WPCM !J0f=*Y3:<%ċV~a"e \À`[SٟbN4/@W덥O+ "F!)7T5 "b&eFjK̵փEhO:au2奆ӵ uE7e^j[!5:2QSxA*#R4sy ;} V{tܴԛ11b+|3۬xnY ֈ{!W.:t{Jw3v7k.i+ẗ́/ɜL w*/ #ษ:MkzƒȻxXL:] w2ҊžHtxU\eKcDdӝ_7 #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4NKHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,%5 L5<3|xU !UKUS.,  _ BXX  8Xdd8BELGIUM#XXB@#   _   CRC    RESERVATIONSANDDECLARATIONS   (Unlessotherwiseindicated,thereservationsanddeclarationsweremadeuponratification, t  accessionorsuccession) `  Interpretativedeclarations:   8  1.Withregardtoarticle2,paragraph1,accordingtotheinterpretationoftheBelgianGovernment `  non-discriminationongroundsofnationalorigindoesnotnecessarilyimplytheobligationforStates L  automaticallytoguaranteeforeignersthesamerightsastheirnationals.Thisconceptshouldbe 8  understoodasdesignedtoruleoutallarbitraryconductbutnotdifferencesintreatmentbasedon $  objectiveandreasonableconsiderations,inaccordancewiththeprinciplesprevailingindemocratic   societies.   2.Articles13and15shallbeappliedbytheBelgianGovernmentwithinthecontextofthe  provisionsandlimitationssetforthorauthorizedbysaidConventioninarticles10and11ofthe p EuropeanConventionfortheProtectionofHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedomsof4 \ November1950. H 3.TheBelgianGovernmentdeclaresthatitinterpretsarticle14,paragraph1,asmeaningthat,in  p accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofarticle18oftheInternationalCovenantonCiviland  \ PoliticalRightsof19December1966andarticle9oftheEuropeanConventionfortheProtection H ofHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedomsof4November1950,therightofthechildtofreedom 4 ofthought,conscienceandreligionimpliesalsothefreedomtochoosehisorherreligionorbelief.   4.Withregardtoarticle40,paragraph2(b)(v),theBelgianGovernmentconsidersthatthe  expression"accordingtolaw"attheendofthatprovisionmeansthat:  (a)Thisprovisionshallnotapplytominorswho,underBelgianlaw,aredeclaredguiltyandare l! sentencedinahighercourtfollowinganappealagainsttheiracquittalinacourtofthefirstinstance; X"  (b)Thisprovisionshallnotapplytominorswho,underBelgianlaw,arereferreddirectlytoahigher 0$" courtsuchastheCourtofAssize. %l # _  &D"%  OBJECTIONSMADETOOTHERSTATESPARTIESRESERVATIONSAND  DECLARATIONS   (Ed.Note:forthetexttargetedbythefollowingobjections,seetheReservationsandDeclarations t oftheStatewhichisthesubjectoftheobjection) ` 26September1996 8  WithregardtothereservationsmadebySingaporeuponratification:  ` TheGovernmentconsidersthatparagraph2ofthedeclarations,concerningarticles19and37ofthe  8  Conventionandparagraph3ofthereservations,concerningtheconstitutionallimitsuponthe $  acceptanceoftheobligationscontainedintheConvention,arecontrarytothepurposesofthe   Conventionandareconsequentlywithouteffectunderinternationallaw.   "   Note p ...[_T]he_ԀGovernmentofMalaysiainformedtheSecretary-Generalthatithaddecidedtowithdrawits H reservationtoarticles22,28paragraph1(b),_(c)_,(d),(e)andparagraphs2and3,article40 4 paragraph3and4,articles44and45"madeuponaccession.Itshouldbenotedthat,the  p Secretary-GeneralhadreceivedfromthefollowingStates,communicationsinregardtothe  \ reservationsmadebytheGovernmentofMalaysiauponaccession,onthedatesindicatedhereinafter: H  Belgium (1July1996):   TheBelgianGovernmentbelievesthatthisreservationisincompatiblewiththeobjectandpurpose  oftheConventionandthat,consequently,inaccordancewitharticle51,paragraph2,ofthe  Convention,itisnotpermitted.  ... p Accordingly,BelgiumwishestobeboundbytheConventioninitsentiretyasregards[theStateof \  Malaysia]which[has]expressedreservationsprohibitedbythe[said]Convention. H! Moreover,asthe12monthperiodspecifiedinarticle20.5oftheViennaConventionontheLawof  #p! Treatiesisnotapplicabletoreservationswhicharenullandvoid,Belgium'sobjectiontosuch  $\" reservationsisnotsubjecttoanyparticulartime-limit. $H # ... %4!$ (Note_29,_ԀChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) & "%   ***** (#'  l+&* !Note  [WithregardtothereservationmadebyQatar,][_o]n_Ԁ1July1996,theSecretary-Generalreceived  fromtheGovernmentofBelgium,thefollowingcommunication: t ... ` TheBelgianGovernmentbelievesthatthisreservationisincompatiblewiththeobjectandpurpose L  oftheConventionandthat,consequently,inaccordancewitharticle51,paragraph2,ofthe 8  Convention,itisnotpermitted. $ t Accordingly,BelgiumwishestobeboundbytheConventioninitsentiretyasregardsthe[Stateof  L  Qatar]which[has]expressedreservationsprohibitedbythe[said]Convention.  8  Moreover,asthe12monthperiodspecifiedinarticle20.5oftheViennaConventionontheLawof   Treatiesisnotapplicabletoreservationswhicharenullandvoid,Belgium'sobjectiontosuch   reservationsisnotsubjecttoanyparticulartime-limit.   (Note_36,_ԀChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)