Skip to main content

Belgium


Status of International legal instruments (signatory, ratification): See treaty body sites: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/TreatyBodies.aspx

  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – 10th Dec 1968 – 21st April 1983
  • Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women – 17th July 1980 – 10th July 1985
  • International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination – 17th Aug 1967 – 7th Aug 1975
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child – 26th Jan 1990 – 16th Dec 1991
  • ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (169) – Not Ratified
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Yes
  • Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests – Yes- as UN Member state
  • Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security – Yes- as UN Member state
  • Voluntary Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries [SSF Guidelines] – Yes- as UN Member state