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Signatures / Ratifications

Any State in the world may accede to the MEDICRIME Convention under the procedure set out in Article 28 (upon invitation by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe). For more details about the procedure on how to accede to the MEDICRIME Convention, please contact the Secretariat.

23 RATIFICATIONS 

15 CoE member States + 8 non CoE member States (Belarus, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, Russian Federation)

 22 SIGNATURES 

14 CoE member States + 8 non CoE member States (Chad, Chile, Congo, Ecuador, Israel, Mali, Togo, Tunisia)

 Status in details

(Treaty office website)

 Chart of signatures and ratifications | Reservations and Declarations 

 Parties

  • Ukraine - 20 August 2012
  • Spain - 05 August 2013
  • Hungary - 09 January 2014
  • Republic of Moldova - 14 August 2014
  • Guinea - 24 September 2015
  • Armenia - 05 February 2016
  • Albania - 06/06/2016
  • Belgium - 01 August 2016
  • France - 21 September 2016
  • Burkina Faso - 27 July 2017
  • Türkiye - 21 September 2017
  • Russian Federation - 20 March 2018
  • Benin - 29 May 2018
  • Switzerland - 25 October 2018
  • Portugal - 18 December 2018
  • Croatia - 20 September 2019
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - 18 September 2020
  • Belarus - 28 September 2020
  • Niger - 10 March 2022
  • Morocco - 19 April 2022
  • Slovenia - 03 May 2022
  • Côte d’Ivoire - 20 July 2023
  • Cyprus - 05 September 2023

Signatories

  • Austria - 28 October 2011
  • Finland - 28 October 2011
  • Germany - 28 October 2011
  • Iceland - 28 October 2011
  • Italy - 28 October 2011
  • Israel - 28 October 2011
  • Liechtenstein - 04 November 2011
  • Luxembourg - 22 December 2011
  • Denmark - 12 January 2012
  • Serbia - 02 October 2019
  • Ecuador - 07 May 2021
  • Mali - 29 June 2021
  • North Macedonia - 09 September 2021
  • Lithuania - 21 April 2022
  • Greece - 18 May 2022
  • Togo - 16 January 2023
  • Norway - 12 April 2023
  • Congo - 05 June 2023
  • Slovak Republic - 24 October 2023
  • Tunisia - 07 February 2024
  • Chad - 11 September 2024
  • Chile - 27 November 2024

 Invited to accede

  • Cameroon
  • Senegal

  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 MEDICRIME Convention, please contact the Secretariat.