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26/01/26

'The hijacking of Pompeii' hijacks Press Award

The jury of the Advocaat.be press prize has selected 'The Hijacking of Pompeii' as the winner. Second and third place go to De Coke Lijnen, a series by Lars Bové and Piet Depuydt in the newspaper De Tijd, and De zaak Carlo, a Panoreportage (VRT) by journalist Dirk Leestmans, director Jeremy De Ryckere and cameraman Stijn De Moor.

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10/12/25

National action: Presidents of the Bar Associations carry out surveillance in all Belgian prisons

To mark European Human Rights Day, all Belgian Presidents of the Bar Associations are exercising their new legal visitation right, which since this year has allowed them to visit prisons within their jurisdiction. Every President of a Bar Associations in Belgium is visiting one of the prisons today. This national action underlines the seriousness of the situation in Belgian prisons, where overcrowding and a lack of basic facilities threaten the fundamental rights of detainees.

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11/09/25

16 lawyers scrapped in 2022-2023

The College of Supervision of the Flemish Legal Profession has published its fourth report. This provides an overview of disciplinary proceedings against lawyers in Flanders (including Brussels-Dutch) in the judicial year running from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.

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