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.
International document | Date of adoption | Date of entry into force | Date of ratification/ accession by Ukraine |
Antarctic Treaty | 01.12.1959 | 23.06.1961 | 17.09.1992 |
Convention concerning the Protectionof Workers against Ionising Radiations | 22.06.1960 | 17.06.1962 | 05.08.1967 |
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants | 02.12.1961 | 10.08.1968 | 02.06.1995 |
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage | 21.05.1963 | 12.11.1997 | 12.07.1996 |
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties | 29.11.1969 | 06.05.1975 | 17.12.1993 |
Convention on Wetlands of InternationalImportance especially as Waterfowl Habitat | 02.02.1971 | 21.12.1975 | 29.10.1996 |
Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage | 18.12.1971 | 16.10.1978 | 25.05.1980 |
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 |
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 |
Convention concerning the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Waste and Other Materials | 29.12.1972 | 30.08.1975 | 17.12.1993 |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | 03.03.1973 | 01.07.1975 | 30.12.1999 |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques | 10.12.1976 | 05.10.1978 | 16.05.1978 |
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries | 24.10.1978 | 01.01.1979 | 06.07.1999 |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals | 23.06.1979 | 01.11.1983 | 19.03.1999 |
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats | 19.09.1979 | 01.06.1982 | 29.10.1996 |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 13.11.1979 | 16.03.1983 | 05.06.1980 |
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material | 03.03.1980 | 08.02.1987 | 06.07.1993 |
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources | 20.05.1980 | 07.02.1982 | 04.02.1994 |
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 |
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer | 22.03.1985 | 22.09.1989 | 20.05.1986 |
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 |
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergencyї | 26.09.1986 | 26.02.1987 | 26.01.1987 |
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident | 26.09.1986 | 27.10.1986 | 30.12.1986 |
Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer | 16.09.1987 | 01.01.1989 | 20.09.1998 |
Convention for the suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation | 10.03.1988 | 01.03.1992 | 17.12.1993 |
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 |
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 |
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal | 22.03.1989 | 05.05.1992 | 01.07.1999 |
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context | 25.02.1991 | 10.09.1997 | 19.03.1999 |
Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europeі | 04.12.1991 | 06.01.1994 | 14.05.1999 |
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes | 17.03.1992 | 06.10.1996 | 01.07.1999 |
Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution | 21.04.1992 | 15.01.1994 | 04.02.1994 |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 09.05.1992 | 21.03.1994 | 29.10.1996 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Convention on Nuclear Safety | 20.09.1994 | 07.07.1998 | 17.12.1997 |
Agreement for Conservation of African-Euroasian Migratory Waterbirdsy | 16.06.1995 | 01.11.1999 | 04.07.2002 |
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 |
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 |
Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 11.12.1997 | 16.02.2005 | 04.02.2004 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutantsі | 22.05.2001 | 17.05.2004 |
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