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Belgian justice has temporarily suspended the transfer to France of Salah Abdeslam, the November 13 terrorist. It is the notion of irreducible life imprisonment, to which he was sentenced in France, which poses a problem in Belgium.
There Belgium couldprevent Salah Abdeslam from serving his sentence in France? The terrorist of November 13, 2015 was sentenced to irreducible life imprisonment for the attacks in Paris which killed 130 people. Detained in France since his arrest in March 2016 in Belgium, Salah Abdeslam was handed over to Belgium in July 2022, time to conduct the trial of the Brussels attacks (Belgium) perpetrated by the same jihadist cell, and which caused the death of 35 people.
The case must return to the Brussels court
Since then, Salah Abdeslam has refused to return to detention in France, and a Belgian court has just temporarily suspended his transfer. It is the notion of irreducible perpetuity which poses a problem in Belgium. The country is giving itself time to examine whether this sentence complies with European law. The case must now return to the Brussels court to be judged on the merits.