Implementing Laws and Regulations - Introduction - Law of 22 March 1996 relative to the Recognition of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and of the International Tribunal for Rwanda and to Cooperation with these Tribunals

Belgium

Title:	Law of 22 March 1996 relative to the Recognition of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and of the International Tribunal for Rwanda and to Cooperation with these Tribunals
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Adopted on:	22.03.1996
Entry into force:	27.04.1996

Source: Official French text of the Moniteur belge, 27 April 1996, p. 10260.

Summary:
This law recognizes the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and sets forth how the Belgian authorities cooperate with them. The primacy of these tribunals is recognized, and their decisions have effect in municipal law. The Court of Cassation, Belgium's highest court, has jurisdiction to grant deferral of proceedings.