Bangladesh's International Laws
The following list contains all the international treaties to which Bangladesh is a Signatory/ State Party. The list is updated till September 2019.
Privileges and Immunities, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, etc.
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946 : succession on 13 January 1978
2. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 18 April 1961 : succession on 13 January 1978
3. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 24 April 1963 : succession on 13 January 1978
Human Rights
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948 : acceded on 05 October 1998
2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 : acceded on 05 October 1998
3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966 : acceded on 06 September 2000
4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 : acceded on 06 November 1984
5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, 6 October 1999 : signed on 06 September 2000 and ratified on 06 September 2000
6. Amendment to article 20(1) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, 22 November 1995 : accepted on 03 May 2007
7. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 : acceded on 05 October 1998
8. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 : signed on 26 January 1990 and ratified on 03 August 1990
9. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1995 : accepted on 23 April 1997
10. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, New York, 25 May 2000 : signed on 06 September 2000 and ratified on 06 September 2000
11. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, New York, 25 May 2000 : signed on 06 September 2000 and ratified on 06 September 2000
12. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 : acceded on 11 June 1979
13. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 : acceded on 05 February 1985
14. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990 : signed on 07 October 1998 and ratified on 24 August 2011
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 : signed on 09 May 2007 and ratified on 30 November 2007
16. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : acceded on 12 May 2008
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 : acceded on 25 April 1975
2. Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 : acceded on 09 May 1980
3. Convention on psychotropic substances, 1971 : acceded on 11 October 1990
4. United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 : signed on 14 April 1989 and ratified on 11 October 1990
5. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, New York 8 August, 1975 : acceded on 09 May 1980
Traffic in Persons
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 1950 : acceded on 11 January 1985
Health
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1946 : accepted on 19 May 1972
2. Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1967 : accepted on 25 April 1975
3. Amendments to articles 34 and 55 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1973 : accepted on 26 February 1976
4. Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1976 : accepted on 03 August 1978
5. Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 1986 : accepted on 18 May 1994
6. Agreement on the Establishment of the International Vaccine Institute, 1996 : signed on 28 October 1996
7. Amendment to article 7 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, Geneva, 20 May 1965 : accepted on 24 March, 2000
8. Amendment to article 74 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, Geneva, 18 May 1978 : accepted on 24 March, 2000
9. Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, Geneva, 16 May 1998 : accepted on 24 March, 2000
10. Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute : signed on 28 October, 1996
11. Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva, 21 May 2003 : signed on 16 June 2003 and ratified on 14 June 2004
International Trade and Development
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development, 1976 : signed on 17 March 1977 and ratified on 09 May 1977
2. Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1979 : signed on 02 January 1980 (Notification under Article 25; 28 June 1985) and ratified on 05 November 1980
3. Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre, 1982 : signed on 09 September 1982
4. Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank; Manila, 4 December 1965 : participated on 14 March 1973 (Participation under articles 3 (2) and (3))
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, with Annexes and Schedules of Tariffs Concessions Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank, 4 December 1965 : participated on 14.03.1973
Transport and Communication: Road Traffic
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention on Road Traffic, 1949 : acceded on 6 December 1978
Status of Women
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953 : acceded on 05 October 1998
2. Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, 1962 : acceded on 05 October 1998
Penal Matters
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Slavery Convention of 1926 : acceded on 07 January 1985
2. Protocol amending the Slavery Convention, 1953 : accepted on 07 January 1985
3. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutional and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 : acceded on 05 February 1985
4. Slavery Convention, signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 and amended by the Protocol, New York, 7 December 1953 : signed on 7 January 1985
5. Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, New York, 9 December 1994 : signed on 21 Dec 1994 and ratified on 22 September 1999
6. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998 : signed on 16 September 1999 and ratified on 23 March 2010
7. Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 09 December 1994 : signed on 21 December 1994 and ratified on 22 September 1999
