Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Constitutional Court (Belgio)

Date: 12/21/2017

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional Court judges on the claim for the partial annulment of the law of 5 February 2016, which amends the criminal law and criminal proceeding and introduces several norms in the matter of justice, recalling the ECHR and the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: Luc Lamine et Alphonsius Mariën, ASBL « Syndicat des Avocats pour la Démocratie », Auguste Verwerft, ASBL « Liga voor Mensenrechten », ASBL « Ligue des Droits de l’Homme » et ASBL « Association Syndicale des Magistrats » et Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to found a family - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty) - Proportionality of penalties

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