Статус Дополнительного протокола к Конвенции о запрещении или ограничении применения конкретных видов обычного оружия, которые могут считаться наносящими чрезмерные повреждения или имеющими неизбирательное действие (Протокол IV об ослепляющем лазерном оружии) (Вена, 13 октября 1995 года) [рус., англ.]

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СТАТУС ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОГО ПРОТОКОЛА К КОНВЕНЦИИ О ЗАПРЕЩЕНИИ ИЛИ ОГРАНИЧЕНИИ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ КОНКРЕТНЫХ ВИДОВ ОБЫЧНОГО ОРУЖИЯ,

(ВЕНА, 13 ОКТЯБРЯ 1995 ГОДА)

(по состоянию на 29 октября 2026 года)

Вступление в силу: 30.07.1998

Участник	Согласие на обязательность (P), Правопреемство (d)
Австралия	22.08.1997 P
Австрия	27.07.1998 P
Алжир	06.05.2015 P
Албания	28.08.2002 P
Антигуа и Барбуда	23.08.2010 P
Аргентина	21.10.1998 P
Афганистан	09.08.2017 P
Бангладеш	06.09.2000 P
Бахрейн	11.03.2016 P
Беларусь	13.09.2000 P
Бельгия	10.03.1999 P
Бенин	27.09.2019 P
Болгария	03.12.1998 P
Боливия (Многонациональное государство)	21.09.2001 P
Босния и Герцеговина	11.10.2001 P
Бразилия	04.10.1999 P
Буркина-Фасо	26.11.2003 P
Венгрия	30.01.1998 P
Габон	22.09.2010 P
Гватемала	30.08.2002 P
Гвинея-Бисау	06.08.2008 P
Германия	27.06.1997 P
Гондурас	30.10.2003 P
Гренада	10.12.2014 P
Греция	05.08.1997 P
Грузия	14.07.2006 P
Дания	30.04.1997 P
Доминиканская Республика	21.06.2010 P
Израиль	30.10.2000 P
Индия	02.09.1999 P
Ирак	24.09.2014 P
Ирландия	27.03.1997 P
Исландия	22.08.2008 P
Испания	19.01.1998 P
Италия	13.01.1999 P
Кабо-Верде	16.09.1997 P
Казахстан	08.07.2009 P
Камбоджа	25.03.1997 P
Камерун	07.12.2006 P
Канада	05.01.1998 P
Катар	16.11.2009 P
Кипр	22.07.2003 P
Китай	04.11.1998 P
Колумбия	06.03.2000 P
Коста-Рика	17.12.1998 P
Куба	14.11.2012 P
Кувейт	24.05.2013 P
Латвия	11.03.1998 P
Лесото	25.04.2016 P
Либерия	16.09.2005 P
Литва	03.06.1998 P
Лихтенштейн	19.11.1997 P
Люксембург	05.08.1999 P
Маврикий	24.12.2002 P
Мадагаскар	14.03.2008 P
Мали	24.10.2001 P
Мальдивы	07.09.2000 P
Мальта	24.09.2004 P
Марокко	19.03.2002 P
Мексика	10.03.1998 P
Монголия	06.04.1999 P
Наоэро	12.11.2001 P
Нигер	18.09.2007 P
Нидерланды , <2>	25.03.1999 P
Никарагуа	05.12.2000 P
Новая Зеландия	08.01.1998 P
Норвегия	20.04.1998 P
Пакистан	05.12.2000 P
Панама	26.03.1997 P
Парагвай	03.12.2008 P
Перу	03.07.1997 P
Польша	23.09.2004 P
Португалия	12.11.2001 P
Республика Молдова	08.09.2000 P
Российская Федерация	09.09.1999 P
Румыния	25.08.2003 P
Сальвадор	26.01.2000 P
Саудовская Аравия	07.12.2007 P
Святейший Престол	22.07.1997 P
Северная Македония	19.03.2007 P
Сейшельские Острова	08.06.2000 P
Сент-Винсент и Гренадины	06.12.2010 P
Сербия	12.08.2003 P
Сингапур	21.09.2023 P
Словакия	30.11.1999 P
Словения	03.12.2002 P
Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии	11.02.1999 P
Соединенные Штаты Америки	21.01.2009 P
Сьерра-Леоне	30.09.2004 P
Таджикистан	12.10.1999 P
Тринидад и Тобаго	29.07.2024 P
Тунис	23.03.2006 P
Турция	02.03.2005 P
Узбекистан	29.09.1997 P
Украина	28.05.2003 P
Уругвай	18.09.1998 P
Филиппины	12.06.1997 P
Финляндия	11.01.1996 P
Франция	30.06.1998 P
Хорватия	25.04.2002 P
Черногория <1>	23.10.2006 d
Чешская Республика	10.08.1998 P
Чили	15.10.2003 P
Швейцария	24.03.1998 P
Швеция	15.01.1997 P
Шри-Ланка	24.09.2004 P
Эквадор	16.12.2003 P
Эстония	20.04.2000 P
Южная Африка	26.06.1998 P
Ямайка	25.09.2008 P
Япония	10.06.1997 P