8. United Nations Convention against Corruption, 31 October 2003 : acceded on 27 February 2007
9. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 15 November 2000 : acceded on
13 July 2011
Commodities
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Agreement establishing the Asian Rice Trade Fund, 1973 : signed on 29 June 1973 and acceded on 01 December 1974
2. Agreement establishing the International Tea Promotion Association, 1977 : acceded on 2 April 1979
3. Agreement establishing Common Fund for Commodities, 27 June 1980 : signed on 23 December 1980 and ratified on 01 June 1981
4. Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001, Geneva, 13 March 2001 : accepted on 27 July 2001
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 03 November 1989 : signed on 07.06.1990 and acceded on 29.01.1991
Law of the Sea and Marine Navigation
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 10 December 1982 : signed on 10 December 1982 and ratified on 27 July 2001
2. Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, 28 July 1994 : acceded on 27 July 2001 and signed on 16 Nov 1994
3. Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, 4 August 1995 : signed on 04 December 1995
4. Convention on the International Maritime Organization, 1948 : accepted on 27 May 1976
5. Amendments to the title and substantive provisions of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, 1975 : accepted on 08 October 1979
6. Amendments to the Convention relating to the institutionalization of the Committee on technical co-operation in the Convention, 1977 : accepted on 08 October 1979
7. Amendments to articles 17, 18, 20 and 51 of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, 1979 : accepted on 17 March 1980
8. Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, London, 4 November 1993 : accepted on 13 July 1998
9. Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, Geneva, 6 April 1974 : acceded on 24 Jul 1975
Telecommunications
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, 27 March 1976 : signed on 01 April 1976 and ratified on 22 October 1976
2. Amendment to article 11, paragraph 2 (a), of the Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, 13 November 1981 : accepted on 9 February 1988
3. Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, 12 August 1977 : signed on 14 September 1977 and ratified on 11 August 1981
4. Amendments to the Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, Islamabad, 21 July 1999 : accepted on 21 June 2000
Disarmament
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Convention for the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC), 1992 : signed on 14 January 1993 and ratified on 25 April 1997
2. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), 1996 : signed on 24 October 1996 and ratified on 08 March 2000
3. Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environment Modification (ENMOD) Techniques, 10 December 1976 : acceded on 3 October 1979
4. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, Oslo, 18 September 1997 (APMT) : signed on 07 May 1998 and ratified on 06 September 2000
5. Convention on Prohibition or restriction on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to Excessively injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effect, Geneva, 10 October 1980 (popularly known as Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) or Inhuman Weapons Convention) : acceded on 06 September 2000 (consent to be bound: by protocols I, II and III of 10 October 1980)
6. Protocol on Prohibition or Restriction on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devises as amended on 3 May 1996 (Protocol-II) annexed Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) : acceded on 06 Sept 2000
7. Additional Protocol (Protocol IV) to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) on Blinding Laser Weapons, Vienna, 13 October 1995 : acceded on 06 Sept 2000
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, Geneva Protocol 1925 : acceded on 20 May 1989
2. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (PTBT), 1963 : signed on 13 March 1985
3. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States for the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty), 1967 : acceded on 14 January 1986
4. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), 1968 : acceded on 31 August 1979
5. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons, 1972 : acceded on 13 March 1985
6. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : signed on 20 September 2017
Terrorism
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1979 : acceded on 26 April 2005
2. International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997 : acceded on 26 April 2005
3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973 : acceded on 26 April 2005
4. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 2000 : acceded on 26 August 2005
5. International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, 2005 : acceded on 07 June 2007
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Montreal, 23 September 1971 : acceded on 28 June 1978
2. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, The Hague, 16 September 1970 : acceded on 28 June 1978
3. Convention on the Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, Tokyo, 14 September 1963 : acceded on 23 October 1978
4. Protocol for Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, Rome, 10 March 1988 : acceded on 26 April 2005
5. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Montreal, 24 February 1988 : acceded on 26 April 2005
6. Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, Montreal, 1 March 1991 : acceded on 26 April 2005
7. Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, Vienna, 3 March 1980 : acceded on 26 April 2005
8. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, Rome, 10 March 1988 : acceded on 26 April 2005
9. SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, 1987 : signed on 04 November 1987 and ratified on 1988
Environment
