Annex 2: international instruments

AuthorKaran, Ula?
Pages116-117
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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
14.09.1990
4.04.1995
Articles 29
and 30
N/A
In theory yes,
but courts are
reluctant to
accept

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