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