| Short Name: | High Seas Convention |
| Full Name: | Convention on the High Seas |
| Purpose: | environment |
| Established: | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Entered into force: | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Type: | convention, multi-lateral |
| Place where established: | Geneva, Switzerland |
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| Goals and Objectives: | The objective is to codify the rules of international law relating to the high seas. States to draw up regulations to prevent pollution of the sea by oil from ships and pipelines or resulting from the exploration and exploitation of the of the sea-bed. |
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| Country | Status | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Albania | pending | 06-Jan-1965 |
| Argentina | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Australia | pending | 13-Jun-1963 |
| Austria | pending | 10-Jan-1974 |
| Belgium | pending | 05-Feb-1972 |
| Bolivia | pending | 17-Oct-1958 |
| Bulgaria | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Belarus | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Cambodia | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Canada | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Central African Republic | pending | 15-Oct-1962 |
| Sri Lanka | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Colombia | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Costa Rica | pending | 17-Mar-1972 |
| Croatia | pending | 03-Sep-1992 |
| Cuba | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Cyprus | pending | 23-May-1988 |
| Denmark | pending | 26-Oct-1968 |
| Dominican Republic | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Fiji | ratified | 25-Mar-1971 |
| Finland | pending | 18-Mar-1965 |
| France | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Germany, Fed. Rep. | pending | 25-Aug-1973 |
| Ghana | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Guatemala | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Haiti | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Hungary | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Iceland | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Indonesia | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Iran, Islamic R. of | pending | 28-May-1958 |
| Ireland | pending | 02-Oct-1958 |
| Israel | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Italy | pending | 16-Jan-1965 |
| Jamaica | ratified | 08-Oct-1965 |
| Japan | pending | 10-Jul-1968 |
| Kenya | pending | 20-Jul-1969 |
| Lebanon | pending | 29-May-1958 |
| Lesotho | ratified | 23-Oct-1973 |
| Liberia | pending | 27-May-1958 |
| Madagascar | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Malawi | pending | 03-Dec-1965 |
| Malaysia | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Mauritius | ratified | 05-Oct-1970 |
| Mexico | pending | 01-Sep-1966 |
| Mongolia | pending | 15-Nov-1976 |
| Nepal | pending | 27-Jan-1963 |
| Netherlands | pending | 20-Mar-1966 |
| New Zealand | pending | 29-Oct-1958 |
| Nigeria | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Pakistan | pending | 31-Oct-1958 |
| Panama | pending | 02-May-1958 |
| Poland | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Portugal | pending | 07-Feb-1963 |
| Romania | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Russian Federation | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Senegal | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Sierra Leone | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| South Africa | ratified | 09-May-1963 |
| Spain | ratified | 27-Mar-1971 |
| Swaziland | pending | 15-Nov-1970 |
| Switzerland | pending | 17-Jun-1966 |
| Thailand | pending | 01-Aug-1968 |
| Tonga | ratified | 29-Jun-1971 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | ratified | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Tunisia | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Uganda | pending | 14-Oct-1964 |
| Ukraine | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Latvia | pending | 17-Dec-1992 |
| United Kingdom | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| USA (contiguous states) | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Burkina Faso | pending | 03-Nov-1965 |
| Uruguay | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Venezuela | pending | 30-Sep-1962 |
| Yugoslavia, SFR of (former) | pending | 28-Jan-1966 |
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