Jean-Pierre Jacques

Publications

• ‘The positive obligations incumbent upon States in relation to human trafficking under Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights’, Cahiers de l’EDEM, December 2024.
• ‘Commentary on the judgment in X v. the Belgian State of 2 September 2021, C-930/19’, La Tribune européenne No. 14.
• ‘The fight against climate change is, more than ever, a legal battle’, La Tribune européenne No. 9.
• ‘The right to legal aid and legal assistance in the context of the right of access to a court’ in J. Van Meerbeeck (ed.) Access to Justice, Commission Université-Palais (CUP), 2017, vol. 173, pp. 96–128.
• ‘The double victimisation of foreign nationals who are victims of domestic violence in Belgium’, in L. Odasso (ed.). Special issue ‘Migration, love and the State; a ménage à trois’, Journal of the Institute of Sociology, Free University of Brussels, 1(2015), pp. 73–89.
• Roma and the Law, edited by Jacques Fierens, Editions Die Keure, 2012, 301 pages ‘Roma in the Context of the European Union’ in Roma and the Law in Belgium (ed. J. Fierens), La Charte/Die Keure, 2012, 301 pages.
• Immigration Law, Annotated Code, edited by Serge Bodart, Jean-Yves Carlier, Geert Debersaques, Philippe De Bruycker and Sylvie Sarolea, La Charte, 2012, 753 pages.
• Victims of Human Trafficking and Prostitution, CEPESS Papers, December 2011.
• ‘Belgium and the application of the fundamental guarantees of the European Convention on Human Rights to undocumented migrants, or the da capo of a poorly written score’, J.M.L.B., 2008/13, pp. 572–586.
• ‘The taste for rebellion without hatred, or the Emperor’s New Clothes syndrome’, conclusions from the seminar held on 25 May 2007 on children in migration and the situation of families in precarious residence status, Journal du Droit des Jeunes, No. 273, March 2008, pp. 68–71.
• ‘Foreign nationals who are victims of human trafficking – An examination of the new legal provisions introduced by the Act of 15 September 2006 and the Royal Decree of 21 May 2007’, Revue du Droit des Étrangers, No. 145, 2007, pp. 47–62.
• ‘The Powers of the Regions in the Field of Immigration’, in Autonomous Communities and Immigration: Powers and Functions in the Light of the New Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, University of Córdoba, Spain, December 2007.
• The Reform of Immigration Law: The Acts of 15 September 2006, in collaboration with S. SAROLEA, I. DOYEN and M. KAISER, Kluwer, ‘Current Laws’ series, 364 pages.
• ‘Private International Law’ in De Facto Separation – A Practical Commentary, Kluwer Editions, December 2006.
• Comments on Council of Europe case, 9 March 2005, Revue du Droit des Étrangers, 2005, no. 132, p. 31.
• ‘Social assistance and foreign minors: the legislator is urged to reconsider its approach’, J.L.M.B., 2005, pp. 1006–1022.
• ‘Regularisation of foreign nationals: what’s new… for the third time!’, in J-Y CARLIER and S. SARLOEA (eds.) Immigration Law and Nationality, Commission Université-Palais (CUP), 2005, vol. 77, pp. 192–228.
• ‘Class actions’, in collaboration with V. GILLET and L. MISSON, in *Les cahiers de déontologie* (Vol. 2), Proceedings of the study afternoon of 14 May 2004, Bar Associations of Liège and Verviers, pp. 31–54.
• ‘Excesses in Iraq and international humanitarian law’, published on the website www.droitbelge.be, week of 13 May 2004 – see here.
• ‘Assessing the age of unaccompanied foreign minors: when science cools, the law sneezes!’, Journal du Droit des Jeunes, No. 229, November 2003, pp. 16–26.
• ‘The European Court of Human Rights, or the thorn in the side of the French Court of Cassation…’ observations on the ECtHR, 10 October 2000, Lagrange v. France, J.L.M.B., 2001, p. 987 and on the website of the journal *Actualité et Droit International*, see here.
• ‘The right to legal aid in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights’ – comments on the ECHR judgment of 26 September 2000, Biba v. Greece, J.L.M.B., 2001, p. 980; and on the website of the *Revue Actualité et Droit International*, see here.
• ‘Financial barriers to the right of access to a court in the recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights’ – comments on the ECHR judgment of 14 November 2000, Annoni di Gussola and Others v. France, J.L.M.B., 2001, p. 996; and on the website of the *Revue Actualité et Droit International*, see here.
• ‘Lawyers in the face of competition’. Collective work edited by Laurent Marlière, *What kind of lawyer for the 21st century?*, Brussels, Bruylant, 2001, pp. 73–92.
• ‘The Andersson Case before the ECHR or European Oversight of Private Life’, *Rivista Trimestriale della Famiglia*, Entente Scolastica dell’Emilia-Romagna, Giùffrè, Milan, Italy, 1998, edited by Guido Carducci, co-authored with M. Zanetti.
• ‘Human Rights in domestic law: historical overview’ – an article featured in the interactive resource forming the basis for Professor M. Cartwright’s course ‘International Protection of Human Rights’, Distance Learning Module Support, © SLS of the University of Wolverhampton, December 1998.
• The right to a double surname: the Commission is taking Belgium to the Court of Justice of the European Union for breaching the right to free movement; see here

