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  • Louise Reyntjens and Ruben Vilain

B.D. v. Belgium: a revisitation of the (in)adequacy of Belgian internment policy

November 22, 2024

By Louise Reyntjens and Ruben Vilain On August 27, in the B.D. v. Belgium judgment, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) once again found the Belgian government at fault for its treatment of interned persons in prisons. Under Belgian law, ‘internment’ is classified as a safety measure aimed at protecting society from ‘dangerous’ individuals, […]