Human rights
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Source: UN Treaty Collection · scraped 2026-09-26
Figures below count the 193 UN member states separately from other parties to this treaty (international organizations and non-member observer states) — a treaty can have more parties than there are UN member states.
171/193
RatifiedUN member states
173 in total, incl. 2 non-UN members (Holy See, State of Palestine)
7
Signed, not ratifiedUN member states
0
WithdrawnUN member states
15
No actionUN member states
| Country | Signature | Ratification | Withdrawal | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | — | 2003-09-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Albania | — | 2008-12-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Algeria | — | 2009-05-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Andorra | 2000-09-07 | 2001-04-30 | — | Ratified |
| Angola | — | 2007-10-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | — | No action |
| Argentina | 2000-06-15 | 2002-09-10 | — | Ratified |
| Armenia | 2003-09-24 | 2005-09-30 | — | Ratified |
| Australia | 2002-10-21 | 2006-09-26 | — | Ratified |
| Austria | 2000-09-06 | 2002-02-01 | — | Ratified |
| Azerbaijan | 2000-09-08 | 2002-07-03 | — | Ratified |
| Bahamas | — | 2015-09-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bahrain | — | 2004-09-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bangladesh | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-06 | — | Ratified |
| Barbados | — | — | — | No action |
| Belarus | — | 2006-01-25(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Belgium | 2000-09-06 | 2002-05-06 | — | Ratified |
| Belize | 2000-09-06 | 2003-12-01 | — | Ratified |
| Benin | 2001-02-22 | 2005-01-31 | — | Ratified |
| Bhutan | 2005-09-15 | 2009-12-09 | — | Ratified |
| Bolivia | — | 2004-12-22(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2000-09-07 | 2003-10-10 | — | Ratified |
| Botswana | 2003-09-24 | 2004-10-04 | — | Ratified |
| Brazil | 2000-09-06 | 2004-01-27 | — | Ratified |
| Brunei Darussalam | — | 2016-05-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bulgaria | 2001-06-08 | 2002-02-12 | — | Ratified |
| Burkina Faso | 2001-11-16 | 2007-07-06 | — | Ratified |
| Burundi | 2001-11-13 | 2008-06-24 | — | Ratified |
| Cabo Verde | — | 2002-05-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Cambodia | 2000-06-27 | 2004-07-16 | — | Ratified |
| Cameroon | 2001-10-05 | 2013-02-04 | — | Ratified |
| Canada | 2000-06-05 | 2000-07-07 | — | Ratified |
| Central African Republic | 2010-09-27 | 2017-09-21 | — | Ratified |
| Chad | 2002-05-03 | 2002-08-28 | — | Ratified |
| Chile | 2001-11-15 | 2003-07-31 | — | Ratified |
| China | 2001-03-15 | 2008-02-20 | — | Ratified |
| Colombia | 2000-09-06 | 2005-05-25 | — | Ratified |
| Comoros | — | — | — | No action |
| Congo | — | 2010-09-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Costa Rica | 2000-09-07 | 2003-01-24 | — | Ratified |
| Croatia | 2002-05-08 | 2002-11-01 | — | Ratified |
| Cuba | 2000-10-13 | 2007-02-09 | — | Ratified |
| Cyprus | 2008-07-01 | 2010-07-02 | — | Ratified |
| Czech Republic | 2000-09-06 | 2001-11-30 | — | Ratified |
| Côte d'Ivoire | — | 2012-03-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | — | — | — | No action |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2000-09-08 | 2001-11-11 | — | Ratified |
| Denmark | 2000-09-07 | 2002-08-27 | — | Ratified |
| Djibouti | 2006-06-14 | 2011-04-27 | — | Ratified |
| Dominica | — | 2002-09-20(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Dominican Republic | 2002-05-09 | 2014-10-14 | — | Ratified |
| Ecuador | 2000-09-06 | 2004-06-07 | — | Ratified |
| Egypt | — | 2007-02-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| El Salvador | 2000-09-18 | 2002-04-18 | — | Ratified |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | — | — | No action |
| Eritrea | — | 2005-02-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Estonia | 2003-09-24 | 2014-02-12 | — | Ratified |
| Eswatini | — | 2012-09-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ethiopia | 2010-09-28 | 2014-05-14 | — | Ratified |
| Fiji | 2005-09-16 | 2021-03-29 | — | Ratified |
