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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - European Convention - ECHR
Date of Ratification: 25/02/1953
No reservation related to the right to education.
Protocol Nº 01 to the European Convention
Date of Ratification: 25/02/1953
Declaration: At the time of signing the (First) Protocol the Irish Delegate puts on record that, in the view of the Irish Government, Article 2 of the Protocol is not sufficiently explicit in ensuring to parents the right to provide education for their children in their homes or in schools of the parents' own choice, whether or not such schools are private schools or are schools recognised or established by the State.
European Social Charter (revised)
Date of Ratification: 04.11.2000
Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a System of Collective Complaints (158)
Date of Ratification: 04.11.2000
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
No action.
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Date of Ratification: 07/05/1999.