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BE DEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELY INJURIOUS OR TO HAVE INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS (PROTOCOL IV, ENTITLED PROTOCOL ON BLINDING LASER WEAPONS) Vienna, 13 October 1995

Status as at: 29-10-2026

Entry into force: 30 July 1998, in accordance with article 2 of the Additional Protocol.

Registration: 30 July 1998, No. 22495

Status: Parties: 111

Text: Certified true copy

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1380, p. 370; Doc. CCW/CONF.I/16 Part I).

Note: At its 8 plenary meeting on 13 October 1995, the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects adopted pursuant to article 8.3 (b) of the Convention an additional Protocol entitled «Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV)».

Participant	Consent to be bound (P), Succession (d)
Afghanistan	9 Aug 2017 P
Albania	28 Aug 2002 P
Algeria	6 May 2015 P
Antigua and Barbuda	23 Aug 2010 P
Argentina	21 Oct 1998 P
Australia	22 Aug 1997 P
Austria	27 Jul 1998 P
Bahrain	11 Mar 2016 P
Bangladesh	6 Sep 2000 P
Belarus	13 Sep 2000 P
Belgium	10 Mar 1999 P
Benin	27 Sep 2019 P
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	21 Sep 2001 P
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11 Oct 2001 P
Brazil	4 Oct 1999 P
Bulgaria	3 Dec 1998 P
Burkina Faso	26 Nov 2003 P
Cabo Verde	16 Sep 1997 P
Cambodia	25 Mar 1997 P
Cameroon	7 Dec 2006 P
Canada	5 Jan 1998 P
Chile	15 Oct 2003 P
China	4 Nov 1998 P
Colombia	6 Mar 2000 P
Costa Rica	17 Dec 1998 P
Croatia	25 Apr 2002 P
Cuba	14 Nov 2012 P
Cyprus	22 Jul 2003 P
Czech Republic	10 Aug 1998 P
Denmark	30 Apr 1997 P
Dominican Republic	21 Jun 2010 P
Ecuador	16 Dec 2003 P
El Salvador	26 Jan 2000 P
Estonia	20 Apr 2000 P
Finland	11 Jan 1996 P
France	30 Jun 1998 P
Gabon	22 Sep 2010 P
Georgia	14 Jul 2006 P
Germany	27 Jun 1997 P
Greece	5 Aug 1997 P
Grenada	10 Dec 2014 P
Guatemala	30 Aug 2002 P
Guinea-Bissau	6 Aug 2008 P
Holy See	22 Jul 1997 P
Honduras	30 Oct 2003 P
Hungary	30 Jan 1998 P
Iceland	22 Aug 2008 P
India	2 Sep 1999 P
Iraq	24 Sep 2014 P
Ireland	27 Mar 1997 P
Israel	30 Oct 2000 P
Italy	13 Jan 1999 P
Jamaica	25 Sep 2008 P
Japan	10 Jun 1997 P
Kazakhstan	8 Jul 2009 P
Kuwait	24 May 2013 P
Latvia	11 Mar 1998 P
Lesotho	25 Apr 2016 P
Liberia	16 Sep 2005 P
Liechtenstein	19 Nov 1997 P
Lithuania	3 Jun 1998 P
Luxembourg	5 Aug 1999 P
Madagascar	14 Mar 2008 P
Maldives	7 Sep 2000 P
Mali	24 Oct 2001 P
Malta	24 Sep 2004 P
Mauritius	24 Dec 2002 P
Mexico	10 Mar 1998 P
Mongolia	6 Apr 1999 P
Montenegro <1>	23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco	19 Mar 2002 P
Naoero	12 Nov 2001 P
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) , <2>	25 Mar 1999 P
New Zealand	8 Jan 1998 P
Nicaragua	5 Dec 2000 P
Niger	18 Sep 2007 P
North Macedonia	19 Mar 2007 P
Norway	20 Apr 1998 P
Pakistan	5 Dec 2000 P
Panama	26 Mar 1997 P
Paraguay	3 Dec 2008 P
Peru	3 Jul 1997 P
Philippines	12 Jun 1997 P
Poland	23 Sep 2004 P
Portugal	12 Nov 2001 P
Qatar	16 Nov 2009 P
Republic of Moldova	8 Sep 2000 P
Romania	25 Aug 2003 P
Russian Federation	9 Sep 1999 P
Saudi Arabia	7 Dec 2007 P
Serbia	12 Aug 2003 P
Seychelles	8 Jun 2000 P
Sierra Leone	30 Sep 2004 P
Singapore	21 Sep 2023 P
Slovakia	30 Nov 1999 P
Slovenia	3 Dec 2002 P
South Africa	26 Jun 1998 P
Spain	19 Jan 1998 P
Sri Lanka	24 Sep 2004 P
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6 Dec 2010 P
Sweden	15 Jan 1997 P
Switzerland	24 Mar 1998 P
Tajikistan	12 Oct 1999 P
Trinidad and Tobago	29 Jul 2024 P
Tunisia	23 Mar 2006 P
Turkiye	2 Mar 2005 P
Ukraine	28 May 2003 P
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	11 Feb 1999 P
United States of America	21 Jan 2009 P
Uruguay	18 Sep 1998 P
Uzbekistan	29 Sep 1997 P

