The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other convention.

Adopted: 21 September 1988

Opened for signature: 21 September 1988

Entered into force: 27 April 1992

Parties: 33 (see table below – "PC" or "VC" indicates that a state is a party to the Paris Convention or the Vienna Convention respectively)

More information on the Joint Protocol, including the text and current status, is available here.

The text of the Joint Protocol is also reproduced in Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 42.

The following is a sampling of the articles related to the Joint Convention that have been published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

• A Bridge Between two Conventions on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage: the Joint Protocol relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention, by O. Von Busekist (NLB 43, p. 10).
• The Brussels I Regulation and Liability for Nuclear Damage, by J. Handrlica (NLB 86, p. 29).
• Progress towards a global nuclear liability regime (NLB 93, p. 9).
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments on civil liability for nuclear damage, by U. Magnus (NLB 106, p. 7).
• Liability and compensation for third party damage resulting from a nuclear incident, by J.A. Schwartz (Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 409)

* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation