Council of State of Belgium

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advisory body court of law supreme administrative court

The Council of State of Belgium is the country’s supreme administrative court and advisory body on legislative and regulatory matters.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Council of State of Belgium canonical	13
supreme administrative court of Belgium	2
Belgian Council of State	1
Conseil d’État de Belgique	1
Council of State (Belgium)	1
Raad van State van België	1
legislative section of the Council of State of Belgium	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of State of Belgium
Context triple: [Constitution of Belgium, definesInstitution, Council of State of Belgium]

A. Federal Parliament of Belgium
The Federal Parliament of Belgium is the bicameral national legislature of Belgium, composed of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the federal government.
B. National Congress of Belgium
The National Congress of Belgium was the constituent assembly that drafted Belgium’s first constitution and established it as an independent constitutional monarchy following the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
C. Senate of Belgium
The Senate of Belgium is the upper house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, serving primarily as a chamber of reflection and institutional representation of the federated entities.
D. Council of State of the Netherlands
The Council of State of the Netherlands is the kingdom’s highest advisory body to the government and parliament and also serves as the country’s supreme administrative court.
E. Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament is the unicameral legislative body of the Flemish Community and Region in Belgium, responsible for making laws and overseeing the Flemish government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of State of Belgium
Target entity description: The Council of State of Belgium is the country’s supreme administrative court and advisory body on legislative and regulatory matters.

A. Federal Parliament of Belgium
The Federal Parliament of Belgium is the bicameral national legislature of Belgium, composed of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the federal government.
B. National Congress of Belgium
The National Congress of Belgium was the constituent assembly that drafted Belgium’s first constitution and established it as an independent constitutional monarchy following the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
C. Senate of Belgium
The Senate of Belgium is the upper house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, serving primarily as a chamber of reflection and institutional representation of the federated entities.
D. Council of State of the Netherlands
The Council of State of the Netherlands is the kingdom’s highest advisory body to the government and parliament and also serves as the country’s supreme administrative court.
E. Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament is the unicameral legislative body of the Flemish Community and Region in Belgium, responsible for making laws and overseeing the Flemish government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory body ⓘ court of law ⓘ supreme administrative court ⓘ
advises	communities and regions of Belgium ⓘ federal government of Belgium ⓘ linked to: Federal Government of Belgium federal parliament of Belgium ⓘ linked to: Federal Parliament of Belgium
appointmentBy	King of the Belgians ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
composition	councillors of state ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
countryCapital	Brussels ⓘ linked to: Brussels, Belgium
decidesOn	disputes concerning administrative authorities ⓘ electoral disputes in certain cases ⓘ
deputyHead	President of the Administrative Litigation Section ⓘ President of the Legislative Section ⓘ
established	1946 ⓘ
hasChamber	administrative litigation section ⓘ legislative section ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.raadvst-consetat.be ⓘ
headOfBody	First President of the Council of State ⓘ
highestCourtFor	administrative disputes in Belgium ⓘ
historicalContext	created after World War II ⓘ
jurisdiction	Belgium ⓘ
languageRegime	bilingual French–Dutch ⓘ
legalBasis	Belgian Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of Belgium laws on the Council of State ⓘ
legalRemedy	action for damages in administrative matters ⓘ annulment appeal ⓘ suspension appeal ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	Brussels ⓘ linked to: Brussels, Belgium
memberOf	Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union ⓘ linked to: European Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ
officialName	Conseil d’État ⓘ Conseil d’État de Belgique ⓘ linked to: Council of State of Belgium Raad van State ⓘ Raad van State van België ⓘ linked to: Council of State of Belgium
power	annul administrative acts ⓘ give advisory opinions on draft legislation ⓘ give advisory opinions on draft regulations ⓘ suspend administrative acts ⓘ
predecessor	administrative section of the Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
role	advisory body on legislative matters ⓘ advisory body on regulatory matters ⓘ supreme administrative court of Belgium ⓘ linked to: Council of State of Belgium
seat	Brussels ⓘ linked to: Brussels, Belgium
typeOfCourt	administrative court ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of Belgium → definesInstitution → Council of State of Belgium ⓘ

European Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions → hasMember → Council of State of Belgium ⓘ

Title VII – The Council of State and the administrative jurisdictions → regulates → Council of State of Belgium ⓘ

Council of State of Belgium → officialName → Conseil d’État de Belgique ⓘ