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Pictures Online of Celebration 1 Year BelConLawBlog and Publication of “Recente ontwikkelingen in Belgisch grondwettelijk recht 2014-2015”

BelConLawBlog's first anniversary on 12 October 2015: Yves Leterme's lecture on democracy and a book on recent Belgian constitutional law developments.

Allegorical engraving of the adoption of the first Belgian Constitution in 1831
Allegorical engraving of the adoption of the first Belgian Constitution in 1831. Photo: Mayer, S. (printer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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On 12 October 2015 BelConLawBlog celebrated its first year with a lecture by Yves Leterme, Secretary-General of International IDEA, on challenges to democracy in the 21st century; photos are online. For the occasion, die Keure published a book collecting the year's main blog posts, 'Recente ontwikkelingen in Belgisch grondwettelijk recht 2014-2015'.

On Monday 12 October 2015, we celebrated the 1 year existence of BelConLawBlog. For this occasion, we welcomed Yves Leterme, Secretary-General of International IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance), to give a lecture on “Challenges to democracy in the 21st century”. Pictures of the event are now online and can be viewed here. An interview with mr. Leterme will be shorty posted on the blog.

In celebration of the 1 year anniversary of BelConLawBlog, die Keure also published a book with last year’s most important blog posts. “Recente ontwikkelingen in Belgisch grondwettelijk recht 2014-2015” (“Recent developments in Belgian constitutional law 2014-2015”): click here.

Thank you to everyone who attended the event and visited the website!