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Reservations and/or Declarations Entered by States Parties

As at April 2009, the following States Parties had reservations and/or declarations to the CEDAW Convention. The UN maintains a database with all the reservations. There you can also access objections to reservations made by other States parties.

The following table summarises the reservations or declarations according to country and by article.

Country | Reservations and / or Declarations

• Algeria | 2, 15(4), 16, 29(1)
• Argentina | 29(1)
• Australia | 11(2)
• Austria | 11
• Bahamas | 2(a), 9(2), 29(1)
• Bahrain | 2, 9(2), 15(4), 16 (any parts incompatible with the Shariah), 29(1)
• Bangladesh | 2, 16(1c)
• Brazil | 29(1)
• Brunei Darussalam | General reservation, 9(2), 29(1)
• Chile | Generally worded declaration
• China | 29(1)
• Cuba | 29(1)
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 2(f), 9(2), 29(1)
• Egypt | 2, 16, 29(1)
• El Salvador | 29(1)
• Ethiopia | 29(1)
• France | 9 (must not be interpreted as precluding the application of Article 96(2) of the French Nationality Code) 14(2c), 14(2h), 16(1g), 29(1)
• Germany | Preambular paragraph 11
• India | 5(a), 16(1), 16(2), 29(1)
• Indonesia | 29(1)
• Iraq | 2(f), 2(g), 9(1), 9(2), 16, 29(1)
• Ireland | 11(1b,c,d), 13(a), 16(1d), 16(1f)
• Israel | 7(b), 16, 29(1)
• Italy | Reservation to exercise the option in Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Jamaica | 29(1)
• Jordan | 9(2), 16(1c), 16(1d), 16(1g)
• Kuwait | 9(2), 16(f), 29(1)
• Lebanon | 9(2), 16(1c), 16(1d), 16(1f), 16(1g), 29(1)
• Lesotho | 2 (with special reference to 2e)
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 2, 16(c), 16(d)
• Liechtenstein | 1
• Malaysia | 9(2), 11, 16 (1a), 16(1c), 16(1f), 16(1g), 16(2)
• Maldives | 16
• Malta | 11, 13, 15, 16 (with special reference to 16(1e))
• Mauritania | Subject to Shariah Law and the Constitution of the State
• Mauritius | 29(1)
• Mexico | Generally worded declaration
• Morocco | 2, 15(4), 29(1)
• Myanmar [Burma] | 29
• Netherlands | Preambular paragraphs 10 and 11
• Niger | 2(d), 2(f), 5(a), 5(b), 15(4), 16(1c), 16(1e), 16(1g), 29(1)
• Pakistan | Subject to provisions of the National Constitution, 29(1)
• Republic of Korea | 16(1g)
• Saudi Arabia | Subject to norms of Islamic law, 9(2), 29(1)
• Singapore | 2, 11(1), 16, 29(1)
• Spain | Subject to constitutional provisions concerning succession to the Spanish crown.
• Syrian Arab Republic | 2, 9(2), 15(4), 16(1c), 16(1d), 16(1f), 16(1g), 16(2), 29(1)
• Switzerland | 15(2), 16(1g), 16(1h)
• Thailand | Subject to principles of the National Constitution, 16, 29(1)
• Trinidad and Tobago | 29(1)
• Tunisia | Subject to provisions of the National Constitution, 9(2), 15(4), 16(1c), 16(1d), 16(1f), 16(1g), 16(1h), 29(1)
• Turkey | 29(1)
• United Arab Emirates | 2(f), 9, 15(2), 16, 29(1)
• UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1, 4(1), 9, 11, 15(3), 15(4), 16(1f)
• Venezuela | 29(1)
• Viet Nam | 29(1)
• Yemen | 29(1)