Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity

Denial of humanitarian visa to child taken in under kafalah (fostering arrangement) by a Belgian-Moroccan couple

27 September 2018 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Family reunification | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

7 July 2015 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Reception - Roma | Countries: Belgium - France - Serbia

The Court of Cassation, echoing the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, confirmed the discriminatory nature of the legislation due to the absence of an automatic right of residence for stateless persons, as soon as the applicant has involuntarily lost his nationality and demonstrated that he/she cannot obtain a legal and permanent residence permit in another State with which he/she would have links.

5 November 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour de cassation | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Economic, social and cultural rights - Equality before the law - Residence permits / Residency - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium - Kazakhstan

30 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Minorities - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - State protection | Countries: Belgium - North Macedonia

31 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Roma - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium

23 December 2010 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium

26 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium

28 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Roma - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium

Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

16 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of expression | Countries: Belgium

23 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium