International Commission on Civil Status

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The International Commission on Civil Status, or ICCS (French: Commission internationale de l'état civil, or CIEC), is an intergovernmental organisation whose aim is to promote international cooperation in civil status matters and to improve the functioning of national civil status services.[1] It was provisionally founded in September 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and officially recognised by an exchange of letters in December 1949 and two protocols in 1950 and 1952.[2] The organisation is seated in Strasbourg, France,[3] and its official language is French.

Purpose

Founded after World War II in the context of millions of refugees, missing and displaced people, the organisation's aim was to facilitate the cooperation between states in establishing, recognising and validating civil status documents, also known as vital records, such as birth, marriage and death certificates. It did so by drafting international treaties such as the Convention on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil status records, which provides standard multilingual formats of vital records, allowing their international acceptance without the need for translation or legalisation. Later conventions drafted by the ICCS include the Convention on the recognition of decisions recording a sex reassignment.

Members

Current and former member states and observer states of the ICCS

The ICCS was created by five founding member states in 1948. In 1952, a protocol opened the organisation to accession by any state.[2] By 1999, 11 more states had acceded to the ICCS, reaching a peak of 16 member states. After 2007, only one more state acceded and 12 states left the organisation, resulting in only five member states by 2022.[4]

In 2024, the Francophone Notary Association, representing 30 states,[a] joined the organisation as a non-state member.[1] In 2026, the European Association of Registrars, representing nine states,[b] also joined.[1]

Member stateRatificationStart of membershipRenunciationEnd of membership
Austria14 September 196114 October 19618 October 20078 April 2008
Belgium25 September 19501 October 1950––
Croatia25 March 199924 April 199921 July 201421 January 2015
France25 September 19501 October 195017 May 201917 November 2019
Germany27 September 195627 October 195631 December 201430 June 2015
Greece3 September 19593 October 195930 June 202130 December 2021
Hungary15 September 199915 October 19996 June 20126 December 2012
Italy4 September 19584 October 19582 April 20142 October 2014
Luxembourg25 September 19501 October 1950––
Mexico15 September 201015 October 201015 June 201715 December 2017
Netherlands25 September 19501 October 195015 November 201715 May 2018
Poland9 September 19989 October 199814 June 201714 December 2017
Portugal13 September 197313 October 197310 July 201410 January 2015
Spain13 September 197413 October 1974––
 Switzerland25 September 19501 October 1950––
Turkey24 September 195323 December 1953––
United Kingdom11 September 199611 October 199622 August 201322 February 2014

Several states are observers of the organisation:[1]

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1234"Presentation of the ICCS". International Commission on Civil Status.
  2. 12"History". International Commission on Civil Status.
  3. ↑"Contact". International Commission on Civil Status.
  4. ↑"Protocol relating to the International Commission on Civil Status". Treaty Database of the Netherlands.
  5. ↑"Association du notariat francophone"[Francophone Notary Association] (in French). Francophone Notary Association.
  6. ↑"Members". European Association of Registrars.