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A long-running project to digitise reams of paper documents within Belgium's justice system is not going to plan, according to a new report by the country’s Court of Audit.
Almost 700 inmates in Belgium are currently on extended prison leave due to overcrowding, according to a new internal study released by the prison administration.
Interpreters in Belgian courts have not been paid by the justice ministry for months, according to the Professional Union of Sworn Translators and Interpreters (UPTIJ).
A lawyer in Liege presented a document generated by the large language model artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT as a "neutral" source for an argument in the trial of a group of suspected cocaine
A new law now allows defendants charged with a crime to submit a guilty plea in Belgian courts, potentially avoiding lengthy trails while helping clear a backlog of cases.
Belgium’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has denounced "archaic work processes" at the Brussels prosecutor's office in the case of last year’s shooting involving three Swedish football supporters.
Haren prison – a project that was controversial from the outset – is continuing to cause problems, prison bosses and lawyers have said.
Nearly half of all French-speaking family court hearings will be suspended between now and 30 June, the Brussels court of first instance has announced, due to a shortage of court clerks.
An indefinite strike across Belgian prisons began on Monday as unions condemning overcrowding and a lack of solutions.
