Handtekeningen en ratificaties van de Raad van Europa ter gelegenheid van de 116e sessie van het Comité van Ministers (en)

Strasbourg, 19.05.2006 - On the occasion of the 116th session of the Committee of Ministers taking place today in Strasbourg (see our press release 276a06 of 10.05.2006), the following treaties have been ratified or signed by the member states below:

Convention on Cybercrime (CETS No. 185)*

This treaty was ratified by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances (CETS No. 187)*

This treaty was signed by Armenia

Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (CETS No. 189)*

This treaty was ratified by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending the control system of the Convention (CETS No. 194)*

This treaty was ratified by the following States : Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic and Portugal

Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS No.196)*

This treaty was ratified by Russia and signed by the following States : Latvia, Slovakia and Slovenia

Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197)*

This treaty was ratified by Moldova and signed by the following States : Latvia, San Marino and Slovakia

Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198)*

This treaty was signed by Latvia

Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (CETS No. 199)*

This treaty was signed by San Marino

In addition, the Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to state succession (CETS No. 200)* was opened for signature.

Ukraine signed this Convention

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Detailed information on the Council of Europe treaties (full text, chart of signatures and ratifications, reservations and declarations, summary, explanatory report) is available on the Treaty Office's web site http://conventions.coe.int

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(*) CETS : Council of Europe Treaty Series

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