Additional Protocol to the Convention for the

Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the

Application of Biology and Medicine, on the

Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings

Basic information:

Total number of signatures not followed by ratifications: 

12 

Total number of ratifications/accessions: 

20 

o Protocol consists of 8 articles,o Open for signature by the member

States of the Council of Europe, the other States which participated in its elaboration and the European Union, in Paris, on 12 January 1998.

o Entry into force : 1 March 2001,

Article 1Any intervention seeking to create a human being genetically identical to another human being, whether living or dead, is prohibited.For the purpose of this article, the term human being "genetically identical" to another human being means a human being sharing with another the same nuclear gene set.Article 2Article 3

Article 4 Signature and ratificationArticle 5 Entry into forceArticle 6After the entry into force of this Protocol,

any State which has acceded to the Convention may also accede to this Protocol.

Accession shall be effected by the deposit with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of an instrument of accession which shall take effect on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of its deposit.

Article 7Any Party may at any time

denounce this Protocol by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.

Article 8The Secretary General of the Council of

Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of Europe, the European Community, any Signatory, any Party and any other State which has been invited to accede to the Convention of:

any signature;the deposit of any instrument of

ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with Articles 5 and 6;

any other act, notification or communication relating to this Protocol.

States  Signature  Ratification Entry into

force

Bulgaria  23/9/2005 30/10/2006 1/2/2007  

Croatia  7/5/1999  28/11/2003 1/3/2004 

Cyprus 30/9/1998 20/3/2002   1/7/2002

Czech Republic

24/6/1998 22/6/2001 1/10/2001 

Denmark  12/1/1998

Estonia   12/1/1998   8/2/2002   1/6/2002 

Finland   12/1/1998   30/11/2009   1/3/2010  

France   12/1/1998 

Georgia   11/5/2000   22/11/2000   1/3/2001  

Greece   12/1/1998   22/12/1998   1/3/2001  

Hungary   7/5/1999   9/1/2002   1/5/2002 

Iceland   12/1/1998   12/10/2004   1/2/2005  

Italy   12/1/1998  

Latvia   12/1/1998   25/2/2010   1/6/2010  

States  Signature  Ratification Entry into

force 

Lithuania   25/3/1998  17/10/2002

  1/2/2003 

Luxembourg   12/1/1998

Moldova   12/1/1998  26/11/2002

  1/3/2003  

Montenegro   22/3/2010

Netherlands   4/5/1998

Norway   12/1/1998 

Poland   7/5/1999  

Portugal   12/1/1998   13/8/2001   1/12/2001  

Portugal   12/1/1998   13/8/2001   1/12/2001  

Romania   12/1/1998   24/4/2001   1/8/2001  

San Marino   12/1/1998 

Slovakia   31/3/1998  22/10/1998

  1/3/2001 

Slovenia   12/1/1998   5/11/1998   1/3/2001  

Spain   12/1/1998   24/1/2000   1/3/2001  

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