CASE OF KHATTAB v. BELGIUM - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM)

CASE OF KHATTAB v. BELGIUM - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM) Application No: 40272/18

Articles: 6, 6+6-3, 6-3, 6-3-b, 6-3-c, 6-1

Respondent state: BEL

Date: 2026-03-05

Conclusion:

No violation of Article 6+6-3 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings; Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6-3-c - Defence through legal assistance; Article 6-3-b - Preparation of defence; Article 6-3 - Rights of defence; Article 6 - Right to a fair trial)

Subject classification: Abdelali v. France, no 43353/07, §§ 52 54, 11 October 2012; Belziuk v. Poland, 25 March 1998, § 37, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998 II; Bivolaru v. Romania (no 2), no 66580/12, §§ 112-113, 2 October 2018; Colozza v. Italy, 12 February 1985, §§ 27-30, Series A no 89; Einhorn v. France (dec.), no 71555/01, § 33, ECHR 2001-XI; Galović v. Croatia, no 45512/11, § 74, 31 August 2021; Hokkeling v. the Netherlands, no 30749/12, 14 February 2017; Hu v. Italy, no 5941/04, §§ 54-58, 28 September 2006; Jones v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no 30900/02, 9 September 2003; Krombach v. France, no 29731/96, § 85, ECHR 2001-II; Lena Atanasova v. Bulgaria, no 52009/07, § 52, 26 January 2017; Medenica v. Switzerland, no 20491/92, ECHR 2001 VI; Sejdovic v. Italy [GC], no 56581/00, ECHR 2006 II; Somogyi v. Italy, no 67972/01, §§ 66-67, ECHR 2004-IV; Stoichkov v. Bulgaria, no 9808/02, § 56, 24 March 2005; Yeğer v. Turkey, no 4099/12, §§ 32 36, 7 June 2022