DECLARATIONS AND RESERVATIONS (Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon concent to be bound or succession.)

Australia

Declaration:

«It is the understanding of the Government of Australia that the provisions of Protocol IV shall apply in all circumstances.»

Austria

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Belgium

Declaration:

It is the understanding of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium that the provisions of Protocol IV which by their contents or nature may also be applied in peacetime, shall be observed at all times.

Canada <3>

19 October 1998

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Germany

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Greece

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Ireland

Declaration in relation to article 1:

«It is the understanding of Ireland that the provisions of the Additional Protocol which by their contents or nature may also be applied in peacetime, shall be observed at all times.»

Israel

Declaration:

«With reference to the scope of application defined in Article 1 of the Convention, the Government of the State of Israel will apply the provisions of the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons as well as the Convention and those annexed Protocols to which Israel has agreed to become bound, to all armed conflicts involving regular armed forces of States referred to in article 2 common to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, as well as to all armed conflicts referred to in Article 3 common to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949.»

Italy

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Liechtenstein

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Declaration:

With regard to Article 1:

«The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands takes the view that the provisions of Protocol IV which, given their content or nature, can also be applied in peacetime must be observed in all circumstances.»

Poland

Declaration:

The Republic of Poland believes that the provisions of the Additional Protocol should also be applied during peacetime.

South Africa

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Ireland.]

Sweden

Declarations:

«- Sweden intends to apply the Protocol to all types of armed conflict;»

• Sweden intends to pursue an international agreement by which the provisions of the Protocol shall be applicable to all types of armed conflict;
• Sweden has since long strived for explicit prohibition of the use of blinding laser which would risk causing permanent blindness to soldiers. Such an effect, in Sweden's view is contrary to the principle of international law prohibiting means and methods of warfare which cause unnecessary suffering.»

Switzerland

Declaration:

[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Australia.]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Declaration:

«In relation to Protocol IV, the Government of the United Kingdom declare that their application of its provisions will not be limited to the situations set out in Article 1 of the [1980] Convention.»

United States of America

Understanding:

«It is the understanding of the United States of America with respect to Article 2 that any decision by any military commander, military personnel, or any other person responsible for planning, authorizing or executing military action shall only be judged on the basis of that person's assessment of the information reasonably available to the person at the time the person planned, authorized or executed the action under review, and shall not be judged on the basis of information that comes to light after the action under review was taken.»

End Note

1. See note 1 under «Montenegro» in the «Historical Information» section in the front matter of this volume.

2. For the Kingdom in Europe.

Subsequently, on 28 April 2014, the Government of The Netherlands informed the Secretary-General of the Territorial Application in respect of the Caribbean part of The Netherlands (Islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).

3. In keeping with the depositary practice followed in similar cases, the Secretary-General proposed to receive the declaration for deposit in the absence of any objection on the part of the Contracting States, either to the deposit itself or to the procedure envisaged, within a period of 90 days from the date of its circulation (i.e. 21 July 1998). None of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol having notified the Secretary-General of an objection within the 90 days period, the declaration was deemed to have been accepted for deposit upon the expiration of the 90 day period in question, i.e. on 19 October 1998.

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