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Reporting status for Belgium

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

04 Feb 1985

25 Jun 1999

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

24 Oct 2005

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

10 Dec 1968

21 Apr 1983

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

12 Jul 1990

08 Dec 1998

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

06 Feb 2007

02 Jun 2011

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

17 Jul 1980

10 Jul 1985

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

17 Aug 1967

07 Aug 1975

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

10 Dec 1968

21 Apr 1983

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

26 Jan 1990

16 Dec 1991

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

06 Sep 2000

06 May 2002

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

06 Sep 2000

17 Mar 2006

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

02 Jul 2009

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Belgium

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

25 Jun 1999

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

17 May 1994 (a)

Document type	Symbol/Title	Submitted date	Download	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	NameFr	NameSp	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/139/D/3319/2019	31 Oct 2027	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_139_D_3319_2019_36426_E.docx			BEL	CCPR/C/139/D/3319/2019	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/137/D/2806/2016	17 Mar 2023	View document	E	S	A	C	R		CCPR_C_137_D_2806_2016_35392_F.docx		BEL	CCPR/C/137/D/2806/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/134/D/3249/2018	24 Mar 2022	View document	E	S	A	C	R		CCPR_C_134_D_3249_2018_33972_F.docx		BEL	CCPR/C/134/D/3249/2018	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/86/D/1010/2001	26 Apr 2006	View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/86/D/1010/2001	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/85/D/1417/2005	23 Nov 2005	View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/85/D/1417/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/81/D/943/2000	17 Aug 2004	View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/81/D/943/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/81/D/904/2000	09 Aug 2004	View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/81/D/904/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/77/D/1082/2002	11 Apr 2003	View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/77/D/1082/2002	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/94/D/1472/2006		View document	E	S							BEL	CCPR/C/94/D/1472/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/113/D/2176/2012		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_113_D_2176_2012_23504_E.doc	CCPR_C_113_D_2176_2012_23504_F.doc	CCPR_C_113_D_2176_2012_23504_S.doc	BEL	CCPR/C/113/D/2176/2012	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/115/D/1895/2009		View document	E	S	A	C	R		CCPR_C_115_D_1895_2009_24342_F.docx		BEL	CCPR/C/115/D/1895/2009	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/119/D/2148/2012		View document	E	S	A	C	R		CCPR_C_119_D_2148_2012_25878_F.pdf		BEL	CCPR/C/119/D/2148/2012	True

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

02 Jun 2011

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

10 Dec 1999

17 Jun 2004

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

10 Oct 2000

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

24 Sep 2009

20 May 2014

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

28 Feb 2012

30 May 2014

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

02 Jul 2009

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Belgium
* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

25 Jun 1999

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

02 Jun 2011

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

17 Jun 2004

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

YES

20 May 2014

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

YES

30 May 2014

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

YES

02 Jul 2009

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Belgium

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

02 Jun 2011

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