Convention on the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, done at London on 19 November 1976.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 May 1998
Agreement on Medical Treatment for Temporary Visitors between Ireland and Australia, done at Dublin on 12 September 1997
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
25 May 1998
Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, done at London on 19 November 1976.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
24 May 1998
Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, done at Athens on 13 December 1974.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
24 May 1998
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America regarding Mutual Assistance between their Customs Administrations, signed at Dublin on 16 September 1996
Entered into force on 21 May 1998.
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
21 May 1998
Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage of 18 December 1971, done at London on 27 November 1992.
Ireland’s instrument of accession deposited on 15 May 1997. Entered into force with respect to Ireland on 16 May 1998.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
16 May 1998
Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage of 29 November 1969, done at London on 27 November 1992.
Entered into force on 16 May 1998.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
16 May 1998
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) done at Paris on 22 September 1992
Signed on behalf of Ireland on 22 September 1992. Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 13 August 1997. Signed on behalf of the European Community on 22 September 1992. European Community’s instrument of approval deposited on 5 November 1997.
Entered into force on 25 March 1998.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
25 March 1998
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Ukraine, of the other part, done at Luxembourg on 14 June 1994.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 March 1998
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, done at Brussels on 17 July 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 March 1998
Co-operation Agreement signed on 19 February 1998 between the Minister for Health and Children of Ireland and the Romanian Committee for Adoptions
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
19 February 1998
Convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Latvia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains and Protocol, signed at Riga on 13 November 1997
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
17 February 1998
Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part, done at Luxembourg on 12 June 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 February 1998
Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, done at Luxembourg on 12 June 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 February 1998
Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part, done at Luxembourg on 12 June 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 February 1998
Exchange of Notes Constituting an arrangement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of Canada for the Employment of Dependents of Government Employees assigned to official Duties in each others country
Entered into force on 19 January 1998
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
19 January 1998
Convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for the avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains and Protocol and Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement of 28 July 1997 and Exchange of Letters of 24 November 1997, signed at Dublin on 28 July 1997
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
17 December 1997
Convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Republic of South Africa for the avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains and Protocol, signed at Pretoria on 7 October 1997.
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
5 December 1997
United Nations Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
29 October 1997
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom establishing the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, done at Belfast on 26 August 1997
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
23 September 1997
European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised)
Entered into force on 19 September 1997
Treaty type:
Entered into force:
19 September 1997
Convention determining the State Responsible for Examining Applications for Asylum lodged in one of the Member States of the European Communities, done at Dublin on 15 June 1990.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 August 1997
Convention determining the State responsible for examining Applications for Asylum lodged in one of the Member States of the European Communities, done at Dublin on 15 June 1990.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 August 1997
United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, done at Paris on 13 January 1993
Entered into force with respect to Ireland on 29 April 1997.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 July 1997
Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China concerning the Status of the Consulate of Ireland in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
30 June 1997
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, done at Brussels on 28 November 1994.
Treaty type:
Entered into force:
30 June 1997
Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe, done at Grenada on 3 October 1985
Entered into force on 1 May 1997.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 May 1997
Agreement Concerning Specific Stability Requirements for Ro-Ro Passenger Ships Undertaking Regular Scheduled International Voyages between or to or from Designated Ports in North West Europe and the Baltic Sea, done at Stockholm on 28 February 1996.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 March 1997
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for the Promotion of Aviation Safety
Entered into force on 5 February 1997.
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
5 February 1997
U.N. Convention against Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
2 December 1996
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
Entered into force on 21 July 1996.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
21 July 1996
International Convention on Salvage, done at London on 28 April 1989
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
14 July 1996
Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
19 June 1996
Fifth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, done at Seoul on 14 September 1994
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1996
Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, done at Strasbourg on 21 March 1983
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on 31 July 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 November 1995
Agreement on Privileges and Immunities for Liaison Officers and other Members of Staff at the Europol Drugs Unit in the Hague between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Ireland
Notifications of completion of the requirements for entry into force exchanged on 30 November 1994 and 14 June 1995.
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
28 September 1995
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects, with Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I) and Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III), done at Geneva on 10 October 1980.
Treaty type:
Entered into force:
12 September 1995
Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats, done at London on 4 December 1991
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
21 July 1995
International Coffee Agreement, done at London on 30 March 1994
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
18 May 1995
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, done at London on 2 November 1973 and Protocol to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, done at London on 17 February 1978.
ITS number/Year:
No. 11 of 1995
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
5 April 1995
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes
Entered into force on 15 January 1995
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
15 January 1995
Convention on the Elimination of Double Taxation in Connection with the Adjustment of Profits of Associated Enterprises, done at Brussels on 23 July 1990
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1995
The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation concluded at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, together with Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Annexes and Protocol)
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1995
Protocol No. 9 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, done at Rome on 6 November 1990
Signed by Ireland without reservation as to ratification on 24 June 1994.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
30 September 1994
Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Annexes, New York, 9 May 1992
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
18 July 1994
Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, adopted by the Thirty-ninth World Health Assembly at Geneva on 12 May 1986
Ireland’s instrument of acceptance on 6 October 1993.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
10 July 1994
Protocol Nº 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty, done at Strasbourg on 28 April 1983
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
30 June 1994
Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters, The Hague, 15 November 1965
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
4 June 1994
Agreement on the European Economic Area, done at Oporto on 2 May 1992
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1994
Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, done at Brussels on 17 March 1993.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1994
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, done at Lugano on 16 September 1988.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 December 1993
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 44/128 of 15 December 1989
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
17 September 1993
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT), done at Paris on 13 February 1987
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
4 September 1993
Exchange of Notes between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Poland in regard to the Mutual Abolition of Visas
Terminated pursuant to Article 59.1(a) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, as confirmed by Exchange of Notes of 24 March and 12 February 2015.
