Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Belgium) - Cour Constitutionelle

Date: 02/18/2010

Subject: The Court excludes that art. 21ter of the Criminal Procedure Code, in the part which provides that only the Chambre des mises en accusation can declare the extinction of the offence, violates the Constitution, as interpreted in the light of art. 6 of the ECHR

Parties: Tribunal correctionnel d’Anvers

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Justice: effective - Fair trial, public hearing

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