Pierre ROBERT
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: French, Dutch, English and Spanish
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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 5th 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.
Marie-Pierre DE BUISSERET
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: French and English
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Sarah JANSSENS
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: French, Dutch and English
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Marie-Pierre de Buisseret holds a law degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain (1994).
Interested in international migration and human rights, she has been addressing these issues from different angles for 25 years:
- Lawyer at the Brussels Bar (from 1995 to 1998 and since 2007)
- Legal adviser to Siréas (Association providing help to migrants)
- NGO representative at the Regularisation Commission (from 2000)
- NGO representative of the Consultative Commission for Foreigners
- Parliamentary advisor to the Federal Parliament (from 2003 to 2013)
- Member of the Foreigners Commission of the League of Human Rights and co-resident from September 2017
- Member of the board of directors of the Association pour le droit des Etrangers
In addition to foreigners’ law, she also practices family law.
Sarah Janssens obtained a master degree in law in June 2010 at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, before completing her education with an additional master in European Law (LLM) at the Ghent University.
Being a lawyer at the Brussels Bar since 2011, her preferred subject is foreigners’ law. She also deals with questions related to family law, European law and international private law.
Sensitive to the need to guarantee access to justice for all, she is also engaged in several organizations, such as:
- le Syndicat des Avocats pour la Démocratie ;
- la Plateforme Justice pour Tous ;
- le projet Droits sans toit ;
She is also a member of the editorial board of the “Revue en Droit des Etrangers” and has written several publications herself:
- « Proposition de définition de la notion de « groupe social » : entre état des lieux de la jurisprudence et perspectives d’évolution », R.D.E., 2011 ;
- « Le droit d’être entendu en matière d’asile et migration : perspectives belge et européenne », R.D.E., 2013, avec ierre ROBERT ;
- « Accès au dossier administratif en droit des étrangers : Quelle effectivité derrière les principes ? », R.D.E., 2017, avec Pierre ROBERT;
- « Accès au dossier administratif et Règlement Dublin : l’expression d’un principe général, ou l’exception qui confirme la règle ? », R.D.E., 2018 ;
- « Accès au dossier administratif et Règlement Dublin : suite… et pas fin », R.D.E., 2019 ;
- « Le regroupement familial du ressortissant belge ayant fait usage de la libre circulation », R.D.E., 2021 ;
Sarah Janssens has also spoken at several conferences on topics relating to foreigners’ rights:
- ADDE training cycle, “Détention administrative et recours”, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
- Amendes administratives, 2017.
- Actualités en droit des étrangers, 2018.
- ADDE training cycle, « Régularisation médicale et humanitaire », 2019, 2020, 2021 et 2022.
- Questions préjudicielles récentes en droit des étrangers, 2020.
- Journée d’étude – Membres de famille de Belges ayant exercé leur libre circulation dans l’Union européenne, 2020.
Mathilde QUESTIAUX
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: French, Dutch and English
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Mathilde Questiaux has obtained a Bachelor’s degree in law from the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve and a master’s degree in law from the University of Ghent.
Admitted to the Brussels Bar in April 2016, she practices mainly foreigners’ law and family law.
Justine VAN EDOM
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: French, Dutch, English and Spanish
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Justine Van Edom has first obtained her bachelor in Law in both French and Dutch from the Catholic University of Leuven and the Saint-Louis University in Brussels. She then obtained her master’s degree in Law from the Catholic University of Leuven. Afterwards, she completed her education with a specialization master in human rights from the Saint-Louis University in Brussels.
She was admitted to the Brussels Bar in October 2020 and practices primarily foreigner’s law.
Cedric D'HONDT
Matter of preference: foreigners’ law
Languages: Dutch, French and English
Email: cd@kompaso.be
Cedric D’Hondt holds a law degree from KU Leuven (2017) and completed his studies in 2018 with the Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights at the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut.
With a keen interest in human rights, Cedric conducted an internship at the EU Delegation in Cairo, before joining the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in the summer of 2019.
He was admitted to the Brussels Bar in November 2021.