Annex 2: international instruments

• Author: Ouhnaoui, Hania; Bribosia, Emmanuelle; Navasartian, Areg; Rorive, Isabelle
• Pages: 137-138

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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Country: Belgium

Date: 31 December 2019

Instrument

Date of

signature

Date of

ratification

Derogati

ons/

reservati

ons

relevant

to

equality

and non-

discrimi

nation

Right of

individual

petition

accepted?

Can this

instrument be

directly relied

upon in

domestic courts

by individuals?

European

Convention on

Human Rights

(ECHR)

04.11.1950

14.06.1955

No

N/A

Yes

Protocol 12,

ECHR

04.11.2000

Not ratified

N/A

N/A

N/A

Revised

European

Social Charter

03.05.1996

2.03.2004

No

Ratified

Protocol on

collective

complaints

on

23.6.2003

Yes

International

Covenant on

Civil and

Political Rights

10.12.1968

21.04.1983

No

Ratified

Optional

Protocol on

17.5.1994

Yes

Framework

Convention

for the

Protection of

National

Minorities

03.07.2001

Not ratified

N/A

N/A

N/A

International

Covenant on

Economic,

Social and

Cultural

Rights

12.12.1968

21.04.1983

No

N/A

Yes

Convention on

the

Elimination of

All Forms of

Racial

Discrimination

17.08.1967

07.08.1975

No

N/A

Yes

ILO

Convention

No. 111 on

Discrimination

25.06.1958

22.03.1977

No

Yes

Convention on

the Rights of

the Child

16.01.1990

16.12.1991

No

N/A

Yes