"OFF THE RECORD!"
Agreements, Treaties and Covenants
to which the State is a party
to October 2000
(see also UN)
| Signed | Ratified | SHORT TITLE | Resrvns | Last Rept | Meeting | Con. Comm. | N |
| Date | Date | ||||||
| Taoiseach | Taoiseach | ||||||
| Minister Ju | Minister Ju | ||||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Not yet | European Charter
of HR
(EU link/file defective?) |
9 | |||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 30 Sept 90 | 28 Sept 92 | Rights of the Child | None | 1st 1997 | 436 12 Jan 98 am | 453 23 Jan 98 | |
| C Haughey | C Haughey | 437 12 Jan 98 pm | |||||
| R Burke | R Burke | 438 13 Jan 98 am | |||||
| 2nd 2000 | 8.1 | ||||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1992 | Torture | 7 | |||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Acc. 1985 | Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) | Jun 99 | Jul 99 | 6 | |||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 7 Sept 00 | 7 Sept 00 | CEDAW - Optional Protocol | None | ||||
| B Ahern | B Ahern | ||||||
| J O'Donog | J O'Donog | ||||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1978 | Racial Discrimination | 5 | |||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1973 | 1989 | Civil and Political Rights | yes | 2nd 98 | 1846 13 Jul 00 pm | 4 | |
| 1847 14 Jul 00 | 4.1 | ||||||
| 1848 14 Jul 00 pm | |||||||
| 14 Jul 00 pm | 4.2 | ||||||
| Freedom of Expression - Inspection and Report | Oct 99 | Jan 00
IMR comment |
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| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1 Oct 73 | 8 Dec 89 | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) | yes | 1st 1996 | 14 4 May 99 pm | May 99 | 3.1 |
| 15 5 May 99 am | 3.2 | ||||||
| 16 5 May 99 pm | |||||||
| 2 May 02 | |||||||
| 2nd 1998 | 3.3 | ||||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1950 | European Convention on HR (ECHR) | 2 | |||||
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 1948 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 1 | |||||
Abbreviations: Resrvns = Reservations; Last Rept = Last report of Ireland; Meeting = meeting of Irish delegation with UN committee of "experts", Committee on Human Rights, etc; Con. Comm = Concluding comments of UN committee of "experts", etc.
Notes:2. The European Convention on Human Rights is a document of the Council of Europe, a wider body than the European Union, based at Strasbourg.
3.1 The initial (1st) report covers the period 1990-1996, and was examined in Geneva in May 1999.
3.2 Summary Report (minutes) of 5 May 99 am only available in French. Pourquoi?
3.3 The second report (1996 -1998) was published in 2000. It was not on the UN or Dept of FA website at 6 February 01: check UN website for latest position. The printed report, which contains some useful information in addition to the report, including the text of the Covenant and the Concluding Observations on the First Report, can be obtained from: Human Rights Unit, Dept of Foreign Affairs, 80, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, phone 408 2570.
4.1 No Summary Report for 1846, though it looks as if a meeting took place!
4.2 The continuation of 1848 was held in private.
6.
7. Council of Europe document. (Link is not to official site)
8.1 Report for 2000 not submitted as at late 2000.
9. European Union document.
30 October 2000
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