Lucas Vincken

Brussels winter moratorium violates human rights?

The Justice of the Peace of Ixelles was recently asked whether the winter moratorium, provided for in the Brussels Housing Code, entered into force by the ordinance of 22 June 2023 in the Brussels Capital Region, does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights (hereafter ECHR), and more specifically Article 1 of the First Protocol. In what follows, we will first briefly explain what exactly this mini moratorium entails, then discuss the judgment of the Justice of the Peace of Ixelles.