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'''Kim Geybels''' (born 29 October 1981 in [[Herk-de-Stad]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician and is affiliated to the [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]. She was elected as a member of the [[Belgian Senate]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belgische Senaat |url=http://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/index_senate&MENUID=11200&LANG=nl |publisher=[[Belgian Senate]] |language=Dutch |accessdate=16 July 2010}}</ref> On August 31, 2010 she resigned on personal grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=N-VA senator Kim Geybels dient ontslag in |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20100831_106 |publisher=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=Dutch |accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> After her resignation Geybels claimed she and a travel companion had been blackmailed by local drug maffia during a trip to [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web |title=N-VA-babe Geybels en coke op verboden liefdestrip in Thailand: "we zijn geflikt" |url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/article/detail/1151661/2010/09/01/N-VA-babe-Geybels-en-coke-op-verboden-liefdestrip-in-Thailand-we-zijn-geflikt.dhtml |publisher=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |language=Dutch |accessdate=1 September 2010}}</ref>


'''Kim Geybels''' (born 29 October 1981 in [[Herk-de-Stad]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician and a former member of the [[Belgian Senate]] for the [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]] and is a former chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA.<ref name=VRTGeybels>{{cite web |title=Reisgenoot had verkeerde mensen ontmoet |date=September 2010 |url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/regio/limburg/1.855119|publisher=[[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep|VRT]] |language=nl |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref> Soon after her resignation (caused by incident in [[Thailand]] involving [[narcotics]]) she tried to retrieve her seat as Senator, claiming she was "forced" by the N-VA to resign.<ref name=wantback/> Early October 2010 all procedures, as started by Geybels, to retrieve her Senate seat had failed.<ref name=failures/><ref name="terugkomst?"/>
==Notes==

==Political career==
During the [[2006 Belgian provincial and municipal elections]] Geybels did not get elected into the [[Municipalities in Belgium#Municipal organisation|Municipal Council]] of [[Lummen]] for [[Lumineus Lummen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Verkiezingen 8 oktober 2006 : Lummen |url=http://www.politics.be/verkiezingen/gemeente/lummen/ |publisher=[[Politics.be]] |language=nl }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Voix de préférences – Commune: Lummen |url=http://elections2006.saipm.com/index.phtml?page=CO01346vp.htm |publisher=[[Liste des candidats et voix de préférences – 8/10/2006]] |language=fr }}</ref>

In April 2008 Geybels was elected into the (national) N-VA party council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieuwsbrief N-VA Limburg |url=http://iloapp.nvahasselt.be/blog/nieuws?ShowFile&doc=1208863903.pdf |publisher=[[N-VA]] [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]] |language=nl |access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref>

Geybels was a candidate for the [[Flemish Parliament]] during the [[2009 Belgian regional elections]]; but was not elected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vlaams Parlement: Voorkeurstemmen |url=http://verkiezingen2009.belgium.be/nl/vla/preferred/preferred_VLK72021_955.html |publisher=[[Flemish Parliament]] |language=nl |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref>

Geybels was elected as a member of the [[Belgian Senate]] in the [[2010 Belgian general election]] in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belgische Senaat |url=http://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=/index_senate&MENUID=11200&LANG=nl |publisher=[[Belgian Senate]] |language=nl |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> On 19 July 2010 Geybels was chosen temporary chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA (Geybels had been Vice Chairman).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Geybels voorzitter Jong N-VA |url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.828724 |publisher=[[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep|VRT]] |language=nl |access-date=19 July 2010}}</ref> On 31 August 2010 Geybels resigned on personal grounds (as asked by the N-VA<ref name=VRTGeybels/>) as senator and as chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA.<ref name=VRTGeybels/><ref name=ontslag>{{cite web |title=N-VA senator Kim Geybels dient ontslag in |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20100831_106 |publisher=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=nl |access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref> After her resignation Geybels stated (on 1 September 2010) she and a travel companion had been blackmailed by local drug mafia during a trip to [[Thailand]];<ref>{{cite web |title=N-VA-babe Geybels en coke op verboden liefdestrip in Thailand: "we zijn geflikt" |url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/article/detail/1151661/2010/09/01/N-VA-babe-Geybels-en-coke-op-verboden-liefdestrip-in-Thailand-we-zijn-geflikt.dhtml |work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |language=nl |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref> she also stated she remained a member of the N-VA, but did not comment on her political future.<ref name=VRTGeybels/> The N-VA also found it unacceptable she had hired her travel companion to Thailand as a personal assistant in the Senate as he was not screened by the party (he was also previously fired by the N-VA as an assistant of the [[Speaker of the Flemish Parliament]] [[Jan Peumans]]).<ref name=VRTGeybels/><ref>{{cite web |title=Snel omhoog, sneller omlaag |url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=VP2UQEVA&word=geybels |publisher=[[De Standaard]] |language=nl |access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref>
Geybels soon emphasised she "is not responsible for actions of travel companions".<ref name="toch geen ontslag">{{cite web|title=Het is genoeg geweest: ik vecht terug |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=G8A2USBCI |publisher=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=nl |access-date=3 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905001652/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=G8A2USBCI |archive-date= 5 September 2010 }}</ref> Geybels was succeeded as senator by [[Piet De Bruyn]].<ref name=ontslag/> As of 2 September 2010 the website of N-VA did not list her as member of the (national) N-VA party council (her successor as Senator Piet De Bruyn was listed as member).<ref>{{cite web |title=Partijbestuur |url=http://www.n-va.be/partijbestuur |publisher=[[N-VA]] |language=nl |access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref>

