Media reports that teacher training students are often denied placements because of their headscarves put the debate on the subject back on edge over the past week. Community Education ("GO!"), which has had a blanket ban on philosophical badges since 2013, refers to its constitutional duty to provide neutral education in...
Reception crisis in Belgium: second conviction by European Court of Human Rights in 1 month
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) sends two clear signals to Belgium: (1) the rule of law requires that final judicial decisions be respected and (2) the reception crisis has the effect of creating a real risk of irreparable harm for would-be refugees in our country. The ECHR has...
The Ghent Drug Treatment Room (DBK)
In the United States of America and Canada, there are "drug courts" or "drug treatment courts": these are specialised chambers or courts that offer defendants pathways aimed at helping them deal with drug addiction. By doing so, one tries to curb recidivism risk, but also ...
The current trend of fining a company for failing to disclose the identity of the driver of a vehicle: an attempt to avoid impunity.
Through various channels, you certainly already heard about the new priority of the police prosecutor's office. In recent weeks, quite a few companies received heavy fines in the form of out-of-court settlements, for failing to disclose the identity of the driver who committed an offence with a vehicle...
Episode 15 - The euthanasia law is unconstitutional. And that's a good thing.
The euthanasia law is unconstitutional. That is the conclusion the Constitutional Court brought out last week, on Thursday 20 October. An extraordinary conclusion with far-reaching consequences... in a good sense. Because doctors who make a procedural error in a euthanasia cannot be prosecuted for poison murder from now on. Walter Van...
