Michaël Meysman

Michaël Meysman
Ghent University | UGhent · Department of Penal Law and Criminology

Master in Law ( National & International Public Law) & Master International Relations and Diplomacy

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In two recent judgements, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given an alarming signal regarding the placement, care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in Belgium. This article analyses these judgements and the Court's assessment that Belgium faces a structural problem regarding the detention of people with a mental illness i...
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In a time of enhanced international travel and migration, cross-border mobility has become a reality. Within the European Union (EU), the free movement of its citizens is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Treaties and evidenced by the abolition of internal borders. As a result, millions of citizens have the advantage of fast-track mobility and...
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Using the new legal basis provided by the Lisbon Treaty, the Council of the European Union has endorsed the 2009 Procedural Roadmap for strengthening the procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings. This Roadmap has so far resulted in six measures from which specific procedural minimum standards have been and will be a...
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In a recent press release of the 27th of November 2013, the European Commission presented a package of five proposals to further strengthen procedural safeguards for citizens in criminal proceedings. Two of these proposals directly stem from the Council Procedural Roadmap's Measure E on the (need for) special safeguards for suspected or accused per...
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Belgium and the Basks: the recent Jauregui Espina case as proof of wanting mutual trust. Is European cooperation in criminal matters under pressure? Departing from a recent ruling by Belgium’s highest Court confirming the refusal of a surrender demanded by Spain through two European Arrest Warrants, this article investigates whether there is a Euro...

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