Objection with regard to the reservation and statement made by Qatar upon accession: (May 21, 2019)
"The Government of the Italian Republic has carefully examined the reservation and statement by the State of Qatar with regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966.
Both the reservation to Article 3 and the statement concerning Article 8 make the application of these provisions of the Covenant subject to the Islamic Sharia or national legislation. The statement concerning Article 8 is thus of its nature also a reservation.
The Government of the Italian Republic is of the opinion that by making the application of Article 3 and Article 8 of the Covenant subject to the Islamic Sharia or national law, the State of Qatar has submitted reservations which raise doubts concerning the extent to which it intends to fulfil its obligations under the Covenant.
The above-mentioned reservations are incompatible with the object and purpose of the Covenant and are accordingly not permitted under customary international law, as codified in Article 19 sub-paragraph (c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969. The Italian Republic thus objects to these reservations.
This objection shall not preclude the entry into force of the Covenant between the Italian Republic and the State of Qatar."
1997年7月25日提出的反对意见：
“意大利政府认为这些保留意见违反了这部国际公约的目标和宗旨。意大利政府指出，上述保留意见收入了对国内法的规定提出的一般性保留意见。
因此，意大利政府反对科威特政府对上述公约提出的上述保留意见。
这种反对意见并不妨碍科威特国与意大利共和国之间的公约整体生效。”
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