Law Enforcement: Mutual Legal Assistance

Amending treaty signed January 28, 1988. Signed at Brussels December 16, 2004; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate September 28, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 109-13, 109th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 29, 2008 (Senate Executive Report No. 110-13, 110th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 23, 2008; ratified by the President December 11, 2008; Exchange of Instruments of Ratification at Washington August 18, 2009; entered into force February 1, 2010.  With annex.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future