As the Deputy will be aware, there are a large number of international agreements within the UN and Council of Europe frameworks, covering a very wide range of subjects and falling within the functional responsibility of a number of Departments. The question of ratification of these agreements is kept under review in the context of the ongoing assessment and prioritisation of Ireland's international commitments.
A list of the international agreements within the UN and Council of Europe frameworks which have been signed but not ratified by Ireland (apart from those which have been superseded by subsequent agreements) is set out below, indicating the lead Government Department with responsibility in each case.
I: UN Agreements signed but not yet ratified by Ireland
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No.
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Title:
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Date of Signature:
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Department responsible:
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1
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Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
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18 April 1961
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DFA
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2
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Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
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24 April 1963
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DFA
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3
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Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections
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13 November 1997
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Transport
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4
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Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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24 June 1998
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Environment & Local Government
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5
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Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals
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24 June 1998
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Environment & Local Government
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6
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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
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25 June 1998
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Environment & Local Government
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7
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Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Level Ozone
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1 December 1999
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Environment & Local Government
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8
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
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7 September 2000
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D/JELR
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9
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UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
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13 December 2000
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D/JELR
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10
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Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
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13 December 2000
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D/JELR
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11
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Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
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13 December 2000
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D/JELR
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12
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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23 May 2001
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Environment & Local Government
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13
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Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
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21 May 2003
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Environment & Local Government
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14
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Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
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21 May 2003
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Environment & Local Government
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15
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UN Convention against Corruption
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9 December 2003
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D/JELR
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16
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International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
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15 September 2005
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D/JELR
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17
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The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances
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29 March 2007
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D/JELR
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18
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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30 March 2007
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D/JELR
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II: Council of Europe Agreements signed but not yet ratified by Ireland
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No.
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Title
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Date of Signature
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Department responsible
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1
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European Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
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29 April 1957
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DFA
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2
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European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts
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22 June 1960
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Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
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3
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Convention relating to Stops on Bearer Securities in International Circulation
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23 April 1974
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Finance
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4
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European Convention on the Control of the Acquisition and Possession of Firearms by Individuals
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28 June 1978
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D/JELR
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5
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European Convention on Social Security and Supplementary Agreement for the Application of the European Convention on Social Security
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23 February 1979
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Social and Family Affairs
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6
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European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches
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3 November 1986
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Arts, Sport and Tourism
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7
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European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes
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6 December 1990
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Health and Children
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8
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European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights
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25 January 1996
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Health and Children
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9
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Civil Law Convention on Corruption
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4 November 1999
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D/JELR
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10
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Protocol No 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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4 November 2000
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D/JELR
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11
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Additional Protocol to the European Agreement on the Transmission of Applications for Legal Aid
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5 October 2001
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D/JELR
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12
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Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal data, regarding supervisory authorities and transborder data flows
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8 November 2001
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D/JELR
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13
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Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
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8 November 2001
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D/JELR
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14
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Convention on Cyber Crime
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28 February 2002
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D/JELR
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15
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Protocol amending the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
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15 May 2003
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D/JELR
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16
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Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
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13 April 2007
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D/JELR
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