Annex 2: international instruments

• Author: Karan, Ula?
• Pages: 116-117

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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Country: Turkey

Date: 31 December 2019

Instrument

Date of

signature

Date of

ratification

Derogatio

ns/

reservatio

ns

relevant

to

equality

and non-

discrimina

tion

Right of

individual

petition

accepted?

Can this

instrument

be directly

relied upon

in domestic

courts by

individuals?

European

Convention on

Human Rights

(ECHR)

4.11.1950

18.05.1954

No

Yes

Yes,

particularly in

constitutional

complaints

Protocol 12,

ECHR

18.04.2001

Not ratified

N/A

No

N/A

Revised

European

Social Charter

16.10.2004

27.06.2007

Article 4

(3), 7(5),

8, 15, 19,

20, 23, 27

Ratified

collective

complaints

protocol?

No

No

International

Covenant on

Civil and

Political Rights

15.08.2000

23.09.2003

Article 27

Yes

In theory yes,

but courts are

reluctant to

accept

Framework

Convention

for the

Protection of

National

Minorities

Not signed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

International

Covenant on

Economic,

Social and

Cultural Rights

15.08.2000

23.09.2003

Articles

13(3) and

4

N/A

In theory yes,

but courts are

reluctant to

accept

Convention on

the Elimination

of All Forms of

Racial

Discrimination

13.10.1972

16.09.2002

No

No

In theory yes,

but courts are

reluctant to

accept

ILO

Convention

No. 111 on

Discrimination

13.12.1966

21.09.1967

No

Yes

In theory yes,

but courts are

reluctant to

accept

Convention on

the Rights of

the Child

14.09.1990

4.04.1995

Articles 29

and 30

N/A

In theory yes,

but courts are

reluctant to

accept