Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Constitutional Court (Belgio)

Date: 05/31/2018

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional Court, rejected the claim lodged against the law of 19 October 2015, which amended the Civil Procedure Code and introduced several norms in the matter of justice, recalling the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg, the recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the opinions of the Commission of Venice

Parties: Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, « Orde van Vlaamse balies » et Dominique Matthys et ASBL « Association Syndicale des Magistrats » et ASBL « Syndicat des Avocats pour la Démocratie »

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Fair trial, public hearing

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