List of parties to the Geneva Conventions

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The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or accession by any sovereign state. They are:
 * The Geneva Conventions
 * First Geneva Convention
 * Second Geneva Convention
 * Third Geneva Convention
 * Fourth Geneva Convention
 * Additional Protocols
 * Protocol I
 * Protocol II
 * Protocol III

The four 1949 Conventions have been ratified by 195 states, including all UN member states as well as the Holy See and Cook Islands. The Protocols have been ratified by 173, 167 and 64 states respectively. In addition, Article 90 of Protocol I states that "The High Contracting Parties may at the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to the Protocol, or at any other subsequent time, declare that they recognize ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other High Contracting Party accepting the same obligation, the competence of the [International Fact-Finding] Commission to enquire into allegations by such other Party, as authorized by this Article." 73 states have made such a declaration.

Parties to the 1949 Conventions and Protocols I–III
Below is a list of state parties to the Geneva Conventions.


 * Notes


 * Special cases
 * State of Palestine: In 1989, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) submitted a letter to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs which stated in part hat the State of Palestine had decided to "adhere to the Four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the two Protocols additional thereto." However, the Swiss Government, which acts as the depositary for the Conventions, responded by stating that it was "not in a position to decide whether this communication can be considered as an instrument of accession" due to "the incertainty [sic] within the international community as to the existence or non-existence of a State of Palestine."  The PLO had previously unilaterally declared themselves bound by the four Conventions and Protocol I in 1982.

The following states were party to the Geneva Conventions I–IV, however their ratifications have not been recognised as applying to any succeeding state under international law:
 * Former states parties
 * Czechoslovakia, East Germany, South Vietnam, South Yemen, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Sultanate of Zanzibar.

Parties to the 1864 Geneva Convention
The first ten articles of the First Geneva Convention were concluded in 1864. This was the original Geneva Convention. The following states were parties to the 1864 Geneva Convention.


 * Notes