public prosecution service of Belgium

E831236

judicial authority prosecution service

The public prosecution service of Belgium is the national body of prosecutors responsible for directing criminal investigations and bringing cases before the courts on behalf of the state.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Belgian public prosecutors offices	1
Public Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium	1
Public Prosecution Service of Belgium	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial authority ⓘ prosecution service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ministère public (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministère public et Parquet (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Openbaar Ministerie (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Openbaar Ministerie en Parket (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesLaw	Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Belgian Criminal Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesPrinciple	principle of legality and opportunity as defined by Belgian law ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	organ of the judiciary distinct from the courts ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Eurojust NERFINISHED ⓘ European Public Prosecutor’s Office (for relevant offences) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
employs	federal magistrates ⓘ public prosecutors ⓘ substitute prosecutors ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	functionally independent in individual cases ⓘ hierarchically organised ⓘ
hasDuty	execution of criminal judgments ⓘ prosecution of criminal offences ⓘ upholding public order through criminal law ⓘ
hasPower	appeal court decisions in criminal matters ⓘ decide whether to prosecute ⓘ request investigative measures ⓘ
hasSeat	Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubnationalDimension	operational services organised per judicial district ⓘ
headedBy	prosecutor-general at the Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
languageRegime	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
mayActIn	some non-criminal matters as provided by law ⓘ
operatesInJurisdiction	Kingdom of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseesBody	federal prosecutor’s office of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ labour prosecution offices in Belgium ⓘ military prosecution service of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ prosecution offices at courts of appeal in Belgium ⓘ prosecution offices at courts of first instance in Belgium ⓘ
partOf	Belgian judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	society’s interests in criminal justice ⓘ state in criminal proceedings ⓘ
responsibleFor	bringing criminal cases before the courts ⓘ directing criminal investigations ⓘ
scope	criminal matters ⓘ
supervisedBy	minister of Justice of Belgium ⓘ
worksWith	Belgian police services NERFINISHED ⓘ investigating judges in Belgium ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Public Prosecutors-General of Belgium → oversees → public prosecution service of Belgium ⓘ

Council of Public Prosecutors-General of Belgium → collaboratesWith → public prosecution service of Belgium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgian public prosecutors offices

Federal Public Service Justice → coordinatesWith → public prosecution service of Belgium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium