International
Main International Legal Acts in the Sphere of Environmental Protection to which Ukraine is a Party
Texts of the environmental legal acts (in Ukrainian language) you can find on the web-site of the Parliament of Ukraine If you can’t find the document, please, contact us.
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International document |
Date of adoption |
Date of entry into force |
Date of ratification/ accession by Ukraine |
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Antarctic Treaty |
01.12.1959 |
23.06.1961 |
17.09.1992 |
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Convention concerning the Protectionof Workers against Ionising Radiations |
22.06.1960 |
17.06.1962 |
05.08.1967 |
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International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
02.12.1961 |
10.08.1968 |
02.06.1995 |
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Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage |
21.05.1963 |
12.11.1997 |
12.07.1996 |
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International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties |
29.11.1969 |
06.05.1975 |
17.12.1993 |
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Convention on Wetlands of InternationalImportance especially as Waterfowl Habitat |
02.02.1971 |
21.12.1975 |
29.10.1996 |
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Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage |
18.12.1971 |
16.10.1978 |
25.05.1980 |
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction |
10.04.1972 |
26.03.1975 |
26.03.1975 |
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Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment |
16.06.1972 |
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Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
16.11.1972 |
17.12.1975 |
04.10.1988 |
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Convention concerning the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Waste and Other Materials |
29.12.1972 |
30.08.1975 |
17.12.1993 |
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
03.03.1973 |
01.07.1975 |
30.12.1999 |
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Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
10.12.1976 |
05.10.1978 |
16.05.1978 |
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Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries |
24.10.1978 |
01.01.1979 |
06.07.1999 |
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
23.06.1979 |
01.11.1983 |
19.03.1999 |
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Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats |
19.09.1979 |
01.06.1982 |
29.10.1996 |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
13.11.1979 |
16.03.1983 |
05.06.1980 |
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material |
03.03.1980 |
08.02.1987 |
06.07.1993 |
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Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
20.05.1980 |
07.02.1982 |
04.02.1994 |
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World Charter for Nature |
01.01.1982 |
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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
10.12.1982 |
16.11.1994 |
03.06.1999 |
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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer |
22.03.1985 |
22.09.1989 |
20.05.1986 |
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Protocol on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 Percent to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
08.07.1985 |
02.09.1987 |
12.08.1986 |
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Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergencyї |
26.09.1986 |
26.02.1987 |
26.01.1987 |
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Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident |
26.09.1986 |
27.10.1986 |
30.12.1986 |
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Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer |
16.09.1987 |
01.01.1989 |
20.09.1998 |
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Convention for the suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation |
10.03.1988 |
01.03.1992 |
17.12.1993 |
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Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf |
10.03.1988 |
07.01.2002 |
17.12.1993 |
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Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
01.11.1988 |
14.02.1991 |
24.07.1989 |
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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal |
22.03.1989 |
05.05.1992 |
01.07.1999 |
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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context |
25.02.1991 |
10.09.1997 |
19.03.1999 |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europeі |
04.12.1991 |
06.01.1994 |
14.05.1999 |
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Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
17.03.1992 |
06.10.1996 |
01.07.1999 |
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Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution |
21.04.1992 |
15.01.1994 |
04.02.1994 |
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
09.05.1992 |
21.03.1994 |
29.10.1996 |
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Rio Declaration on Environment and Development |
03.06.1992 |
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Convention on Biological Diversit |
05.06.1992 |
29.12.1993 |
29.11.1994 |
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction |
13.01.1993 |
29.04.1997 |
16.10.1998 |
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Protocol on the Further Reduction of Sulfur Emissions to 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
14.06.1994 |
05.08.1998 |
17.12.1996 |
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Convention on Nuclear Safety |
20.09.1994 |
07.07.1998 |
17.12.1997 |
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Agreement for Conservation of African-Euroasian Migratory Waterbirdsy |
16.06.1995 |
01.11.1999 |
04.07.2002 |
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks |
04.12.1995 |
11.12.2001 |
28.11.2002 |
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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management |
05.09.1997 |
18.06.2001 |
20.04.2000 |
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Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
11.12.1997 |
16.02.2005 |
04.02.2004 |
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Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
24.06.1998 |
23.10.2003 |
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Heavy Metals Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
24.06.1998 |
29.12.2003 |
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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters |
25.06.1998 |
30.10.2001 |
06.07.1999 |
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Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade |
10.09.1998 |
24.02.2004 |
26.09.2002 |
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Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
17.06.1999 |
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Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal |
10.12.1999 |
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Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on the Biodiversity |
29.01.2000 |
11.09.2003 |
12.09.2002 |
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutantsі |
22.05.2001 |
17.05.2004 |
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