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164. Presentation by the Federal Minister for Arts and Culture, the Constitution and the Media concerning the scope of the Additional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, to the Convention of the United Nations against transnational organised crime
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Certificates of accession to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppression and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Incarnate and Children, to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (BGBl. III n ° 220/2005, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III N ° 225/2014):
States: |
Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession: |
Republic of Korea |
5 November 2015 |
Singapore |
28 September 2015 |
Sri Lanka |
15 June 2015 |
Sudan |
2 December 2014 |
Czech Republic |
17 December 2014 |
The States below have, on the occasion of the deposit of their instruments of ratification, Instrument of accession declared reservations or Statements made:
Singapore:
Explanation:
The Government of the Republic of Singapore declares that nothing in the Protocol imposes obligations on Singapore to accept or withhold persons within its borders who otherwise do not have obligations for Singapore, those persons within its borders, or to withhold it.
Reservation:
Pursuant to Article 15 (3) of the said Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Singapore does not consider that it is bound by Article 15 (2) of the said Protocol.
Sri Lanka:
Reservation:
In accordance with Article 15 (3) of the Protocol, the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka does not consider itself bound by Article 15 (2).
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