| Finland | 2000-09-07 | 2002-04-10 | — | Ratified |
| France | 2000-09-06 | 2003-02-05 | — | Ratified |
| Gabon | 2000-09-08 | 2010-09-21 | — | Ratified |
| Gambia | 2000-12-21 | 2019-09-27 | — | Ratified |
| Georgia | — | 2010-08-03(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Germany | 2000-09-06 | 2004-12-13 | — | Ratified |
| Ghana | 2003-09-24 | 2014-12-09 | — | Ratified |
| Greece | 2000-09-07 | 2003-10-22 | — | Ratified |
| Grenada | — | 2012-02-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guatemala | 2000-09-07 | 2002-05-09 | — | Ratified |
| Guinea | — | 2016-04-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2000-09-08 | 2014-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Guyana | — | 2010-08-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Haiti | 2002-08-15 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Holy SeeNon-UN member | 2000-10-10 | 2001-10-24 | — | Ratified |
| Honduras | — | 2002-08-14(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Hungary | 2002-03-11 | 2010-02-24 | — | Ratified |
| Iceland | 2000-09-07 | 2001-10-01 | — | Ratified |
| India | 2004-11-15 | 2005-11-30 | — | Ratified |
| Indonesia | 2001-09-24 | 2012-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Iran | 2010-09-21 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Iraq | — | 2008-06-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ireland | 2000-09-07 | 2002-11-18 | — | Ratified |
| Israel | 2001-11-14 | 2005-07-18 | — | Ratified |
| Italy | 2000-09-06 | 2002-05-09 | — | Ratified |
| Jamaica | 2000-09-08 | 2002-05-09 | — | Ratified |
| Japan | 2002-05-10 | 2004-08-02 | — | Ratified |
| Jordan | 2000-09-06 | 2007-05-23 | — | Ratified |
| Kazakhstan | 2000-09-06 | 2003-04-10 | — | Ratified |
| Kenya | 2000-09-08 | 2002-01-28 | — | Ratified |
| Kiribati | — | 2015-09-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Kuwait | — | 2004-08-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Kyrgyzstan | — | 2003-08-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | — | 2006-09-20(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Latvia | 2002-02-01 | 2005-12-19 | — | Ratified |
| Lebanon | 2002-02-11 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Lesotho | 2000-09-06 | 2003-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Liberia | 2004-09-22 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Libya | — | 2004-10-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Liechtenstein | 2000-09-08 | 2005-02-04 | — | Ratified |
| Lithuania | 2002-02-13 | 2003-02-20 | — | Ratified |
| Luxembourg | 2000-09-08 | 2004-08-04 | — | Ratified |
| Madagascar | 2000-09-07 | 2004-09-22 | — | Ratified |
| Malawi | 2000-09-07 | 2010-09-21 | — | Ratified |
| Malaysia | — | 2012-04-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Maldives | 2002-05-10 | 2004-12-29 | — | Ratified |
| Mali | 2000-09-08 | 2002-05-16 | — | Ratified |
| Malta | 2000-09-07 | 2002-05-09 | — | Ratified |
| Marshall Islands | — | — | — | No action |
| Mauritania | — | — | — | No action |
| Mauritius | 2001-11-11 | 2009-02-12 | — | Ratified |
| Mexico | 2000-09-07 | 2002-03-15 | — | Ratified |
| Micronesia | 2002-05-08 | 2015-10-26 | — | Ratified |
| Monaco | 2000-06-26 | 2001-11-13 | — | Ratified |
| Mongolia | 2001-11-12 | 2004-10-06 | — | Ratified |
| Montenegro | — | 2007-05-02(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Morocco | 2000-09-08 | 2002-05-22 | — | Ratified |
| Mozambique | — | 2004-10-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Myanmar | 2015-09-28 | 2019-09-27 | — | Ratified |
| Namibia | 2000-09-08 | 2002-04-16 | — | Ratified |
| Nauru | 2000-09-08 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Nepal | 2000-09-08 | 2007-01-03 | — | Ratified |
| Netherlands | 2000-09-07 | 2009-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| New Zealand | 2000-09-07 | 2001-11-12 | — | Ratified |
| Nicaragua | — | 2005-03-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Niger | — | 2012-03-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Nigeria | 2000-09-08 | 2012-09-25 | — | Ratified |
| North Macedonia | 2001-07-17 | 2004-01-12 | — | Ratified |
