PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1830Independence4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)CIA World Factbook
- 1951Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1983Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1985Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1991Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 1998First UNESCO World Heritage siteFlemish BéguinagesUNESCO World Heritage
- 2000Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2017Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2023Most recent World Heritage inscriptionFunerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)UNESCO World Heritage
- 2024Most recent legislative election2024-06-09IPU Parline
