Lawyers

Pierre Robert holds a law degree from the Université Catholique Louvain (1998) and a degree in communication and media from the Ghent University (1999). He is a member of the Brussels Bar since 1999.

He has been recognized as a specialist in foreigners’ law by the Bar Association and practices all aspects of this legal field (in particular asylum, family reunification, regularization, economic migration, nationality, etc.).

He has brought several important cases before national and international courts, including:

• Before the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Ruiz Zambrano v. Onem (CJEU, 8.3.2011, C-34/09), on European citizenship;
  • X. v. the Belgian State (CJEU, 7.3.2017, C-638/16), concerning humanitarian visas
• Before the European Court of Human Rights
  • Singh a.o. v. Belgium (ECHR, 2.10.2012, 33210/11), concerning the examination of asylum application and the obligations of asylum authorities in that respect
• Before the Constitutional Court
  • Judgment 121/2013 of 26.9.2013, with regard to the law of 8 July 2011 modifying the rules for family reunification

  • Judgement no. 23/2021 of 25.02.2021 regarding the laws of 21 November 2017 and 17 December 2017 on the reform of the asylum procedure.

• Before the Council of State,
• • Judgement no. 243.306 of 20.12.2018 regarding the quotas on asylum applications.

  • Judgement no. 249.163 of 07.12.2020 regarding videoconferencing in asylum hearings.

Pierre Robert has also written several articles, such as:

• “Accès au dossier administratif en droit des étrangers : Quelle effectivité derrière les principes ? », R.D.E., 2017, avec Sarah JANSSENS;
• « Droits fondamentaux et extrême urgence – Comment sortir de l’insécurité juridique ? », R.D.E., 2017.

He has been a speaker at the following conferences and symposia:

• European Court of Justice Separation of children and families in migration, through detention and/or deportation of a parent: Zambrano and Chavez (Aire center – Brussels – Separated Children in Judicial Proceedings: Access to justice for Separated Trafficked and/or Asylum Seeking Children, 19-20.10.2017)
• Minderjarige asielzoekers en de Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen (RUGent – CESSMIR – Migratieonderzoek in praktijk, 26.1.2018 )
• Qu’est-ce qu’un réfugié? Entre idéaux de Genève et “hotspots” (Ligue bruxelloise francophone pour la santé mentale – Ce qui fait et défait l’humain, 12-13.3.2018)
• La práctica jurídica del Tribunal Europeo en materia de DDHH de las personas migrantes (Asociación Libre de Abogados – Madrid – 3.5.2018)
• Lois « mammouth » – impact et enseignements de l’arrêt 23/2021 de la Cour constitutionnelle (a study for the Association pour le Droits des étrangers – 16.06.2021).
• The needs of victims of torture (Presentation at the symposium organised on the occasion of the 5^th anniversary of the Nansen association – 30.09.2022).

Pierre Robert is a member of the board of directors of the Syndicat des Avocats pour la Démocratie and the Nansen association.