When things go wrong within the public prosecutor’s office: this is how magistrates are monitored and evaluated

From late processing of a file to abuse of their position. Magistrates are also monitored, evaluated and held accountable within their jobs. We spoke with Ghent’s disciplinary magistrate and Advocate General Francis Clarysse about those moments when things go wrong and the consequences thereof. “The disciplinary penalties can be severe – up to the loss of their job and pension.”

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