Table A22
Signature and ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol in Asia and the Pacific
| Country or territory by subregion* |
Convention signature |
Convention ratification or accession (a) |
Protocol signature |
Protocol ratification or accession (a) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | -- | 18 September 2012 (a) | -- | 18 September 2012 (a) |
| Armenia | 30 March 2007 | 22 September 2010 | 30 March 2007 | -- |
| Australia | 30 March 2007 | 17 July 2008 | -- | 21 August 2009 (a) |
| Azerbaijan | 9 January 2008 | 28 January 2009 | 9 January 2008 | 28 Jananuary 2009 |
| Bangladesh | 9 May 2007 | 30 November 2007 | -- | 12 May 2008 (a) |
| Bhutan | 21 September 2010 | -- | -- | -- |
| Brunei Darussalam | 18 December 2007 | 11 April 2016 | -- | -- |
| Cambodia | 1 October 2007 | 20 December 2012 | 1 October 2007 | -- |
| China | 30 March 2007 | 1 August 2008 | -- | -- |
| Cook Islands | -- | 8 May 2009 (a) | -- | 8 May 2009 (a) |
| Fiji | 2 June 2010 | -- | 2 June 2010 | -- |
| Georgia | 10 July 2009 | 13 March 2014 | 10 July 2009 | -- |
| India | 30 March 2007 | 1 October 2007 | -- | -- |
| Indonesia | 30 March 2007 | 30 November 2011 | -- | -- |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -- | 23 October 2009 (a) | -- | -- |
| Japan | 28 September 2007 | 20 January 2014 | -- | -- |
| Kazakhstan | 11 December 2008 | 21 April 2015 | 11 December 2008 | -- |
| Kiribati | -- | 27 September 2013 (a) | -- | -- |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3 July 2013 | 6 December 2016 | -- | -- |
| Republic of Korea | 30 March 2007 | 11 December 2008 | -- | -- |
| Kyrgyzstan | 21 September 2011 | -- | -- | -- |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15 January 2008 | 25 September 2009 | -- | -- |
| Malaysia | 8 April 2008 | 19 July 2010 | -- | -- |
| Maldives | 2 October 2007 | 5 April 2010 | -- | -- |
| Marshall Islands | -- | 17 March 2015 (a) | -- | -- |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 23 September 2011 | 7 December 2016 | -- | -- |
| Mongolia | -- | 13 May 2009 (a) | -- | 13 May 2009 (a) |
| Myanmar | -- | 7 December 2011 (a) | -- | -- |
| Nauru | -- | 27 June 2012 (a) | -- | -- |
| Nepal | 3 January 2008 | 7 May 2010 | 3 January 2008 | 7 May 2010 |
| New Zealand | 30 March 2007 | 25 September 2008 | -- | 4 October 2016 |
| Pakistan | 25 September 2008 | 5 July 2011 | -- | -- |
| Palau | 20 September 2011 | 11 June 2013 | -- | 11 June 2013 (a) |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 June 2011 | 26 September 2013 | -- | -- |
| Philippines | 25 September 2007 | 15 April 2008 | -- | -- |
| Russian Federation | 24 September 2008 | 25 September 2012 | -- | -- |
| Samoa | 24 September 2014 | 2 December 2016 | -- | -- |
| Singapore | 30 November 2012 | 18 July 2013 | -- | -- |
| Solomon Islands | 23 September 2008 | -- | 24 September 2009 | -- |
| Sri Lanka | 30 March 2007 | 8 February 2016 | -- | -- |
| Tajikistan | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Thailand | 30 March 2007 | 29 July 2008 | -- | 2 September 2016 |
| Timor-Leste | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tonga | 15 November 2007 | -- | -- | -- |
| Turkey | 30 March 2007 | 28 September 2009 | 28 September 2009 | 26 March 2015 |
| Turkmenistan | -- | 4 September 2008 (a) | -- | 10 November 2010 (a) |
| Tuvalu | -- | 18 December 2013 (a) | -- | -- |
| Uzbekistan | 27 February 2009 | -- | -- | -- |
| Vanuatu | 17 May 2017 | 23 October 2008 | -- | -- |
| Viet Nam | 22 October 2007 | 5 February 2015 | -- | -- |
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* Excludes associate members, except Cook Islands, to whom the present Convention is not open for signature in accordance with its article 42.
Source: United Nations Treaty Collection, https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-15&chapter=4&clang=_en and https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-15-a&chapter=4&clang=_en.