List of international agreements that the State of Palestine has acceded to (until April 2019)

ClassificationEntry into forceAccession DateAgreement
Human Rights2 May 20142 April 2014Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Human Rights28 December 201829 December 2017Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
Human Rights2 July 20142 April 2014Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
Human Rights2 July 20142 April 2014International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Human Rights2 July 20142 April 2014International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Human Rights2 April 20152 December 2014Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Human Rights2 May 20142 April 2014Convention on the Rights of the Child
Human Rights28 December 201829 December 2017Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
Human Rights7 May 20147 April 2014Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
Human Rights2 May 20142 April 2014Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Human Rights2 May 20142 April 2014International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
Human Rights22 March 201822 March 2018Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Human Rights21 April 201822 March 2018International Convention against Apartheid in Sports
IHL2 October 20142 April 2014Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 12 August 1949
IHL2 April 20142 April 2014Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 12 August 1949
IHL2 April 20142 April 2014Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 12 August 1949
IHL2 April 20142 April 2014Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 12 August 1949
IHL2 April 20142 April 2014Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
IHL4 July 20154 January 2015Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
IHL4 January 20154 January 2015Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III)
IHL2 April 20142 April 2014The Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its Annex: Regulations Concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land
IHL26 March 201826 March 2018Declaration  on the competence of the International Fact-Finding Commission API
ICL2 April 20152 January 2015Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimesand Crimes against Humanity
ICL1 February 20152 January 2015Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons including Diplomatic Agents
ICL1 July 20172 April 2014Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
ICL1 February 20152 January 2015Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel
ICL1 February 20152 January 2015Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel
ICL2 May 20142 April 2014International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
ICL2 May 20142 April 2014United Nations Convention against Corruption
ICL1 February 20152 January 2015United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
ICL29 March 201829 December 2017United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988
ICL29 March 201829 December 2017Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971
ICL29 December 201829 December 2017Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol
ICL28 January 201829 December 2017Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
ICL1 April 2015 Retroactive 13 June 20142 January 2015Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and A 12(3) Declaration Granting Jurisdiction to the Court Since 13 June 2014 on all of the OPT, Including East Jerusalem
ICL29 December 201829 December 2017Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression and the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
ICL1 February 20152 January 2015Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court
Law of the Sea1 February 20152 January 2015United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Law of the Sea2 April 20152 January 2015Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
Law of the Sea1 February 20152 January 2015Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part Xi of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Environment4 February 201622 April 2016Paris Agreement Under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Environment17 March 201618 December 2015United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Environment29 March 201829 December 2017Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides International Trade (Rotterdam
Environment29 March 201829 December 2017Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention)
Environment29 March 201829 December 2017United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Environment2 April 20152 January 2015The Convention on Biological Diversity
Environment2 April 20152 January 2015Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Environment2 April 20152 January 2015Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
UNESCO8 March 20128 December 2011Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO8 March 20128 December 2011Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
UNESCO8 March 20128 December 2011Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO8 March 20128 December 2011Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
UNESCO23 November 201123 November 2011UNESCO Charter
UNESCO22 June 201222 March 2012Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention 1954
UNESCO22 June 201222 March 2012Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
UNESCO22 June 201222 March 2012Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
UNESCO22 June 201222 March 2012Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
UNESCO1 August 20155 June 2015International Convention against Doping in Sport
UNESCO24 July 201815 April 2018Convention against Discrimination in Education
Law of Treaties2 May 20142 April 2014Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Law of Treaties17 February 201922 March 2018Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and InternationalOrganizations or between International Organizations
Diplomatic Relations22 April 201822 March 2018Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Diplomatic Relations2 May 20142 April 2014Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Diplomatic Relations2 May 20142 April 2014Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Diplomatic Relations29 March 201829 March 2018Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies for UNESCO
Diplomatic Relations1 April 201822 March 2018Convention on Special Missions
Arbitration2 April 20152 January 2015Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Arbitration29 December 201530 October 2015Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
Trade and Development1 January 201929 December 2017United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Communication and Transportation29 June 201829 December 2017The Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention)
Disarmament10-12 February 201510-12 February 2015Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Disarmament5 July 20155 January 2015Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects
Disarmament5 July 20155 January 2015Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I) to the  Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons
Disarmament5 July 20152 January 2015Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) to the  Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons
Disarmament1 July 20152 January 2015Convention on Cluster Munitions
Disarmament28 January 201829 December 2017International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
Disarmament10 February 201811 January 2018Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Disarmament29 December 201729 December 2017Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD))
Disarmament19 January 201819 January 2018Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)
Disarmament9 January 201829 January 2018Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
Disarmament29 March 201829 December 2017Arms Trade Treaty
Disarmament1 June 201829 December 2017Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
Disarmament29 December 201829 December 2017Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol V)
DisarmamentNot Yet22 March 2018Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Disarmament16 June 201815 May 2018Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Development17 May 201817 May 2018Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Environment16 July 201918 March 2019Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Environment16 July 201918 March 2019Minamata Convention on Mercury
Environment16 July 201918 March 2019Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Diplomatic Relations17 April  18 March 2019Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
Human Rights18 July 2019  18 March 2019Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Human Rights9 July 201910 April 2019Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
EnvironmentN/A10 April 2019Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Status of Women9 July 201910 April 2019Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
Status of Women9 July 201910 April 2019Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Human Rights10 July 20191 April 2019Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Human Rights10 July 20191 April 2019Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
Communication and Transportation11 November 20203 May 2019The Convention on Road Traffic