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Dans une contribution parue dans le n° 2023/2 de la Revue belge de droit constitutionnel, Laurens De Brucker et Sacha Hancart tentent de répondre à cette question suite à l'annonce d'un avant-projet de loi visant à incriminer l'écocide.

In een nieuwe bijdrage in nummer 2023/2 van het Revue belge de droit constitutionnel, proberen Laurens De Brucker en Sacha Hancart deze vraag te beantwoorden naar aanleiding van de aankondiging...

On 7 March 2016, the Government submitted to the Chamber of Representatives a bill on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health.

A new sanction is introduced: the prohibition to participate in public tenders or to receive public concessions.

In our newsletter of 17 November 2022 titled 'Ecocide as a Crime of International Law in the New Criminal Code: A New Weapon against Polluters?' we already announced that the new Criminal Code would include ‘ecocide' as a new crime.

Minister van justitie, Vincent Van Quickenborne, wil het snelrecht in strafzaken nieuw leven inblazen.

Belgium has significantly strengthened its sanctions enforcement framework through revised legislation that entered into force on 1 September 2026. The new Economic Sanctions Law grants authorities broader investigative powers, establishes a dedicated sanctions investigation team, and dramatically increases both administrative and criminal penalties for violations of EU economic sanctions.

The ECJ refused to exempt surveillance cameras in a private home from data protection rules.

This year has been a strained year for Belgium's criminal justice system, marked by mounting budgetary and staffing pressures that have left prosecutors and judges openly questioning their ability to keep pace.

The new Criminal Code grants the court the ability to mediated companies and individuals to be hit much harder financially.

On 22 February 2024, Belgium became the EU frontrunner in the fight against ecocides by being the first EU member state to criminalise ecocide, in the new Belgian Criminal Code.

In onze nieuwsbrief van 17 november 2022 met als titel "Ecocide als misdaad van internationaal recht in het nieuwe Strafwetboek: een nieuw wapen tegen vervuilers?"

On 22 February 2024, the House of Representatives passed the Bills on the introduction of Books I and II of the Criminal Code. The new code will eventually replace the existing Criminal Code of 1867.

The Criminal Procedure Act I, published in the Belgian State Journal on 18 April 2024 and entered into force on 28 April 2024, thoroughly reformed the existing system of statutes of limitations for crimes.

On May 8th, 2024, the House of Representatives approved the Bill amending the Social Criminal Code and various labour law provisions.

De Wet Strafprocesrecht I, gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad op 18 april 2024 en in werking getreden op 28 april 2024, heeft het bestaande systeem van verjaring voor misdrijven grondig hervormd.

Het nieuwe Strafwetboek verleent de rechter de mogelijkheid om bemiddelde ondernemingen en personen financieel veel zwaarder te treffen.