Additional protocol to the European charter of local self-government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority
Summary: The Additional Protocol adds a new dimension to the European Charter by providing an international legal guarantee of the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority. The right to participate in the affairs of a local authority denotes the right to seek to determine or to influence the exercise of a local authority's powers and responsibilities.
Signed: 16/11/2009
Sanctioned and promulgated: 15/07/2011