Cases and rulings
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Tribunal of First Instance of East-Flanders section Gent (Rechtbank van eerste aanleg Oost-Vlanderen afdeling Gent) | 2015 | Belgium / Tribunal of First Instance of East-Flanders section Gent/ GE56.L2.3657/14/sw3 | Religion | Muslims | In 2015, the Tribunal of Gent convicted a man for harassment and discrimination because he ordered and distributed flyers, the painting of slogans on the road, and the hanging up of posters with discriminatory messages such as "STOP ISLAM", "NO JIHAD IN OUR STREET" and "STOP THE RITUAL HALAL SLAUGHTER = 100% BARBARIC". | View more |
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Court of First Instance of Antwerp (Rechtbank van eerste aanleg van Antwerpen/Tribunal de première instance de Anvers) | 2014 | Belgium / Court of First Instance of Antwerp / No. AN56.LB.48751-12 | Ethnic origin | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background | The case concerns a suspended punishment for racism and discrimination. A couple had been refused to rent a property by a real estate agency because of their origin (which was evident from their names). According to the couple, this was explicitly mentioned to them by a staff member of the agency. The agency manager denied the accusations. He argued that the apartment was rented to someone else who was on a waiting list. | View more |
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Correctional Court Oudenaarde, (Correctionele Rechtbank te Oudenaarde) | 2013 | Belgium / Correctional Court Oudenaarde / Public Prosecution v. V. Ismael and T. Francis Frans Francois | Ethnic origin | Foreigners | The case concerns physical violence based on racist motives. Three men, V. Ismael, T. Francis and M.R. Joao were involved in a fist fight. M.R Joao, who is of foreign origin claimed that the other two had inflicted personal injury on him based on racist motives. The victim, M.R. Joao and the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism were civil parties to the criminal proceedings. | View more |
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Court of Appeal Gent (Hof van Beroep te Gent) | 2013 | Belgium / Court of Appeal Gent / City and Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism v. V.D.V. Marc Frans Gustaaf | Ethnic origin | Foreigners, Migrants | The case concerns incitement to hatred and discrimination. In 2005, the local magazine of a political party in Sint-Niklaas published an article in which it accused young persons of foreign origin of desecrating graves. The article stated “(..) is that the perpetrators, all of them young teenagers, were of foreign ethnicity. A culture that has no respect anymore for the dead or the symbols of another religion is a deranged culture.” | View more |
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Court of First Instance (Tribunal de première instance de Dinant) | 2013 | Belgium / Court of First Instance of Dinant / X. and the public prosecution v. X | Ethnic origin | Black people or of African origin, Migrants, Third country nationals | The case concerns physical violence with racist motives. In 2009, the defendants, who had been drinking, physically assaulted a person on the basis of ethnic origin. They were charged with intentional infliction of personal injury motivated by racism. | View more |