Ukraine
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Ukraine is listed on the official registers as "Ukraine". This dossier records its status under five heritage-protection and international criminal law instruments, as shown on the UNESCO and United Nations Treaty Collection registers on 8 October 2026.
Commitments
Status as shown on the official registers on the date we checked. Joining a treaty is a legal commitment; it does not show how well it is kept.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention, 1954)Party · ratification · 5 February 1957
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954)Party · ratification · 5 February 1957
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999)Party · accession · 29 June 2020
Source: UNESCO Legal Affairs
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, 1972)Party · ratification · 12/10/1988 (R)
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)Party · ratification · 25 Oct 2024
Signed 20 Jan 2000. The UN Treaty Collection page records a declaration by Ukraine under Article 124 stating that for seven years after the entry into force of the Statute for Ukraine it will not accept the Court's jurisdiction over crimes referred to in Article 8 (as amended) when it is likely that the crime was committed by its nationals; see the declarations section of the source page for the exact text. Entry-into-force date for Ukraine not read in this draft.
Source: United Nations Treaty Collection
Instruments not shown here have not been researched yet. They are not assumed to be absent.
Sites
Related cases
- Decision 18 EXT.COM 5.2: Emergency inscription of the Historic Centre of Odesa on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger (2023) — Other international decision (State Party that nominated the property and where it is located)
Sources
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - status of ratification (Chapter XVIII.10) — United Nations Treaty Collection · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: status as at 08-10-2026
- States Parties - UNESCO World Heritage Convention — UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Tier 1: official or primary record · Page states: as of 22-Oct-2024
Note: The page states its own as-of date as 22-Oct-2024 (196 States Parties); entries were read on 2026-10-08 and later changes, if any, may not be shown.
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (First Protocol, 1954) (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (States Parties and signatories tables) — UNESCO Legal Affairs · Tier 1: official or primary record
Last checked against the registers October 8, 2026 · Approved by Harry Disley on October 8, 2026