BELGIUM: State ratifies CRC Complaints Procedure

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[5 June 2014] - 

Belgium has become the 11th country to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (OP3 to the CRC). The State ratified the treaty on 30 May and children and their representatives will be able to bring complaints against Belgium from 30 August 2014.
 
Belgium joins the ranks of Albania, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Gabon, Germany, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Thailand who have already ratified the treaty. A further 36 states have signed but not ratified OP3.
 
Belgium has also become the fourth state to accept the “inter-state” communication procedure which will allow one state to bring a complaint against another. To date, Albania, Germany, Portugal and Slovakia have made declarations agreeing to this mechanism.
 
You can track the latest ratification news through the Ratify OP3's ratification around world home page.
 

Further information

Read about the background to the campaign urging governments to ratify OP3
 
 
Country: 
Belgium
External URL: 
http://ratifyop3crc.org/2014/05/31/belgium-ratifes-op3crc/#.U5A4Za49h38

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