Consensual prostitution was already decriminalized in the European country but until now it existed under a legal gray area.

The Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 ...

A Belgium court has ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their ...

Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday ...

A new law in Belgium granting labor rights to sex workers went into effect Sunday after the European country voted in 2022 to ...

Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now be the case. Sex workers will be entitled to ...

One of Africa's best known musicians - the Malian singer Rokia Traoré - has reportedly been imprisoned in Belgium as part of ...

Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a ...

A new Belgian law addressing sexual and labor exploitation came into force on December 1. The law follows years of human ...

The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an ...

Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the Congo, the first time the country is held accountable for its actions as a colonial power.