This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Belgium in April-May 2026. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Belgium in its previous review, including in relation to commitments to establish a National Human Rights Institution, to establish a national preventative mechanism that can monitor all places where people are deprived of their liberty (or several visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for all places of detention) and to respect the rights of asylum seekers and migrants.
