statement recognising such right, or accepting such jurisdiction, in respect of all or any of Articles 1 to 4 of the Protocol.
Article 7
1. This Protocol shall be open for signature by the Members of the Council of Europe who are the signatories of the Convention; it shall be ratified at the same time as or after the ratification of the Convention. It shall enter into force after the deposit of five instruments of ratification. As regards any signatory ratifying subsequently, the Protocol shall enter into force at the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
2. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who will notify all Members of the names of those who have ratified.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.
Done at Strasbourg, this 16th day of September 1963, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory States.
CHART SHOWING THE STATE OF RATIFICATIONS AND OPTIONAL DECLARATIONS RELATING TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS PROTOCOLS
(at 1 May 1975)
Member States of
Declarations
the Council of Europe
Protocol No. 1
Protocol No. 2
Protocol No. 3
Protocol No. 4
Convention Individual
Jurisdic-
Petitions
tion of the
Entry into force
18.5.54
21.9.70
21.9.70 2.5.68
Protocol No. 5
20.12.71
(Art. 25)
Court
*
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Fed. Rep. of Germany
Greece
54
34
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Ratified
not signed or no declaration made
Signed