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On instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I now have the honour to inform you that the Goverr of the United Kingdom hereby declare, on behalf of the territories fo international relations of which they are responsible specified in the list annexed hereto, that they recognise in respect of each such territory, for the period beginning on the initial date stipulated for that territory on the said. list and ending on the 13th of January, 1969, the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, on condition of reciprocity, in all matters arising on or after the initial date so stipulated concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention as extended to that territory.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

* E. B. BOOTHBY.

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List of territories for the international relations of which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are responsible, in respect of which the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights is accepted:

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bermuda

British Honduras

British Solomon Islands

British Virgin Islands ‹

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Initial Date

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands !.

Fiji

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

1

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Montserrat

St. Helena

St. Vincent

Seychelles

12 September, 1967 {

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Turks and Caicos Islands

and also, at the request of the Governments of those territories, in respect of:

Brunei

Dominica

Grenada

Kingdom of Tonga

£ 1.

St. Lucia

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Initial Date

12 October, 1967

12 September, 1967

Printed in England by Her Majesty's Stationery Office

20403-131 38322 Dd. 138020 K13 11/67

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