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: 138 (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 Morocco Saudia Arabia
Algeria Côte d’Ivoire Jamaica Mozambique Senegal
Angola Croatia Japan* Myanmar Serbia
Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Jordan Namibia Seychelles
Argentina* Cyprus Kazakhstan Nauru Singapore
Armenia* Czechia* Kenya Netherlands* Slovak Republic*
Australia Denmark Korea* New Zealand Slovenia*
Austria Djibouti Kuwait Nicaragua South Africa*
Azerbaijan Dominican Republic Kyrgyzstan Niger Spain*
Bahrain Ecuador Lao People's Democratic Republic Nigeria Sweden*
Bangladesh El Salvador Latvia North Macedonia Switzerland*
Belarus* Eritrea Lesotho Norway Syrian Arab Republic
Belgium* Estonia Liberia 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 Zimbabwe
Colombia Indonesia Monaco Saint Kitts and Nevis EURATOM
Comoros Ireland Mongolia Saint Lucia  
Congo Israel Montenegro San Marino  
 * Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.