Projects

Summary: Additional protocol to the European Social Charter to extend the protection of the social and economic rights (ETS 128) Signed: 20/05/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 28/02/2003 International ratification: 23/06/2003 Entry into force: 22/07/2003 pdf file115_Agreement in English.pdf (124 KB) pdf file115_Decreet.pdf (82 KB)

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 pdf file851_Agreement in English.pdf (190 KB) pdf file851_Decreet.pdf (33 KB)

Summary: The Protocol aims to strengthen the Outline Convention by expressly recognising, under certain conditions, the right of territorial communities to conclude transfrontier co-operation agreements, the validity in domestic law of the acts and decisions made in the framework of a transfrontier co-operation agreement, and the legal corporate capacity ("legal personality") of any co-operation body set up under such an agreement. Signed: 25/07/1997 Sanctioned and promulgated: 07/05/2004 International ratification: 12/06/2009 Entry into force: 13/09/2009 pdf file349_Agreement in English.

Summary : Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a system of Collective complaints (ETS 158) Signed: 14/05/1996 Sanctioned and promulgated: 28/02/2003 International ratification: 23/06/2003 Entry into force: 01/08/2003 pdf file157_Agreement in English.pdf (126 KB) pdf file157_Decreet.pdf (82 KB)

Summary: Anti-Doping Convention  (ETS 135) Signed: 16/11/1989 Sanctioned and promulgated: 17/07/2000 International ratification: 30/11/2001 Entry into force: 01/01/2002 pdf file113_Agreement in English.pdf (127 KB) pdf file113_Amended Annex in English.pdf (88 KB) pdf file113_Decreet.pdf (57 KB) pdf file113_Proces-verbaal van neerlegging ratificatieakte.pdf (48 KB)

Summary: The European Convention on Human Rights sets forth a number of fundamental rights and freedoms. Signed: 04/11/1950 International ratification: 14/06/1955 Entry into force: 14/06/1955 pdf file725_Agreement and protocols in English.pdf (1.22 MB)      

Summary: The main purpose of the Convention is to reinforce and promote policies for the conservation and enhancement of Europe's heritage. Signed: 21/10/1985 International ratification: 17/09/1992 Entry into force: 01/01/1993 pdf file882_Agreement in English.pdf (124 KB)  

Summary: The Convention stipulates that degrees and periods of study must be recognised unless substantial differences can be proved by the institution that is charged with recognition. (Lisbon Recognition Convention LRC) Signed: 07/03/2005 Sanctioned and promulgated: 15/12/2006 International ratification: 22/07/2009 Entry into force: 01/09/2009 pdf file642_Agreement in English.pdf (163 KB) pdf file642_Decreet.pdf (75 KB)    

Summary: This treaty allows the Parties to develop, on common foundations and respecting the basic rights of tax-payers, extensive administrative co-operation covering all compulsory taxes, with the exception of customs duty. Signed: 07/02/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 26/10/2012 Entry into force: 01/12/2000 pdf file967_Akte in het Engels.pdf (141 KB) pdf file967_Decreet.pdf (41 KB)

Summary: The Bern Convention is a binding international legal instrument in the field of nature conservation, covering most of the natural heritage of the European continent and extending to some States of Africa. Signed: 19/09/1979 International ratification: 24/08/1990 Entry into force: 01/12/1990 pdf file323_Agreement in English.pdf (259 KB)

Summary: The Convention is aimed at improving the protection of the environment at European level by using the solution of last resort - criminal law - in order to deter and prevent conduct which is most harmful to it. It also seeks to harmonise national legislation in this field. Signed: 07/05/1999 pdf file466_Agreement in English.pdf (120 KB)    

Summary: This Convention is the first binding international legal instrument to recognise a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities. Signed: 18/06/2009 Sanctioned and promulgated: 22/02/2013 pdf file840_Agreement in English.pdf (243 KB) pdf file840_Decreet.pdf (25 KB)  

Summary: The Convention is a comprehensive treaty mainly focused on the protection of victims of trafficking and the safeguard of their rights. It also aims at preventing trafficking as well as prosecuting traffickers. Signed: 17/11/2005 Sanctioned and promulgated: 16/05/2008 International ratification: 27/04/2009 Entry into force: 01/08/2009 pdf file651_Agreement in English.pdf (196 KB) pdf file651_Decreet.pdf (71 KB)    

Summary: The purpose of the Convention is to ensure that football and other sports events provide a safe, secure and welcoming environment for all individuals through the implementation of an integrated approach on safety, security and service at sports events by a plurality of actors working in a partnership amid an ethos of co-operation.  Signed: 29/11/2016  pdf file1187_Agreement in English.pdf (262 KB)

Summary: The purpose of the revised Convention is to provide a legal and financial framework for the co-production of feature-length films involving production companies established in three or more states Parties. The revised Convention can also be used as a bilateral framework in the absence of a specific co-production treaty between two Parties. Signed: 28/08/2017 Sanctioned and promulgated: 29/06/2018 pdf file1193_Agreement in English.pdf (148 KB) pdf file1193_Decreet.pdf (245 KB)  

Summary: This new landmark treaty of the Council of Europe opens the path for creating a legal framework at pan-European level to protect women against all forms of violence, and prevent, prosecute and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence. Signed: 11/09/2012 Sanctioned and promulgated: 29/11/2013 International ratification: 14/03/2016 Entry into force: 01/07/2016 pdf file1017_Akte in het Engels.pdf (268 KB) pdf file1017_Decreet.pdf (32 KB)

Summary: The purpose of this Convention is to prevent, detect, punish and discipline the manipulation of sports competitions, as well as enhance the exchange of information and national and international cooperation between the public authorities concerned, and with sports organisations and sports betting operators. Signed: 29/11/2016 pdf file1186_Agreement in English.pdf (176 KB)

Summary: aims to support and strengthen the fight against terrorism while reaffirming that all measures taken to prevent or suppress terrorist offences have to respect the rule of law and democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms. Signed: 16/05/2005 Sanctioned and promulgated: 15/03/2019 pdf file1217_Verdrag in het Engels.pdf (163 KB) pdf file1217_Decreet.pdf (242 KB)      

Summary:  This Convention is the first instrument to establish the various forms of sexual abuse of children as criminal offences, including such abuse committed in the home or family, with the use of force, coercion or threats. Signed: 25/10/2007 Sanctioned and promulgated: 12/02/2010 International ratification: 08/03/2013 Entry into force: 01/07/2013 pdf file781_Text of the agreement in English.pdf (186 KB) pdf file781_Agreement in English.pdf (1.82 MB) pdf file781_Decreet.pdf (98 KB)      

Summary: Framework convention of Faro on the value of cultural heritage for the society Signed: 25/06/2012 Sanctioned and promulgated: 14/02/2014 pdf file1001_Akte in het Engels.pdf (156 KB) pdf file1001_Decreet.pdf (34 KB)