State party Date of receipt of the instrument of ratification, accession a/ or succession b/ Date of entry into force Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia 6 14 30 25 21 March 1969 January 1982 November 1979 September 1987 ay October 1991 a/ 23 14 29 25 21 March 1976 April 1982 February 1980 December 1987 January 1992 Finland France Gabon Gambia Germany 19 4 21 22 17 August 1975 November 1980 a/ January 1983 a/ March 1979 a/ December 1973 23 4 21 22 23 March 1976 February 1981 April 1983 June 1979 March 1976 Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti 6 6 24 15 6 September 1991 a/ May 1992 a/ January 1978 February 1977 February 1991 a/ 6 5 24 15 6 December 1991 August 1992 April 1978 May 1977 May 1991 Hungary Iceland India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq n 22 10 24 25 January 1974 August 1979 April 1979 a/ June 1975 January 1971 23 22 10 23 23 March 1976 November 1979 July 1979 March 1976 March 1976 Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan 8 3 15 3 21 December 1989 October 1991 §./ September 1978 October 1975 June 197 9 8 3 15 23 21 March 1990 January 1992 December 1978 March 1976 September 1979 Jordan Kenya Latvia Lebanon Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 28 1 14 3 15 May 1975 May 1972 a/ April 1992 a/ Hovember 1972 a/ May 1970 a/ 23 23 14 23 23 March 1976 March 1976 July 1992 March 1976 March 1976 Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Mali Malta 20 18 21 16 13 November 1991 a/ August 1983 June 1971 July 1974 a/ September 1990 a/ 20 18 23 23 13 February 1992 November 1983 March 1976 March 1976 December 1990 Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Morocco Nepal 12 23 18 3 14 December 1973 a/ March 1981 a/ November 1974 May 1979 May 1991 23 23 23 3 14 March 1976 June 1981 March 1976 August 1979 August 1991 -167-