The CAL asserts that a secular state or system treats all citizens according to the same standard, or confers on them the same rights and duties, regardless of their religion and their philosophical convictions.

This idea of secularism as the basis of common values is one of the democratic principles that govern modern states.

[1] The Centre d'Action Laïque (CAL) is an association without lucrative purpose (asbl) founded on 29 March 1969.

Each local establishment chooses privileged areas of application and defines its organisation according to its environment, its audiences and goals to achieve.

[6] The Centre d'Action Laïque publishes the monthly magazine Espace de libertés ("Space of Liberties"), Outils de réflexion ("Tools for thought"), the collection of essays Liberté, j'écris ton nom ("Freedom, I write your name") and various works including Découvrir la laïcité ("Discovering Secularism").