​The Court convened in a public and solemn sitting to receive the oath of office and to proceed with the formal installation of Mr Frederic Vroman, Advocate General at the Ghent Court of Appeal, Deputy Advocate General at the Court of Cassation, appointed Advocate General at the Court of Cassation.

​Ms. Samia Zahmidi has taken the oath of office in her capacity as Chief Service Secretary at the Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Court of Cassation. We extend to her our sincere congratulations on this distinguished appointment. 

​​The Court of Cassation had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation of Ukrainian judges visiting Brussels as part of an institutional meeting.
On this occasion, the First President and the Prosecutor General presented the role of the Court of Cassation and the challenges facing the Belgian judiciary. 

​On 19 March 2025, the First President and the Attorney General received Mrs Tomoko Akane, Judge and President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Cour de Cassation. Mrs Akane was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), to explain the situation of the ICC following various coercive measures regarding its officials and staff. On this occasion, the President of the ICC wished to meet with the judicial authorities in order to exchange views on other legal issues of common interest. The First President and the Attorney General expressed to President Akane their support for the International Criminal Court as an impartial and independent judicial institution.

​On 19 March 2025, the First President and the Attorney General received Mrs Tomoko Akane, Judge and President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Cour de Cassation. Mrs Akane was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), to explain the situation of the ICC following various coercive measures regarding its officials and staff. On this occasion, the President of the ICC wished to meet with the judicial authorities in order to exchange views on other legal issues of common interest. The First President and the Attorney General expressed to President Akane their support for the International Criminal Court as an impartial and independent judicial institution.

​On 19 March 2025, the First President and the Attorney General received Mrs Tomoko Akane, Judge and President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Cour de Cassation. Mrs Akane was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), to explain the situation of the ICC following various coercive measures regarding its officials and staff. On this occasion, the President of the ICC wished to meet with the judicial authorities in order to exchange views on other legal issues of common interest. The First President and the Attorney General expressed to President Akane their support for the International Criminal Court as an impartial and independent judicial institution.

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​On 19 March 2025, the First President and the Attorney General received Mrs Tomoko Akane, Judge and President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Cour de Cassation. Mrs Akane was in Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), to explain the situation of the ICC following various coercive measures regarding its officials and staff. On this occasion, the President of the ICC wished to meet with the judicial authorities in order to exchange views on other legal issues of common interest. The First President and the Attorney General expressed to President Akane their support for the International Criminal Court as an impartial and independent judicial institution.