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985 : acceded on 02 August 1990
2. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 16 September 1987, Montreal : acceded on 02 August 1990
3. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, London, 1990 : ratified on 18 March 1994
4. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Copenhagen, 25 November 1992 : accepted on 27 November 2000
5. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal, 17 September 1997 : accepted on 27 July 2001
6. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989 : acceded on 01 April 1993
7. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), 09 May 1992, New York : signed on 09 June 1992 and ratified on 15 April 1994
8. Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992 : signed on 05 June 1992 and ratified on 03 May 1994
9. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and / or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 1994 : signed on 14 October 1994 and ratified on 26 January 1996
10. Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCC, 11 December 1997 : acceded on 22 October 2001
11. Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety to the Convention of Biological Diversity, 2000 : signed on 24 May 2000 and ratified on 5 February 2004
12. Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 29 October 2010 : signed on 06 September 2011
13. The Paris Agreement, 2015 : signed on 22 April 2016 and ratified on 21 September 2016
Humanitarian Law
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Geneva Convention Relative to Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949 : acceded on 04 April 1972
2. 1977 Protocol-I Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, to the Geneva Convention : acceded on 08 September 1980
3. 1977 Protocol-II Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-international Armed Conflicts, to Geneva Convention of 1949 : acceded on 08 September 1980
4. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 : acceded on 05 October 1998
Piracy
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), 11 November 2004 : signed on 23.08.2006 and ratified on 17.11.2006
Matters related to Education, Culture, Sports
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace, 1980 : signed on 8 April 1981
2. Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 1983 : acceded on 18 July 1996
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris, 16 November 1972: accepted on 03.08.1993
2. Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Paris, 20 October 2005 : ratified on 31.05.2007
3. International Convention against Doping in Sport : ratified on 22.10.2007
Settlement of Dispute
Deposited with UN Secretary General
1. Protocol on Arbitration Clauses, Geneva, 24 September 1923 : signed and ratified on 27 June 1979
2. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958 : acceded on 06 May 1992
3. Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Geneva, 26 September 1927 : signed and ratified on 27 June 1979
Deposited with other than UN Secretary General
1. Hague Convention for Pacific Settlement of International Dispute 1907 : signed on 19.10.2011
International Investment Law
1. Bangladesh - United Kingdom BIT: signed and enforced on 19.06.1980
2. Bangladesh - Germany BIT : signed on 16.05.1981 and enforced on 19.09.1986
3. Bangladesh - BLEU (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union) BIT : signed on 22.05.1981 and enforced on 15.09.1987
4. Bangladesh - France BIT : signed on 10.09.1985 and enforced on 09.10.1986
5. Bangladesh - USA BIT : signed on 12.03.1986 and enforced on 25.07.1989
6. Bangladesh - Korea BIT : signed on 18.06.1986 and enforced on 06.10.1988
7. Bangladesh - Romania BIT : signed on 13.03.1986 and enforced on 31.10.1987
8. Bangladesh - Turkey BIT : signed on 12.11.1987 and enforced on 21.06.1990
9. Bangladesh - Thailand BIT : signed on 30.03.1988 and currently terminated
10. Bangladesh - Italy BIT : signed on 20.03.1990 and enforced on 20.09.1994
11. Bangladesh - Malaysia BIT : signed on 12.10.1994 and enforced on 20.08.1996
12. Bangladesh - Netherlands BIT : signed on 01.11.1994 and enforced on 01.06.1996
13. Bangladesh - Pakistan BIT : signed on 24.10.1995 but not enforced
14. Bangladesh - China BIT : signed on 12.09.1996 and enforced on 25.03.1997
15. Bangladesh - Poland BIT : signed on 08.07.1997 and enforced on 19.11.1999
16. Bangladesh - Philippines BIT : signed on 08.09.1997 and enforced on 01.08.1998
17. Bangladesh - Indonesia BIT : signed on 09.02.1998 and enforced on 22.04.1999
18. Bangladesh - Japan BIT : signed on 10.11.1998 and enforced on 25.08.1999
19. Bangladesh - Korea BIT : signed on 21.06.1999 but not enforced
20. Bangladesh - Uzbekistan BIT : signed on 18.07.2000 and enforced on 24.01.2001
21. Bangladesh - Switzerland BIT : signed on 14.10.2000 and enforced on 03.09.2001
22. Austria - Bangladesh BIT : signed on 21.12.2000 and enforced on 01.12.2001
23. Bangladesh - Iran BIT : signed on 29.04.2001 and enforced on 05.12.2002
24. Bangladesh - Thailand BIT : signed on 09.06.2002 and enforced on 12.01.2003
25. Bangladesh - Singapore BIT : signed on 24.06.2004 and enforced on 19.11.2004
26. Bangladesh - Vietnam BIT : signed on 01.05.2005 but not enforced
27. Bangladesh - India BIT : signed on 09.02.2009 and enforced on 07.07.2011
28. Bangladesh - Denmark BIT : signed on 05.11.2009 and enforced on 27.02.2013
29. Bangladesh - UAE BIT : signed on 17.01.2011 but not enforced
30. Bangladesh - Turkey BIT : signed on 12.04.2012 but not enforced
31. Cambodia- Bangladesh BIT : signed on 17.06.2014 but not enforced
1. OIC Investment Agreement : signed on 05.06.1981 and enforced on 02.1988
2. Bangladesh - EC Cooperation Agreement : signed on 22.05.2000 and enforced on 01.03.2001
3. South Asian Free Trade Area Accord : signed on 06.01.2004 and enforced on 01.01.2006
4. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement : signed on 15.12.2009 and enforced on 19.06.2020
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