Annex 2: international instruments

• Author: Hiltunen, Rainer
• Pages: 66-67

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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Country: Finland

Date: 31 December 2019

Instrument

Date of

signature

Date of

ratificatio

n

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)

5.5.1989

10.5.1990

None

Yes

Yes

Protocol 12,

ECHR

4.11.2000

17.12.2004

None

Yes

Yes

Revised

European

Social Charter

3.5.1996

21.6.2002

None

Ratified

collective

complaints

protocol?

Yes

Yes, to the

extent the

rights

provided in

ESC, as

revised, are

justiciable

International

Covenant on

Civil and

Political Rights

11.10.1967

19.10.1975

None

Yes

Yes

Framework

Convention

for the

Protection of

National

Minorities

1.2.1995

3.10.1997

None

Not

applicable

Yes, to the

extent the

rights

provided are

justiciable (in

practice

extremely

limited)

International

Covenant on

Economic,

Social and

Cultural

Rights

11.10.1967

19.10.1975

None

Not

applicable

Yes, to the

extent the

rights

provided are

justiciable

Convention on

the

Elimination of

All Forms of

Racial

Discrimination

6.10.1966

14.7.1970

None

Yes

Yes

ILO

Convention

No. 111 on

Discrimination

25.6.1958

23.4.1970

None

Not

applicable

Yes