Most Cases Dropped
On July 12, 2003, the incoming government of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced that scrapping this law would be among the first acts carried out.
In September of that year, the Belgian Supreme Court threw out the cases against the former President Bush and other US officials, as well as Israelis.
Read more about this topic: War Crimes Law (Belgium)
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