Convention against Discrimination in Education. Paris, 14 December 1960.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Afghanistan	IV	25/01/2010	Acceptance
Albania	II	21/11/1963	Ratification
Algeria	Vb	24/12/1968	Acceptance
Andorra	I	13/03/2018	Acceptance
Argentina	III	30/10/1963	Ratification
Armenia	II	05/09/1993	Notification of succession
Australia	IV	29/11/1966	Acceptance
Barbados	III	24/06/1975	Notification of succession
Belarus	II	12/12/1962	Ratification
Belize	III	01/12/1982	Notification of succession
Benin	Va	09/07/1963	Acceptance
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	17/08/2017	Ratification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	II	12/07/1993	Notification of succession
Brazil	III	19/04/1968	Ratification
Brunei Darusalaam	IV	25/01/1985	Notification of succession
Bulgaria	II	04/12/1962	Acceptance
Burkina Faso	Va	04/09/2012	Ratification
Central African Republic	Va	22/02/1962	Acceptance
Chile	III	26/10/1971	Ratification
Congo	Va	16/09/1968	Ratification
Costa Rica	III	10/09/1963	Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire	Va	24/11/1999	Ratification
Croatia	II	06/07/1992	Notification of succession
Cuba	III	02/11/1962	Ratification
Cyprus	I	09/06/1970	Acceptance
Czechia	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Denmark	I	04/10/1963	Ratification
Dominica	III	14/03/1983	Notification of succession
Dominican Republic	III	30/08/1977	Ratification
Ecuador	III	05/03/1979	Acceptance
Egypt	Vb	28/03/1962	Acceptance
Eswatini	Va	08/10/1970	Acceptance
Finland	I	18/10/1971	Ratification
France	I	11/09/1961	Ratification
Georgia	II	04/11/1992	Notification of succession
Germany	I	17/07/1968	Ratification
Guatemala	III	04/02/1983	Ratification
Guinea	Va	11/12/1964	Acceptance
Honduras	III	05/09/2013	Ratification
Hungary	II	16/01/1964	Ratification
Indonesia	IV	10/01/1967	Acceptance
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IV	17/07/1968	Acceptance
Iraq	Vb	28/06/1977	Ratification
Israel	I	22/09/1961	Ratification
Italy	I	06/10/1966	Ratification
Jamaica	III	16/03/2006	Ratification
Jordan	Vb	06/04/1976	Acceptance
Kazakhstan	IV	15/04/2016	Ratification
Kuwait	Vb	15/01/1963	Acceptance
Kyrgyzstan	IV	03/07/1995	Acceptance
Latvia	II	16/06/2009	Acceptance
Lebanon	Vb	27/10/1964	Ratification
Liberia	Va	17/05/1962	Ratification
Libya	Vb	09/01/1973	Ratification
Luxembourg	I	20/01/1970	Ratification
Madagascar	Va	21/12/1964	Ratification
Mali	Va	07/12/2007	Ratification
Malta	I	05/01/1966	Notification of succession
Mauritius	Va	20/08/1970	Notification of succession
Monaco	I	28/08/2012	Acceptance
Mongolia	IV	04/11/1964	Ratification
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	30/08/1968	Acceptance
Netherlands	I	25/03/1966	Ratification
New Zealand	IV	12/02/1963	Ratification
Nicaragua	III	28/09/1981	Ratification
Niger	Va	16/07/1968	Acceptance
Nigeria	Va	18/11/1969	Acceptance
North Macedonia	II	30/04/1997	Notification of succession
Norway	I	08/01/1963	Ratification
Palestine	Vb	24/04/2018	Ratification
Panama	III	10/08/1967	Acceptance
Peru	III	19/12/1966	Ratification
Philippines	IV	19/11/1964	Acceptance
Poland	II	15/09/1964	Ratification
Portugal	I	08/01/1981	Ratification
Republic of Moldova	II	17/03/1993	Notification of succession
Romania	II	09/07/1964	Ratification
Russian Federation	II	01/08/1962	Ratification
Rwanda	Va	28/12/2000	Acceptance
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	III	22/01/1985	Notification of succession
Saudi Arabia	Vb	17/08/1973	Ratification
Senegal	Va	25/09/1967	Ratification
Serbia	II	11/09/2001	Notification of succession
Seychelles	Va	27/07/2010	Acceptance
Sierra Leone	Va	02/06/1967	Ratification
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Slovenia	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
Solomon Islands	IV	19/03/1982	Notification of succession
South Africa	Va	09/03/2000	Ratification
Spain	I	20/08/1969	Acceptance
Sri Lanka	IV	11/08/1983	Acceptance
Sweden	I	21/03/1968	Ratification
Tajikistan	II	28/08/1992	Notification of succession
Togo	Va	03/04/2012	Ratification
Tunisia	Vb	29/08/1969	Ratification
Uganda	Va	09/09/1968	Acceptance
Ukraine	II	19/12/1962	Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	14/03/1962	Acceptance
United Republic of Tanzania	Va	03/01/1979	Ratification
Uruguay	III	03/05/2004	Acceptance
Uzbekistan	II	08/12/1997	Ratification
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	16/12/1968	Ratification
Zimbabwe	Va	30/05/2006	Acceptance

¹This Convention entered into force on 22 May 1962. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of declaration of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.

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Convention against Discrimination in Education. Paris, 14 December 1960.¹