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Pieter Dirck G. CABOORAttaché – in-house legal counsel
Legal Department of the Belgian House of Representatives
Brussels – 8 November 2007
ECPRD-seminar
« « Parliament & JudiciaryParliament & Judiciary » »
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Search and seizureSearch and seizureon Parliament’s premiseson Parliament’s premises
– introductory analysis –
Pieter Dirck G. CABOORAttaché – in-house legal counsel
Legal Department of the Belgian House of Representatives
Brussels – 8 November 2007
ECPRD-seminar
« « Parliament & JudiciaryParliament & Judiciary » »
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3ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• Area of tension– Parliamentary autonomy– General legal principles
• Crossing– Criminal law (search and seizure)– Public law (Parliament’s premises)
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4ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• Questionnaires– Can a search or a seizure be carried out in the
precincts of a parliamentary assembly?– Against whom can such acts be carried out?– What are the procedural guarantees?
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5ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
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6ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• S+S on Parliament’s premises– Majority: yes → few precedents, however– Small minority: no
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7ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• S+S against Parliament itself– Majority: no– Small minority: yes → legal personality
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8ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• S+S against MPs– Yes– Restrictions
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9ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• Legal framework– General law– Special protection for MPs
• Often• But not always
– Specific regulation
! Few precedents ! → hesitation
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10ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• Procedural guarantees– General legal requirements, e.g. court order– Additional procedural guarantees
• E.g. authorisation or presence of the assembly’s president
• Due to specific parliamentary framework?
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11ECPRD-seminar "Parliament & Judiciary" - Analysis - Pieter Dirck G. CABOOR
Search and seizure on Parliament’s premisesSearch and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• Preliminary conclusion– Search and seizure on Parliament’s premises
• General legal principles• Specific protective measures towards MPs
– Parliament’s premises: additional requirements– Absence / existence of only a few precedents– Area of tension?
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Pieter Dirck G. CABOORAttaché – in-house legal counsel
Legal Department of the Belgian House of Representatives
Brussels – 8 November 2007
ECPRD-seminar
« « Parliament & JudiciaryParliament & Judiciary » »