Party:
Republic of Poland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
20 November 1992
Protocol between the Government of Ireland and the Government of United States of America to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 21 January 1950, Protocol done at Washington on 24 June 1992
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
18 November 1992
Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York, 20 November 1989
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
28 October 1992
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at London on 29 June 1990
Ireland’s instrument of acceptance deposited on 20 December 1991.
ITS number/Year:
No. 15 of 1992
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
9 August 1992
Internal Agreement on the Measures and Procedures required for Implementation of the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, done at Brussels on 16 July 1990.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
21 May 1992
Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations, done at Rome on 19 June 1980 and Ireland’s reservation to Article 7(1) of the Convention
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1992
Convention on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations, done at Luxembourg on 10 April 1984.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1992
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, done at Vienna on 26 September 1986.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
13 October 1991
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, done at Vienna on 26 September 1986
Ireland’s Instrument of Ratification deposited on 13 September 1991.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
13 October 1991
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, done at New York and Vienna on 3 March 1980
Ireland’s Instrument of Ratification deposited on 6 September 1991.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
5 October 1991
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25 October 1980
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
30 September 1991
Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, done at Paris on 29 May 1990.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
28 March 1991
Fourth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, done at Washington on 14 December 1989
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1991
Revised Supplementary Agreement Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Government of Ireland, done at Vienna on 23 December 1988 and at Dublin on 14 December 1990
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
14 December 1990
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, New York, 16 December 1966
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
8 December 1990
Exchange of Notes between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom amending and prolonging the Agreement on the International Carriage of Goods by Road done at Dublin on 9 April 1980, and extended by exchange of noteson 4 July 1985 and 15 August 1985, and by a Protocol done on 20 Febuary 1987
ITS number/Year:
No. 6 of 1990
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
10 July 1990
Exchange of Notes between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom relating to the Oceanic Area Control Centres at Shannon and Prestwick, Dublin, 23 April 1990
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
22 April 1990
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, 16 December 1966
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
8 March 1990
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, 16 December 1966
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
8 March 1990
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (British/Irish Agreement), done at Belfast on 10 April 1998
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
2 December 1989
Agreement Establishing the Common Fund for Commodities, done at Geneva on 27 June 1980
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
18 June 1989
International Natural Rubber Agreement, done at Geneva on 20 March 1987.
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 22 December 1988. Terminated on 28 December 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
3 April 1989
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on 14 June 1983.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 November 1988
Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of civil and commercial matters and to the Protocol on its interpretation by the Court of Justice, done Luxembourg on 9 October 1978
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 May 1988
Agreement between Ireland and the United States of America relating to the Agreement of 25 June 1986. On preinspection and Appendix, done by exchange of notes dated 31 March 1988.
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
31 March 1988
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-Term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
28 January 1988
Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development, done at Rome on 13 June 1976
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 14 October 1977.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
11 March 1987
International Cocoa Agreement, done at Geneva on 25 July 1986
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 16 January 1987. Terminated in accordance with its provisions on 30 September 1993.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
20 January 1987
International Tropical Timber Agreement, done at Geneva 26 January 1994
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 18 August 2000.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1987
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom concerning the International Fund for Ireland, Dublin and London, 18 September 1986
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
1 December 1986
International Wheat Agreement, done at London on 14 March 1986
Terminated in accordance with its provisions on 30 June 1995.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
30 June 1986
Convention for the Establishment of a European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, done at Geneva on 24 May 1983.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
18 June 1986
Third African, Caribbean and Pacific States Secretariat-EEC Convention, done at Lomé on 8 December 1984.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 May 1986
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Control of Goods, done at Geneva on 21 October 1982.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
22 February 1986
Third Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, done at Hamburg on 27 July 1984
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1986
Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges, done at Brussels on 12 February 1981.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 January 1986
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the Holding in French territory of Reserve Stocks of Crude Oil and/or Petroleum Products on behalf of Companies established in Ireland, Dublin, 10 December 1985
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
10 December 1985
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom, Hillsborough, 15 November 1985 (Anglo-Irish Agreement)
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
29 November 1985
International Coffee Agreement, done at New York on 16 September 1982
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 28 July 1983.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
10 October 1985
Convention Establishing the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization, done at Paris 5 July 1982
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 August 1985
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, done at Vienna on 8 April 1979
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 17 July 1984.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
20 June 1985
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, done at Nairobi on 26 November 1976.
Ireland’s instrument of ratification deposited on 17 July 1984.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
20 June 1985
International Tropical Timber Agreement, done on 18 November 1983
Terminated in accordance with its provisions on 31 March 1994.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
31 March 1985
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar on 2 February 1971.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
15 March 1985
Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and Protocol, done at Brussels on 13 March 1984.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
1 February 1985
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, done at Washington on 2 December 1946.
Treaty type:
Multilateral
Entered into force:
2 January 1985
Treaty on Extradition between Ireland and the United States of America, Washington, 13 July 1983
Party:
United States of America
Treaty type:
Bilateral
Entered into force:
15 December 1984