Type: Judgment

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

Date: 09/26/2013

Subject: The Cour Constitutionnelle partially quashed, for contrast with constitutional norms and article 6 of the ECHR, article 6 of the law of 30 November 2011, where it provided the possibility to derogate from the principle of professional secrecy of the lawyer in order to protect the physical and mental integrity of minors and vulnerable persons, who had been victims of sexual abuses

Parties: « Orde van Vlaamse balies » et Edgar Boydens

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 48 Rights of defence

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