Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Ongoing

The objective of the Amendment to the CPPNM is to achieve and maintain worldwide effective physical protection of nuclear material and of nuclear facilities used for peaceful purposes; to prevent and combat offences relating to such material and facilities worldwide; as well as to facilitate co-operation among states parties to those ends. It extends and enhances the scope of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM).

  • Adopted: 8 July 2005
  • Entered into force: 8 May 2016
  • Parties: 137 (see table below)

More information on the Amendment to the CPPNM, including the text and current status, is available here.

The following articles related to the Amendment to the CPPNM were published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

  • The International Regime on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, by L. Vez Carmona (NLB 76, p. 29).
  • Facilitating the entry into force and implementation of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material: Observations, challenges and benefits, by P. L. Johnson (NLB 94, p. 9).
  • Responding to the call: Assessing international legal frameworks for response to incidents involving floating nuclear power plants, by J. Karcz (NLB 110, p. 37).
  • Nuclear security: Physical protection, illicit trafficking and nuclear terrorism, by S. Drobysz (Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 339).
  • Nuclear liability in respect of Ukraine’s nuclear installations under Russian military control, by N.L.J.T. Horbach and O.F. Brown (NLB 111, p. 7).
  • Nuclear fusion: Legal Aspects, by W. Tonhauser and K. T. Olajos (NLB 111, p. 57).

 

Contracting States to the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Albania Costa Rica Italy Mozambique Senegal
Algeria Côte d’Ivoire Jamaica Myanmar Serbia
Angola Croatia Japan* Namibia Seychelles
Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Jordan Nauru Singapore
Argentina* Cyprus Kazakhstan Netherlands* Slovak Republic*
Armenia* Czechia* Kenya New Zealand Slovenia*
Australia Denmark Korea* Nicaragua South Africa*
Austria Djibouti Kuwait Niger Spain*
Azerbaijan Dominican Republic Kyrgyzstan Nigeria Sweden*
Bahrain Ecuador Lao People's Democratic Republic North Macedonia Switzerland*
Bangladesh El Salvador Latvia Norway Syrian Arab Republic
Belarus* Eritrea Lesotho Oman Tajikistan
Belgium* Estonia Liberia** Palestinian Authority Thailand
Benin Eswatini Libya Pakistan* Tunisia
Bolivia Fiji Liechtenstein Panama Türkiye
Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland* Lithuania Paraguay Turkmenistan
Botswana France* Luxembourg Peru Ukraine*
Brazil* Gabon Madagascar Philippines United Arab Emirates*
Bulgaria* Georgia Malawi Poland United Kingdom*
Bukina Faso Germany Mali Portugal United States*
Cameroon Ghana Malta Qatar Uruguay
Canada* Greece Marshall Islands Romania* Uzbekistan
Chad Hungary* Mauritania Russia* Viet Nam
Chile Iceland Mexico* Rwanda Zimbabwe
China* India* Moldova Saint Kitts and Nevis EURATOM
Colombia Indonesia Monaco Saint Lucia  
Comoros Ireland Montenegro San Marino  
Congo Israel Morocco Saudi Arabia  
 * Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.
** Subject to an entry into force date of 18 October 2024.