diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a78ac7..fd74da4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Added
 - Add new tests for `issuer.name` including Internationalization settings.
-- A new test to ensure type urls are treated as a unordered set.
+- Add a new test to ensure type URLs are treated as an unordered set.
+- Add new tests for `issuer.description` including Internationalization settings.
 
 ## 1.0.0 - 2023-11-10
 
diff --git a/tests/10-vcdm2.js b/tests/10-vcdm2.js
index cd825bd..3008e60 100644
--- a/tests/10-vcdm2.js
+++ b/tests/10-vcdm2.js
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ describe('Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0', function() {
       'string or a language value object as described in 10.1 Language and ' +
       'Base Direction.', async function() {
         await issue(require('./input/credential-issuer-name-ok.json'));
+        await issue(require(
+          './input/credential-issuer-name-optional-ok.json'));
         await issue(require(
           './input/credential-issuer-name-language-en-ok.json'));
         await issue(require(
@@ -344,6 +346,21 @@ describe('Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0', function() {
         await assert.rejects(issue(require(
           './input/credential-issuer-name-extra-prop-en-fail.json')));
       });
+      it2('If present, the value of the "issuer.description" property ' +
+      'MUST be a string or a language value object as described in 10.1 ' +
+      'Language and Base Direction.', async function() {
+        await issue(require('./input/credential-issuer-description-ok.json'));
+        await issue(require(
+          './input/credential-issuer-description-optional-ok.json'));
+        await issue(require(
+          './input/credential-issuer-description-language-en-ok.json'));
+        await issue(require('./input/credential-issuer-description-language-' +
+          'direction-en-ok.json'));
+        await issue(require(
+          './input/credential-issuer-multi-language-description-ok.json'));
+        await assert.rejects(issue(require(
+          './input/credential-issuer-description-extra-prop-en-fail.json')));
+      });
       it2('If present, the value of the validFrom property MUST be an ' +
         '[XMLSCHEMA11-2] dateTimeStamp string value representing the date ' +
         'and time the credential becomes valid, which could be a date and ' +
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-extra-prop-en-fail.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-extra-prop-en-fail.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d61c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-extra-prop-en-fail.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer",
+    "description": {
+      "@value": "An Example Issuer",
+      "@language": "en",
+      "url": "did:example:issuer"
+    }
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-direction-en-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-direction-en-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3d0dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-direction-en-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer",
+    "description": {
+      "@value": "An Example Issuer",
+      "@language": "en",
+      "@direction": "ltr"
+    }
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-en-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-en-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..028a812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-language-en-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer",
+    "description": {
+      "@value": "An Example Issuer",
+      "@language": "en"
+    }
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3596dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer",
+    "description": "An Example Issuer"
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-optional-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-optional-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62d8438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-description-optional-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer"
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-multi-language-description-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-multi-language-description-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..692ba1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-multi-language-description-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:issuer:dog",
+    "description": [{
+      "@value":"Dog",
+      "@language": "en"
+    }, {
+      "@value":"Chien",
+      "@language": "fr"
+    }, {
+      "@value":"Cane",
+      "@language": "it"
+    }]
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/input/credential-issuer-name-optional-ok.json b/tests/input/credential-issuer-name-optional-ok.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62d8438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/input/credential-issuer-name-optional-ok.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2"
+  ],
+  "type": [
+    "VerifiableCredential"
+  ],
+  "issuer": {
+    "id": "did:example:issuer"
+  },
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "did:example:subject"
+  }
+}