Dáil debates
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Other Questions
International Agreements
2:25 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source
As requested, I am providing the Deputy with a list of international agreements which Ireland has signed but not ratified. The list has been prepared according to the information available to my Department and aims to be as comprehensive as possible.
The two-step process whereby a state will first sign an international agreement, and then ratify it later, is the usual manner in which international agreements are concluded. This interval permits states to take whatever legislative or administrative measures are necessary to fulfil obligations assumed under the agreement. The signing of an agreement may be an important demonstration of a state’s support for it, pending its ratification when in a position to do so. The alternative would be to refrain from signing the agreement at all, which may be interpreted as a lack of support for the agreement.
Although my Department has an important role in relation to signing and ratifying international agreements, the necessary legislative or administrative measures required to implement them are for the line Department responsible for the subject matter of the agreement.
My Department annually publishes all international agreements that enter into force for Ireland in the Irish treaty series, which is available on the Department’s website, and lays them before this House. A notice of all agreements laid is also published in Iris Oifigiúil.
List of International Agreements signed by Ireland, but not Ratified
[1]Multilateral Treaties deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations
| 1 | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, done on 10 December 2008 | Signed by Ireland on 23 March 2012. |
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| 2 | Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, done on 29 October 2010. | Signed by Ireland on 1 February 2012. |
| 3 | Universal Postal Union Convention and Final Protocol, done on 12 August 2008. | Signed by Ireland on 12 August 2008. |
| 4 | First Additional Protocol to the General Regulations (Universal Postal Union), done on 12 August 2008. | Signed by Ireland on 12 August 2008. |
| 5 | 8th Additional Protocol to the Universal Postal Union Constitution, done on 12 August 2008. | Signed by Ireland on 12 August 2008. |
| 6 | Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done on 18 December 2002. | Signed by Ireland on 2 October 2007. |
| 7 | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, done on 13 December 2006. | Signed by Ireland on 30 March 2007. |
| 8 | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, done on 20 December 2006. | Signed by Ireland on 27 March 2007. |
| 9 | International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done on 13 April 2005. | Signed by Ireland on 19 September 2005. |
| 10 | Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, done on 21 May 2003 | Signed by Ireland on 21 May 2003. |
| 11 | Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, done on 15 November 2000. | Signed by Ireland on 13 December 2000. |
| 12 | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, done on 25 May 2000. | Signed by Ireland on 7 September 2000. |
| 13 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Level Ozone, done on 30 November 1999. | Signed by Ireland on 1 December 1999. |
| 14 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done on 24 June 1998. | Signed by Ireland on 24 June 1998. |
| 15 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Lang-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals, done on 24 June 1998. | Signed by Ireland on 24 June 1998. |
| 16 | Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections, done on 13 November 1997. | Signed by Ireland on 13 November 1997. |
| 17 | Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, done on 24 April 1963. | Signed by Ireland on 24 April 1963. |
| 18 | Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, done on 18 April 1961. | Signed by Ireland on 18 April 1961. |
| 19 | Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, done on 29 April 1958. Signed by Ireland on 2 October 1958. | Signed by Ireland on 2 October 1958. (This Convention has been superseded by a later agreement to which Ireland is a party.) |
| 20 | Convention on the High Seas, done on 29 April 1958. | Signed by Ireland on 2 October 1958. (This Convention has been superseded by a later agreement to which Ireland is a party.) |
| 21 | Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, done on 29 April 1958. | Signed by Ireland on 2 October 1958. (This Convention has been superseded by a later agreement to which Ireland is a party.) |
| 22 | Convention on the Continental Shelf, done on 29 April 1958. | Signed by Ireland on 2 October 1958. (This Convention has been superseded by a later agreement to which Ireland is a party.) |
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