Belgian Child Protection Law (April 8, 1965)
The information was last updated in 2013 and may have changed since.
Voluntary measures: hearing with the family; informing; counselling; warning + compulsory measures: certain acts are subject to court permissions (e.g. travel permission); removing the child from the family; suspending parental authority
Child Protection Provisions
Number of FGM related interventions
Source
Leye, Els; Sabbe, Alexia, Responding to female genital mutilation in Belgium: Striking the right balance between prosecution and prevention; http://wvg.vlaanderen.be/jongerenwelzijn/PDF/IWMI_POO_VHV_GHV/wet080465.pdf
Additional information
Information collecting point
Public prosecutor