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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Prison Law (Basiswet betreffende het gevangeniswezen en de rechtspositie van de gedetineerden)Prisoners should receive a sufficient amount of food that lives up to the norms of modern hygiene and that, if necessary, is adapted to requirements related to the prisoner’s health.
Law 23 March 2019 concerning organisation of prison service (Wet van 23 maart 2019 betreffende de organisatie van de penitentiaire diensten en van het statuut van het penitentiair personeel)In case of a prison officer strike, when a guaranteed minimum service needs to be provided, prisoners should, for the full duration of the strike, at least on a daily basis, be offered meals in sufficient quantity and quality, in accordance to the health situation of the prisoner. This should include one hot meal on a fixed moment of the day.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2024No NPM established.