Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Constitutional Court (Belgio)

Date: 07/18/2019

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional Court, rejects the claim lodged against the law of 15 march 2017, amending article 39/79 of the law of 15 December 2018 on the access to the territory, the establishment and removal of foreigners with regard to the abolition of the suspensive claim in case of decisions taken for essential reasons of national security, recalling the norms of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and of the ECHR and of the jurisprudence of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parties: ASBL « Liga voor Mensenrechten » et ASBL « Ligue des Droits de l’Homme », Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone et ASBL « Association pour le droit des Etrangers » et autres

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 19 Expulsion - Extradition - Removal - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty)

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