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