The Convention on Cluster Munitions was concluded by the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions at Dublin on 30 May 2008.

Pursuant to its Article 15, the Convention was open for signature at Oslo, Norway, by all States on 3 December 2008 and thereafter at the United Nations Headquarters in New York until its entry into force on 1 August 2010.

The Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the Signatories, as well as to accession by any State which has not signed it. This means that the State shall formally declare its consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance with its constitutional arrangements for adherence to an international agreement. These constitutional arrangements generally require domestic action by the national parliament. Once the domestic requirements have been completed, the State concerned shall deposit the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his capacity as the Convention’s depositary, thus indicating adherence to the Convention (Article 16).

Pursuant to its article 17, the Convention entered into force on 1 August 2010 on the first day of the sixth month after the month in which the thirtieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession was deposited.

States	Signature	Approval, Acceptance, Accession, Ratification
Total:	108	103
Afghanistan	03.12.2008	08.09.2011
Albania	03.12.2008	16.06.2009
Andorra		09.04.2013
Angola	03.12.2008
Antigua and Barbuda	16.07.2010	23.08.2010
Australia	03.12.2008	08.10.2012
Austria	03.12.2008	02.04.2009
Belgium	03.12.2008	22.12.2009
Belize		02.09.2014
Benin	03.12.2008	10.07.2017
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	03.12.2008	30.04.2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina	03.12.2008	07.09.2010
Botswana	03.12.2008	27.06.2011
Bulgaria	03.12.2008	06.04.2011
Burkina Faso	03.12.2008	16.02.2010
Burundi	03.12.2008	25.09.2009
Cameroon	15.12.2009	12.07.2012
Canada	03.12.2008	16.03.2015
Cape Verde	03.12.2008	19.10.2010
Central African Republic	03.12.2008
Chad	03.12.2008	26.03.2013
Chile	03.12.2008	16.12.2010
Colombia	03.12.2008	10.09.2015
Comoros	03.12.2008	28.07.2010
Congo	03.12.2008	02.09.2014
Cook Islands	03.12.2008	23.08.2011
Costa Rica	03.12.2008	28.04.2011
Côte d'Ivoire	04.12.2008	12.03.2012
Croatia	03.12.2008	17.08.2009
Cyprus	23.09.2009
Cuba		06.04.2016
Czech Republic	03.12.2008	22.09.2011
Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.03.2009
Denmark	03.12.2008	12.02.2010
Dominican republic	10.11.2009	20.12.2011
Djibouti	30.07.2010
Ecuador	03.12.2008	11.05.2010
El Salvador	03.12.2008	10.01.2011
Fiji	03.12.2008	28.05.2010
France	03.12.2008	25.09.2009
Gambia	03.12.2008
Germany	03.12.2008	08.07.2009
Ghana	03.12.2008	03.02.2011
Grenada		29.06.2011
Guatemala	03.12.2008	03.11.2010
Guinea	03.12.2008	21.10.2014
Guinea-Bissau	04.12.2008	29.11.2010
Guyana		31.10.2014
Haiti	28.10.2009
Holy See	03.12.2008	03.12.2008
Honduras	03.12.2008	21.03.2012
Hungary	03.12.2008	03.07.2012
Iceland	03.12.2008	31.08.2015
Indonesia	03.12.2008
Iraq	12.11.2009	14.05.2013
Ireland	03.12.2008	03.12.2008
Italy	03.12.2008	21.09.2011
Japan	03.12.2008	14.07.2009
Jamaica	12.06.2009
Kenya	03.12.2008
Lao People's Democratic Republic	03.12.2008	18.03.2009
Lebanon	03.12.2008	05.11.2010
Lesotho	03.12.2008	28.05.2010
Liberia	03.12.2008
Liechtenstein	03.12.2008	04.03.2013
Lithuania	03.12.2008	24.03.2011
Luxembourg	03.12.2008	10.07.2009
Madagascar	03.12.2008	20 May 2017
Malawi	03.12.2008	07.10.2009
Mali	03.12.2008	30.06.2010
Malta	03.12.2008	24.09.2009
Mauritania	19.04.2010	01.02.2012
Mauritius		1.10.2015
Mexico	03.12.2008	06.05.2009
Monaco	03.12.2008	21.09.2010
Montenegro	03.12.2008	25.01.2010
Mozambique	03.12.2008	14.03.2011
Namibia	03.12.2008
Nauru	03.12.2008	04.02.2013
Netherlands	03.12.2008	23.02.2011
New Zealand	03.12.2008	22.12.2009
Nicaragua	03.12.2008	02.11.2009
Niger	03.12.2008	02.06.2009
Nigeria	12.06.2009
Norway	03.12.2008	03.12.2008
Palau	03.12.2008	19.04.2016
Panama	03.12.2008	29.11.2010
Paraguay	03.12.2008	12.03.2015
Peru	03.12.2008	26.09.2012
Philippines	03.12.2008
Portugal	03.12.2008	09.03.2011
Republic of Moldova	03.12.2008	16.02.2010
Rwanda	03.12.2008	25.08.2015
Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis		13.09.2013
Saint-Vicent and Grenadines	23.09.2009	03.11.2010
Samoa	03.12.2008	28.04.2010
San Marino	03.12.2008	10.07.2009
Sao Tome and Principe	03.12.2008
Seychelles	13.04.2010	20.05.2010
Senegal	03.12.2008	03.08.2011
Sierra Leone	03.12.2008	03.12.2008
Slovakia		24.07.2015
Slovenia	03.12.2008	19.08.2009
Somalia	03.12.2008	30.09.2015
South Africa	03.12.2008	28.05.2015
Spain	03.12.2008	17.06.2009
Sri Lanka		01.03.2018
Sweden	03.12.2008	23.04.2012
State of Palestine		02.01.2015
Swaziland		13.09.2011
Switzerland	03.12.2008	17.07.2012
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	03.12.2008	08.10.2009
Togo	03.12.2008	22.06.2012
Trinidad and Tobago		21.09.2011
Tunisia	12.01.2009	28.09.2010
Uganda	03.12.2008
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	03.12.2008	04.05.2010
United Republic of Tanzania	03.12.2008
Uruguay	03.12.2008	24.09.2009
Zambia	03.12.2008	12.08.2009