Annex 2: international instruments
| Author | Poleshchuk, Vadim |
| Pages | 57-58 |
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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
Country: Estonia
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)
14 May
1993
16 April
1996
No
Yes
Yes
Protocol 12,
ECHR
4
November
2000
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Revised
European
Social
Charter
4 May 1998
11
September
2000
No
collective
complaints
- No
Yes
International
Covenant on
Civil and
Political
Rights
(accession)
21 October
1991
(accession)
No
Yes
Yes
Framework
Convention
for the
Protection of
National
Minorities
2 February
1995
6 January
1997
No;
however,
according
to the
Estonian
declaration
only
Estonian
citizens
may be
recognised
as national
minority
members
N/A
Yes (in the
case of self-
executing
norms)
International
Covenant on
Economic,
Social and
Cultural
Rights
(accession)
21 October
1991
(accession)
No
N/A
Yes
Convention
on the
Elimination
of All Forms
of Racial
(accession)
21 October
1991
(accession)
No
Yes
Yes
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