International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned ships

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
United Kingdom	Yes	No

United Kingdom

03-07-1979

We reserve the right to apply Article 1 of the Convention to any claim in respect of a ship which falls within the Admiralty jurisdiction of Our courts, or of Our courts in any territory in respect of which We are party to the Convention.
We reserve the right, with respect to Article 2 of the Convention, to apply in proceedings concerning another High Contracting Party or ship of another High Contracting Party the rules of procedure set out in Chapter II of the European Convention on State Immunity, signed at Basle on the Sixteenth day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Seventy-two.
In order to give effect to the terms of any international agreement with a non-Contracting State, We reserve the right to make special provision (a) as regards the delay or arrest of a ship or cargo belonging to such a State, and (b) to prohibit seizure of or execution against such a ship or cargo.