 1982 Secession from Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Accession Accession Accession Ratification Ratification as Accession Ratification; extended to Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands Ratification Accession Accession Ratification Ratification Accession as Ratification Accession

Unrecognized states that abide by the treaty State Date Method 2007 Accession

States that have signed but not ratified the treaty State Signed

Non-signatory states State Ratified by the parliament in 2003 and then vetoed by the Guardian Council.

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