16 RATIFICATIONS 

15 CoE member States + Costa Rica

 14 SIGNATURES 

12 CoE member States + Chile and Russian Federation

 Parties

  •  Albania - 06 june 2016
  •  Azerbaijan - 26 may 2026
  •  Belgium - 22 february 2022
  •  Costa Rica - 24 november 2021
  •  Croatia - 16 may 2019
  •  Czechia - 21 september 2017
  •  France - 18 january 2023
  •  Latvia - 09 july 2019
  •  Malta - 07 november 2017
  •  Montenegro - 05 february 2019
  •  Norway - 12 september 2017
  •  Portugal - 08 november 2018
  •  Republic of Moldova - 21 june 2017
  •  Slovenia - 03 may 2022
  •  Spain - 15 december 2020
  •  Switzerland - 21 october 2020

Signatories

  •  Armenia
  •  Austria
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina 
  •  Chile
  •  Greece
  •  Ireland
  •  Italy
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Russian Federation
  •  Türkiye
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom

 Accession procedure

Following Article 28, the Convention shall be open for signature by: 

  1. the member States of the Council of Europe
  2. the European Union
  3. non-member States which enjoy observer status with the Council of Europe
  4. any State in the world upon invitation by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

For more details about the procedure on how to accede to the Santiago de Compostela Convention, please contact the Secretariat.

 Status in details

(Treaty office website)

 Chart of signatures and ratifications | Reservations and Declarations