Irish Parliament Ratifies Convention on Compensation Commission for Ukraine, Becoming 5th Country
The Irish Parliament ratified the Convention on the Establishment of an International Compensation Commission for Ukraine. Ireland became the fifth country to support this document, which is a key element of the reparations mechanism from Russia.
The lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann, ratified the Convention on the Establishment of an International Compensation Commission for Ukraine on Wednesday. This was announced by Irish Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, on the X network, welcoming the decision.
Minister Byrne emphasized that Russia must be held accountable for the severe damage it has inflicted on Ukraine. Thus, Ireland became the fifth country to ratify the document on the establishment of a commission for reparations to Ukraine.
Previously, on April 30, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Convention on the Establishment of an International Compensation Commission within the institutional system of the Council of Europe. In addition to Ukraine and Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, and Iceland have also ratified this document.
The Convention is the second component of the international compensation mechanism, which also includes the Register of Damages caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and a future compensation fund. The document was opened for signature on December 16, 2025, during a high-level diplomatic conference in The Hague, where it was signed by 35 states and the European Union.