DECLARATIONS(^)
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, IN RESPECT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CERTAIN OVERSEAS TERRITORIES, PROLONGING THE PERIOD OF RECOGNITION OR ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMPETENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL PETITIONS; AND THE PERIOD OF RECOGNITION AS COMPULSORY OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE EUROPEAN
COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
No. 1
Sir,
Strasbourg
1 December 1980
I have the honour to refer to Mr Boothby's letter dated the 14th of January 1966() which declared the recognition by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in respect of the United Kingdom only, of the competence of the European Commission of Human Rights to receive petitions from persons, non-governmental organisations or groups of individuals, and to Mr Foster's letter of the 9th of January 1976(3) which prolonged, until the 13th of January 1981, the period of recognition or acceptance of the competence of the Commission in that respect.
On instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, I now have the honour to inform you that the Government of the United Kingdom hereby renew for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the declaration made in Mr Boothby's letter of the 14th of January 1966 referred to above, further prolonging the said period for a further five years, to end on the 13th of January 1986. Except in relation to the date of expiry of this period, the terms of the said declaration shall remain unaffected.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration
D. S. CAPE
(1) These declarations were made in accordance with Articles 25 and 46 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November, 1950 (Treaty Series No. 71 (1953), Cmd. 8969).
(2) Treaty Series No. 8 (1966), Cmnd. 2894.
(3) Treaty Series No. 79 (1977), Cmnd. 6978).
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