S.I. No. 552/2018 - International Committee of the Red Cross (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2018

1. Any dispute between the Participants arising out of the interpretation or application of the present Arrangement will be submitted to negotiation between the Participants.

2. The Participants will bear in mind the national interests of Ireland and the interests of the ICRC related to its activities, mandate and mission. They will do everything possible to see that disputes are settled in good faith and equitably, and with the discretion essential to continued good relations between the Participants.

PARAGRAPH 13

AMENDMENTS TO THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT

The provisions of the present Arrangement may be amended at any time by written agreement of the Participants.

PARAGRAPH 14

COMMENCEMENT

The present Arrangement will come into effect on the date on which the Government of Ireland notifies the ICRC that its internal procedures giving effect to this Arrangement have been completed.

PARAGRAPH 15

TERMINATION

The Government of Ireland or the ICRC may terminate the present Arrangement by notifying in writing the other Participant with a minimum of six months notice. After this period, the present Arrangement will cease to have effect.

Signed this 27th day of November 2017 at Dublin in two originals in English.

For the Government of IrelandN. Burgess

For the International Committee of the Red CrossY. Daccord

Given under the Official Seal of the Government,

11 December 2018.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

25

th December

, 2018.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 42A (amended by

section 6

of the

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017

(No. 33 of 2017)) of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967

(No. 8 of 1967) that the Government may by order make provision to enable —

(

a

) international organisations, communities or bodies, their institutions or organs and their property, and

(

b

) persons,

to have and enjoy in the State any inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges or rights equivalent or having like effect to those conferred upon, or afforded in relation to, sending states, missions or international organisations under the Vienna Convention, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, or the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies or any other international agreement scheduled to the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967

provided for in relation to them by an international agreement or arrangement to which the State or the Government is or intends to become a party;

AND WHEREAS the International Committee of the Red Cross is such an international organisation, community or body and the Arrangement between the Government of Ireland and the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Status and Privileges and Immunities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ireland signed at Dublin on 27 November 2017 is such an arrangement;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 42A, hereby order as follows