Right of Self-Determination: Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement
Implementations
Right of Self-Determination – 1998
Referendums took place both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998. In Northern Ireland, people were asked “Do you support the Agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883?”.Turnout in the referendum was 81.1 percent of which 71.1 percent supported the agreement. In Republic of Ireland, people were asked “Do you approve of the proposal to amend the Constitution contained in the under mentioned Bill, Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998?” Turnout in the referendum was 55.6 percent of which 94.4percent supported the proposed constitutional amendment.1
According to the outcome of the referendum, Northern Ireland would rather stay within the United Kingdom.
- “The 1998 Referendums, Elections – Northern Ireland,” ARK, accessed February 5, 2013, http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fref98.htm.
Right of Self-Determination – 1999
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2000
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2001
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2002
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2003
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2004
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2005
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2006
No further developments observed.
Right of Self-Determination – 2007
No further developments observed.