Type: Judgment

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

Date: 02/14/2013

Subject: The Constitutional Court judges on the compatibility of the law of 13 August 2011, which modified the criminal procedure code, with articles 5 and 6 of the ECHR, recalling a consolidated jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, Ordre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles, ASBL «Ligue des Droits de l’Homme», ASBL «Liga voor Mensenrechten», «Orde van Vlaamse balies» et Edgar Boydens

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Fair trial, public hearing - Art. 48 Rights of defence

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