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Overview

Belgium is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Europe (ROE), whose primary function is to advance human rights in the European Union (EU) through technical assistance, advocacy, and reporting on human rights, based on the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms. The office works to address human rights gaps in EU legislation, budgeting and policy-making, seizing the impetus created by the Sustainable Development Agenda. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

04 Jul 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights 75: drumroll of activity gathers pace

31 Oct 2022

Treaty bodies

UN women’s rights committee publishes findings on Armenia, Belgium, Finland The Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Switzerland and Ukraine

28 Oct 2022

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Third Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Armenia, Belgium, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Switzerland and Ukraine

14 Oct 2022

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Belgium on Tremendous Progress made in Legislation, Ask about Gender-Based Violence and Women in Decision-Making Positions

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Latest statements & messages

17 Feb 2020

Treaty bodies

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights meets with civil society representatives from Belgiué and Ukraine

11 Feb 2019

Special Procedures

Statement to the media by the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to Belgium, 4-11 February 2019

31 May 2018

Special Procedures

Human rights and counter-terrorism: UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism concludes visit to Belgium

06 Jun 2017

Multiple Mechanisms

Denial of access and lack of cooperation with UN bodies will not diminish scrutiny of a State's human rights record

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Featured Stories

Arminda Sa poses for a photo outside her home in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, February 6, 2019. © Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
21 July 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Women and girls deserve full access to social security

During the Human Rights Council 53rd session in Geneva, Switzerland, a panel event brought together human rights experts to discuss how women’s participation in decision-making may address current gaps in social security for women.
A group of people looking at a laptop screen together
07 May 2020 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ensuring the right to education amidst the pandemic

A small non-profit start-up in Molenbeek is donating laptops to children from disadvantaged families, so they can continue their learning despite COVID-19 school shutdowns.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/42/59/Add.1: Visit to Belgium - Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

A/HRC/40/52/Add.5: Visit to Belgium - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CERD/C/BEL/CO/20-22: Concluding observations on the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Belgium

E/C.12/BEL/CO/5: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Belgium

CCPR/C/BEL/CO/6: Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Belgium - Advance unedited version

CRC/C/BEL/CO/5-6: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Belgium

CED/C/BEL/CO/1: Committee on Enforced Disappearances: Concluding observations - Belgium

CCPR/C/BEL/CO/5: Draft concluding observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Council of Europe UNIA

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section

Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
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