War crimes as they are defined in the Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal of 8 August 1945. Crimes against humanity, whether committed in time of war or in time of peace, as defined in the Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal, eviction by armed attack or occupation, inhuman acts resulting from the policy of apartheid, and the crime of genocide as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. As of December 2020, with the adhesion of Ecuador, the convention has 56 state parties, which includes 55 UN member states and the State of Palestine.
Member states Signatories Poland, signed on 16/12/1968, ratified on 14/02/1969 Russia, signed on 06/01/1969, ratified on 22/04/1969 Belarus, signed on 07/01/1969, ratified on 08/05/1969 Bulgaria, signed on 21/01/1969, ratified on 21/05/1969 Mongolia, signed on 31/01/1969, ratified on 21/05/1969 Ukraine, signed on 14/01/1969, ratified on 19/06/1969 Hungary, signed on 25/03/1969, ratified on 24/06/1969 Romania, signed on 17/04/1969, ratified on 15/09/1969 Ex Yugoslavia, signed on 16/12/1968, ratified on 09/06/1970 Ex Czechoslovakia, signed on 21/05/1969, ratified on 13/08/1970 Mexico, signed on 03/07/1969, ratified on 15/03/2002 Adherents Nigeria, adhered on 01/12/1970 India, adhered on 12/01/1971 Albania, adhered on 19/05/1971 Guinea, adhered on 07/06/1971 Kenya, adhered on 01/05/1972 Tunisia, adhered on 15/06/1972 Cuba, adhered on 13/09/1972 Cameroon, adhered on 06/10/1972 Philippines, adhered on 15/05/1973 Rwanda, adhered on 16/04/1975 Gambia, adhered on 29/12/1978 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, adhered on 09/11/1981 Vietnam, adhered on 06/05/1983 Afghanistan, adhered on 22/07/1983 Bolivia, adhered on 06/10/1983 North Korea, adhered on 08/11/1984 Laos, adhered on 28/12/1984 Nicaragua, adhered on 03/09/1986 Yemen, adhered on 09/02/1987 Libya, adhered on 16/05/1989 Estonia, adhered on 21/10/1991 Latvia, adhered on 14/04/1992 Slovenia, adhered on 06/07/1992 Croatia, adhered on 12/10/1992 Moldova, adhered on 26/01/1993 Czech Republic, adhered on 22/02/1993 Slovakia, adhered on 28/05/1993 Armenia, adhered on 23/06/1993 Bosnia and Herzegovina, adhered on 01/09/1993 North Macedonia, adhered on 18/01/1994 Kuwait, adhered on 07/03/1995 Georgia, adhered on 31/03/1995 Lithuania, adhered on 01/02/1996 Azerbaijan, adhered on 16/08/1996 Ghana, adhered on 07/09/2000 Serbia, adhered on 12/03/2001 Uruguay, adhered on 21/09/2001 Peru, adhered on 11/08/2003 Argentina, adhered on 26/08/2003 Liberia, adhered on 16/09/2005 Montenegro, adhered on 23/10/2006 Panama, adhered on 21/06/2007 Paraguay, adhered on 23/09/2008 Costa Rica, adhered on 27/04/2009 Honduras, adhered on 16/08/2010 State of Palestine, adhered on 02/01/2015 Ecuador, adhered on 01/12/2020
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