Annex 2: international instruments

• Author: Vickers, Lucy
• Pages: 78-79

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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Country: United Kingdom

Date: 31 December 2019

Instrument

Date of

signature

Date of

ratificatio

n

Derogation

s/

reservation

s relevant

to equality

and non-

discriminati

on

Right of

individual

petition

accepted?

Can this

instrument

be directly

relied upon

in domestic

courts by

individuals?

European

Convention

on Human

Rights

(ECHR)

04.11.1950

08.03.1951

A derogation

from Article

5(1) to

permit the

UK to detain

foreign

nationals

indefinitely

under the

Anti-

Terrorism,

Crime and

Security Act

2001 was

withdrawn

on

16.03.2005

Yes

Incorporated

into UK law by

Human Rights

Act 1998,

Northern

Ireland Act

1998,

Scotland Act

1998 and

Government

of Wales Act

2006.

Protocol 12,

ECHR

No

No

None

No

No

Revised

European

Social

Charter

07.11.1997

No

N/A

Ratified

collective

complaints

protocol?

No.

No

International

Covenant on

Civil and

Political

Rights

16.09.1968

20.05.1976

Yes

No

No

Framework

Convention

for the

Protection of

National

Minorities

16.09.1968

20.05.1976

None

No

No

International

Covenant on

Economic,

Social and

Cultural

Rights

01.12.1995

15.01.1998

None

No

No