Training differs from teaching in that it aims to enable participants to acquire skills and abilities that can be developed in a professional setting. In this respect, a trainer must help students understand legally complex and technical subject matter so that it can be applied in a concrete and specific context rooted in today’s international and multicultural reality.     

In which areas?

• Private international law
• Human trafficking and smuggling
• European law relating to individuals
• Immigration law (residence, detention, employment, etc.)
• International humanitarian law and international criminal law

My experience as a lawyer and lecturer enables me to offer you bespoke training courses that are thorough and rigorous, academically sound yet practical, equipping you with the tools you need to understand legal concepts and principles and apply them in your professional practice.

Who is it for?

My bespoke training courses are aimed at a range of professionals

• Belgian and foreign NGOs
• Federal, regional or local public authorities
• Diplomats posted abroad
• Belgian aid workers
• Staff on secondment in Belgium or abroad
• Social workers specialising in support for foreign nationals

References

For over 10 years, they have placed their trust in me and asked me to deliver training courses for them both abroad and in Belgium.

• The Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs, for a training course on private international law for consuls, covering the requirements for obtaining certificates prior to the Level A promotion examination.
• The General Commission for Refugees and Stateless Persons for a training course on the regularisation of undocumented migrants and human trafficking for its staff.
• The High Council of Justice for a training course on the topic ‘Equality between male and female workers’ in Brussels on 21 October 2003, and for a training course on private international family law for youth court judges.
• For the Federal Administration Training Institute (IFA) on private international law for Grade A civil servants in the ‘Employment’ sector in Brussels, February–March 2007.
• The King Baudouin Foundation as part of a focus group to discuss the right to family reunification in April 2010.
• The OSCE as part of the international conference organised by the Belgian OSCE Chairmanship on the theme ‘Collaboration between the public and private sectors in the fight against human trafficking’ in Vienna (Austria) on 16 November 2006.
• The NGOs ‘Strada International’, ‘Anti-Slavery’ and ‘the Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women’, as part of an international conference on compensation for victims of human trafficking in Berlin (Germany) from 3 to 5 September 2008.
• Lawyers Without Borders (ASF) for a training course on the humane and ethical handling of sensitive cases in Kigali (Rwanda) for human rights defenders and lawyers from the Rwandan Bar Association.
• Amnesty International Belgian Francophone Section (AIBF) for a training course on the issues surrounding the International Criminal Court.
• The FGTB for a training course on the rights of undocumented workers, aimed at labour court judges and trade union representatives.
• CRIPEL for a training session on the theme ‘Europeans: what kind of migration, what rights, what reality?’, held in Liège on 23 October 2006.
• The non-profit organisation PAG-ASA on the reform of the Aliens Act concerning residence permits granted to victims of human trafficking
• ECOLO-J for a conference on environmental refugees on 18 November 2009.
• The Liège Bar Association for a training course on international humanitarian law as part of a series of four training courses organised in Liège in October 2006 and March 2009.
• The Belgian Red Cross as part of the symposium held on 17 April 2009 on the theme ‘20 years of reception, 30,000 journeys: the role and place of the migrant’
• The non-profit organisation A.D.D.E. for training courses on private international law, human trafficking, European law on the free movement of persons, and immigration law (residence, detention, employment, etc.).
• The Magistrates’ Trade Union Association for a presentation at the symposium on the theme ‘The effectiveness of justice and human rights’ on 10 December 2009.

Some resources available to you

These are the presentations used during the most recent training courses I have delivered:

Roma and the European Union for the training course ‘Working with Roma families from Central and Eastern Europe’ organised by the Centre for Mediation for Travellers and Roma in Wallonia on 3 December 2013

Introduction to practical methodology in private international law for the E-FID training course run by the Association for the Rights of Foreigners (ADDE) on 29 November 2013

The free movement of EU citizens and their family members for the Association for the Rights of Foreigners (ADDE) on 28 October 2011

Private international law: general concepts for the Association for the Rights of Foreigners on 29 April 2011 with Caroline HENRICOT

Provisions on the status of victims of human trafficking for the Human Rights League on 30 March 2011

The regularisation of foreign nationals for the Mons Young Bar Association Conference on 1 April 2010

Expertise

Areas

• jp.jacques@s-law.be
• +32 4 325 02 02