| Norway | 2000-06-13 | 2003-09-23 | — | Ratified |
| Oman | — | 2004-09-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Pakistan | 2001-09-26 | 2016-11-17 | — | Ratified |
| Palau | — | — | — | No action |
| Panama | 2000-10-31 | 2001-08-08 | — | Ratified |
| Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | No action |
| Paraguay | 2000-09-13 | 2002-09-27 | — | Ratified |
| Peru | 2000-11-01 | 2002-05-08 | — | Ratified |
| Philippines | 2000-09-08 | 2003-08-26 | — | Ratified |
| Poland | 2002-02-13 | 2005-04-07 | — | Ratified |
| Portugal | 2000-09-06 | 2003-08-19 | — | Ratified |
| Qatar | — | 2002-07-25(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Republic of Korea | 2000-09-06 | 2004-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Moldova | 2002-02-08 | 2004-04-07 | — | Ratified |
| Romania | 2000-09-06 | 2001-11-10 | — | Ratified |
| Russian Federation | 2001-02-15 | 2008-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Rwanda | — | 2002-04-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | — | No action |
| Samoa | — | 2016-05-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| San Marino | 2000-06-05 | 2011-09-26 | — | Ratified |
| Sao Tome and Principe | — | — | — | No action |
| Saudi Arabia | — | 2011-06-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Senegal | 2000-09-08 | 2004-03-03 | — | Ratified |
| Serbia | 2001-10-08 | 2003-01-31 | — | Ratified |
| Seychelles | 2001-01-23 | 2010-08-10 | — | Ratified |
| Sierra Leone | 2000-09-08 | 2002-05-15 | — | Ratified |
| Singapore | 2000-09-07 | 2008-12-11 | — | Ratified |
| Slovakia | 2001-11-30 | 2006-07-07 | — | Ratified |
| Slovenia | 2000-09-08 | 2004-09-23 | — | Ratified |
| Solomon Islands | 2009-09-24 | 2023-01-20 | — | Ratified |
| Somalia | 2005-09-16 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| South Africa | 2002-02-08 | 2009-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| South Sudan | — | 2018-09-27(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Spain | 2000-09-06 | 2002-03-08 | — | Ratified |
| Sri Lanka | 2000-08-21 | 2000-09-08 | — | Ratified |
| Saint Lucia | 2011-09-22 | 2014-01-15 | — | Ratified |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | 2011-03-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| State of PalestineNon-UN member | — | 2014-04-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sudan | 2002-05-09 | 2005-07-26 | — | Ratified |
| Suriname | 2002-05-10 | 2021-11-16 | — | Ratified |
| Sweden | 2000-06-08 | 2003-02-20 | — | Ratified |
| Switzerland | 2000-09-07 | 2002-06-26 | — | Ratified |
| Syrian Arab Republic | — | 2003-10-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tajikistan | — | 2002-08-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Thailand | — | 2006-02-27(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Timor-Leste | — | 2004-08-02(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Togo | 2001-11-15 | 2005-11-28 | — | Ratified |
| Tonga | — | — | — | No action |
| Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | — | No action |
| Tunisia | 2002-04-22 | 2003-01-02 | — | Ratified |
| Turkmenistan | — | 2005-04-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tuvalu | — | — | — | No action |
| Türkiye | 2000-09-08 | 2004-05-04 | — | Ratified |
| Uganda | — | 2002-05-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ukraine | 2000-09-07 | 2005-07-11 | — | Ratified |
| United Arab Emirates | — | — | — | No action |
| United Kingdom | 2000-09-07 | 2003-06-24 | — | Ratified |
| United Republic of Tanzania | — | 2004-11-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| United States of America | 2000-07-05 | 2002-12-23 | — | Ratified |
| Uruguay | 2000-09-07 | 2003-09-09 | — | Ratified |
| Uzbekistan | — | 2008-12-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Vanuatu | 2005-09-16 | 2007-09-26 | — | Ratified |
| Venezuela | 2000-09-07 | 2003-09-23 | — | Ratified |
| Viet Nam | 2000-09-08 | 2001-12-20 | — | Ratified |
| Yemen | — | 2007-03-02(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Zambia | 2008-09-29 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Zimbabwe | — | 2013-05-22(Accession) | — | Ratified |