Editing Montevideo Convention (section)

==Parties==
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Parties to the Montevideo Convention
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{{legend|#ff1111|Other [[Organization of American States]] members}}
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The 17 states that have ratified this convention are limited to the [[Americas]].

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! State<ref name=rat>{{cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/sigs/a-40.html|title=A-40: Convention on Rights and Duties of States|access-date=2013-07-23|publisher=[[Organization of American States]]}}</ref><ref name=UN>{{cite web|url=http://treaties.un.org/pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280166aef|title=Convention on Rights and Duties of States adopted by the Seventh International Conference of American States|access-date=2015-11-16|publisher=[[United Nations Treaty Series]], Registration Number:3802}}</ref>
! Signed
! Deposited
! Method
|-
| {{flag|Brazil|1889}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1937|Feb|23}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Chile}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1935|Mar|28}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Colombia}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1936|Jul|22}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Costa Rica|state 1906}}{{efn|The Organization of American States' database lists Costa Rica as signing the treaty, but the treaty does not include a signature by Costa Rica.<ref name=CR/>}}
| 
| {{dts|1937|Sep|28}}
| Accession
|-
| {{flag|Cuba|1902}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1936|Apr|28}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1934|Dec|26}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Ecuador|1900}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1936|Oct|3}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1937|Jan|9}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Guatemala|1871}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1935|Jun|12}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Haiti|1859}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1941|Aug|13}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Honduras|1866}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1937|Dec|1}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Mexico|1934}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1936|Jan|27}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Nicaragua|1908}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1937|Jan|8}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Panama}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1938|Nov|13}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Paraguay|1842}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|2018|Sep|7}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|United States|1912}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1934|Jul|13}}
| Ratification
|-
| {{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
| {{dts|1933|Dec|26}}
| {{dts|1940|Feb|13}}
| Ratification
|}

;Notes
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A further three states signed the convention on 26 December 1933, but have not ratified it.<ref name=rat/><ref name=yale>{{cite web|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/intam03.asp|title=Convention on the Rights and Duties of States|access-date=2013-07-23|publisher=[[Yale]]}}</ref>

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* {{flag|Argentina}}
* {{flag|Peru|1825}}
* {{flag|Uruguay}}
}}

The only state to attend the Seventh International Conference of American States, where the convention was agreed upon, which did not sign it was [[Bolivia]].<ref name=yale/>  Costa Rica, which did not attend the conference, later signed the convention.<ref name=CR>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tccRqha7894C|title=Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System|date=1997-01-01|access-date=2013-07-23|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=287|quote=Delegations from twenty states participated - from the United States and all those in Latin America except Costa Rica (provision was made for Costa Rica to later sign the conventions and treaties presented in the conference).|isbn=9780313286001}}</ref>