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Finland ratifies CRPD (total: 164)

CRPD towards universal ratificationsFinland ratified the Convention and the Optional Protocol on 11 May 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 164 and total ratification of the Optional Protocol to 89.

Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:

 

Ratifications/Accessions: 164
Signatories*: 160

Optional Protocol
Ratification/Accessions: 89
Signatories*: 92

(* Signatories include countries or regional integration organizations that have signed the Convention and its Optional Protocol)

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