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: 132 (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).
  • Nuclear security: Physical protection, illicit trafficking and nuclear terrorism, by S. Drobysz (Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 339).

 

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