S.I. No. 190/2026 - International Claims Commission for Ukraine (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2026

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 below, this Convention shall remain in force for a minimum period of ten years from its entry into force.

2. It shall remain in force thereafter for successive periods of up to five years if the Assembly, by a majority of at least three-quarters of all Members, by a decision taken within a year before the end of the then-current period, decides that it should remain in force.

3. At any time after the tenth anniversary of this Convention coming into force, the Assembly may, by a majority of at least three-quarters of all Members, terminate this Convention and dissolve the Commission.

4. This Convention shall be terminated by the Assembly if

(a) as a result of denunciations made in accordance with Article 35 of this Convention, the number of Parties to this Convention falls below the threshold specified in subparagraph 3(a) of Article 30 of this Convention; or

(b) there are insufficient funds to finance the anticipated expenses of the following twelve months of the operations of the Commission and the Commission is unable to secure alternative means of financing the Commission.

5. Termination under subparagraph 4(a) above shall be effective twelve months from the date of receipt by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the notification of denunciation which triggers this event, unless within three months of the date when the number of Parties to this Convention falls below the threshold specified in subparagraph 3(a) of Article 30 of this Convention, the Assembly by consensus decides that this Convention should remain in force and that the Commission should continue for a specified period.

6. Termination under subparagraph 4(b) above shall be effective as soon as possible after the date of the decision of the Assembly to terminate it.

7. In the event of the termination of this Convention and the dissolution of the Commission, the Assembly shall ensure the subsequent preservation of all information about the Claims and evidence received by the Commission, its decisions, and other documentation, including its archives.

8. Prior to the termination of this Convention and the dissolution of the Commission pursuant to this article, the Assembly shall adopt any necessary transitional arrangements.

Article 37 – Notifications

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of Europe, other States and the European Union that participated in the Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of this Convention, any signatory, any Party, and any other State or Regional Integration Organisation that has been invited to accede to this Convention, of

(a) any signature;

(b) the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession;

(c) the date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Article 30 of this Convention;

(d) any amendment adopted in accordance with Article 33 of this Convention and the date on which such amendment enters into force;

(e) any declaration made in accordance with Article 6(5) of this Convention;

(f) any denunciation made in accordance with Article 35 of this Convention;

(g) any other act, declaration, notification, or communication relating to this Convention.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done at [The Hague], this [16th] day of [December 2025], in English, French and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe, any other States and the European Union that participated in the Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of this Convention, and to any State or Regional Integration Organisation invited to accede to this Convention.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

28 April, 2026.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.)

This Order provides that privileges and immunities are afforded to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine in accordance with the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, done at The Hague on 16 December 2025, pursuant to the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967

(as amended).

1 In accordance with the adjusted budget 2025 (document RD4U-COP(2024)16, p. 6, Table 7), as adopted by the Conference of Participants of the Register on 11 October 2024 (document RD4U-COP(2024)18, p. 3), 50% of the total budget of the Register for 2025 equals €3 692 150. For signatories that have not made a contribution to the budget of the Register for 2025, the amount that would have been their assessed contribution to the budget of the Register had they been a Participant of the Register shall be used for the purposes of calculation of aggregate individual contributions under this subparagraph (b).

9. The Secretariat shall serve as the secretariat of the Assembly.

Article 8 – Financial Committee

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st May,

2026.

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 Claims Commission for Ukraine is such an international organisation, community or body, and the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, done at The Hague on 16 December 2025, is such an international agreement;

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