The newly adopted 2nd Protocol, intended to greatly strengthen the
original 1954 Hague Convention was signed by an initial 27 States (see
below) in a ceremony in the Peace Palace, The Hague on the evening of 17
May 1999.

Many more States are expected to sign over the coming few months as the
necessary legal and political approvals are obtained from the relevant
national authorities.  The Protocol will come into effect when a minimum
of 20 States have not merely signed the 2nd Protocol, but passed any
necessary national legislation and formally ratified it as well.

The final fully corrected text is now available on the UNESCO Legal
Instruments server, though unfortunately the web address has changed for a
second time and is now:

http://www.unesco.org/culture/legalprotection/war/html_eng/war21.htm

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The 27 States that have signed so far are:

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Cambodia
Cote D'Ivoire
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
Indonesia
Italy
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
Qatar
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
(former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia
Yemen

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Patrick Boylan


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