The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
Full text of the Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.
The Third International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident aims to explore the practical application of international nuclear liability instruments and the p...
Improves the existing regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broader range of damages.
Improves the existing regime by requiring that significantly more compensation be made available to supplement that which is to be provided for under the Paris Convention.
The Contracting Parties to the Paris and Brussels Supplementary Conventions have decided to organise a ceremony for the deposit of the instruments of ratification in December 2021, with the Protocols...
Statut des ratifications et adhésions à la Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (French version)
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (English version)
The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...
Latest status of ratifications or accessions of the Brussels Supplementary Convention (BSC).
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
État d’avancement des ratifications ou des adhésions à la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile nucléaire.
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris Con...
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
The Expert Group conducted an appraisal of existing studies and data on the economic costs of severe nuclear accidents that have occurred in civil nuclear energy.
The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy held a meeting to discuss the application of the Paris Convention to nuclear incidents on the h...
A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.