A member of the executive, and certainly a minister of justice, violates the separation of powers by pronouncing on concrete court judgements, writes Peter Callens.
There is a chance that Putin will end up behind bars. But there is no time to lose
Now that the Russian army is withdrawing from northern Ukraine, the horror of war is becoming clear. More and more Western countries want an investigation into Russian war crimes. But how realistic is it that Vladimir Putin will ever appear in court?
Pita bar owner gets 30 months suspended jail sentence for stabbing "nasty customer"
A 31-year old man from Wielsbeke received a 30-month suspended jail sentence for a stabbing in his former pita shop in Wakken. Behnan K. stabbed a customer in the abdomen with a kitchen knife. According to his lawyer, the victim provoked the act, but the court dismissed that argument on Monday morning.
UBO register consulted 3.8 million times last year
The UBO register, which indicates for all Belgian companies and non-profit organisations who is in charge, was massively used in 2021. The use of the register is part of our daily activities', says Stefan De Plus, lawyer at Van Steenbrugge Advocaten.
'Russia's departure from the European Court: are human rights the biggest loser?'
While some may have seen this development as a necessary further step in the isolation of Russia, I saw above all the erosion of two of the core values of the European human rights project: integration and dialogue', writes Johan Heymans of the Friday Group on Russia's departure from the Council of Europe.
