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Topic: fundamental rights

4 articles

  1. Analysis

    Home entries law adopted: does it respect Article 15 of the Belgian Constitution?

    The Chamber adopted the home entries law on 6 November 2026. We analyse it against Article 15 of the Belgian Constitution, Article 8 ECHR and the critics.

    BelConLawBlog editorial team
  2. Analysis

    Constitutional Court: criminal appeal period cannot run without information on remedies

    Judgment 125/2026 of the Belgian Constitutional Court: the 30-day criminal appeal period may not run if the convicted person was never told about the remedy.

    BelConLawBlog editorial team
  3. Announcements

    Lecture F. Tulkens ‘Fundamental rights and state security: inseparable allies’ (Constitutional Law Lecture Series – 30 November 2016)

    Former ECtHR judge Françoise Tulkens lectures in Ghent on 30 November 2016 on counterterrorism, human rights and a constitutional state of emergency.

    Johan Vande Lanotte, Jurgen Goossens, Pieter Cannoot, Sien Devriendt
  4. Announcements

    ‘The Constitution of Belgium’ by Patricia Popelier and Koen Lemmens – Exclusive discount via BelConLawBlog

    Popelier and Lemmens' ‘The Constitution of Belgium: A Contextual Analysis’ (Hart) on Belgian federalism and linguistic bipolarity, with reader discount.

    Patricia Popelier, Koen Lemmens