Objection with regard to the reservation and statement made by Qatar upon accession: (May 21, 2019)
"The Government of the Hellenic Republic has examined the reservation and the statement made by the State of Qatar upon accession to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966 (hereinafter 'the Covenant').
In the above reservation, the State of Qatar states that it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 3 of the Covenant 'for they contravene the Islamic Sharia with regard to questions of inheritance and birth'.
Moreover, in the statement made upon accession to the Covenant, the Government of the State of Qatar declares that it shall implement Article 8 of the Covenant based on the understanding that 'what is meant by 'trade unions' and their related issues [...] is in line with the provisions of the Labor Law and national legislation'. However, in the view of the Government of the Hellenic Republic, this statement in fact amounts to a reservation as it limits the scope of application of Article 8 solely to the extent that it does not contravene the relevant national legislation of Qatar.
The Government of the Hellenic Republic notes that the above reservations are of a general and indeterminate scope, as they purport to subject the application of the aforementioned provisions of the Covenant to the Islamic sharia and national legislation, without, however, specifying the content thereof, and are, accordingly, contrary to the object and purpose of the Covenant, since they do not clearly define for the other States Parties the extent to which Qatar has accepted the obligations of the Covenant.
For the above reasons, the Government of the Hellenic Republic considers the aforesaid reservations of Qatar impermissible as contrary to the object and purpose of the Covenant, according to customary international law, as codified by the Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties.
The Government of the Hellenic Republic, therefore, objects to the abovementioned reservations made by the State of Qatar upon accession to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
This objection shall not preclude the entry into force of the Covenant between the Hellenic Republic and the State of Qatar."
2004年10月11日提出的反对意见：
“希腊政府审查了土耳其共和国在批准《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》时作出的声明。
土耳其共和国声明，它将仅对与其建立外交关系的国家实施公约的规定。
希腊政府认为，这种声明实际上构成了保留意见。这种保留意见与国家间的互惠不在 涉及赋予个人权利的人权条约中占有一席之地这一原则不符，因此，这种声明违反了公约的目标和宗旨。
土耳其共和国还声明，公约仅对土耳其共和国宪法和法律与行政法令适用的国家领土批准。
希腊政府认为，这种声明实际上构成了保留意见。这种保留意见与缔约方尊重和确保公约对在该缔约方的权利或有效控制范围内的任何人规定的权利的义务不符，即使这个人不在该缔约国的领土。因此，这种保留意见违反了公约的目标和宗旨。基于这些原因，希腊政府反对土耳其共和国对《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》提出的上述保留意见。
这种反对意见并不妨碍希腊共和国和土耳其共和国之间的公约生效。因此，公约在两国之间生效，土耳其共和国并不能从这些保留意见中获益。”
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