On 6 September 2010 Geybels demanded her mandate as Senator back, claiming she was forced to resign by N-VA leaders, and started the procedure to retrieve it.<ref name=wantback>{{cite web |title=Kim Geybels eist Senaatszetel op |url=http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/lummen/kim-geybels-eist-senaatszetel-op-2.aspx |publisher=[[Het Belang van Limburg]] |language=nl |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="terugkomst?">{{cite web |title=Kim Geybels blijft senator |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20100906_097 |publisher=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=nl |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref> If Geybels would return as a Senator she will not be accepted into the N-VA [[Political faction|faction]].<ref name="terugkomst?"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Pieters beschuldigt Geybels van laster en eerroof |date=6 September 2010 |url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.858306|publisher=[[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep|VRT]] |language=nl |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref>

Early October 2010 the N-VA suspended Geybels membership of the party and all legal procedures to retrieve her Senate mandate had failed.<ref name=failures>{{cite web |title=Kim Geybels wordt uit de N-VA gezet |date=9 October 2010 |url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.880491 |publisher=[[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep|VRT]] |language=nl |access-date=9 October 2010}}</ref>

== European Court of Human Rights case ==
Following the final Senate decision on her resignation, Geybels complained to the [[European Court of Human Rights]]. After more than eight years, a Chamber of the Court judged that the procedures governing the resignation of senators were not sufficiently clear, and did not protect against arbitrary proceedings. The Court found, amongst other things, that the Bureau deciding on the validity of Geybels' resignation had not heard her or asked her to submit her version of the case. Furthermore, two of the senators who Geybels claimed had tried to force her to resign, were members of the Bureau and had not recused themselves. Ultimately, the Court found a breach of the elections clause of the [[European Convention on Human Rights#Article 3 – elections|European Convention on Human Rights (Protocol 1, Article 3)]] and awarded her a compensation of 35.000 euro.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-193075|title=G.K. c. Belgique|date=21 May 2019|work=European Court of Human Rights|language=fr}}</ref>

==Political positions==
Geybels believes rights and obligations go hand-in-hand.<ref name=positions>{{cite web |title=Nieuw Vlaams Magazine |url=http://www.n-va.be/files/default/generated/ledenmagazine/n-vm06-10.pdf |publisher=[[N-VA]] |language=nl |access-date=2 September 2010 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071911/http://www.n-va.be/files/default/generated/ledenmagazine/n-vm06-10.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Geybels sees good [[Education in Belgium|education]], good [[Health in Belgium|healthcare]] and a [[social safety net]] as basic rights.<ref name=positions/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.kimgeybels.be Official personal website] {{in lang|nl}}
* [http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.872178 Kim Geybels haalt uit naar Bart De Wever], interview with Geybels done by the [[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep|VRT]] (27 September 2010)


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Kim Geybels
Senator
In office
6 July 2010 – 31 August 2010
Personal details
Born (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 43)
Herk-de-Stad, Limburg (Belgium)
Political partyNone
Other political
affiliations		N-VA (2008-2010)
ResidenceLummen
Websitehttp://www.kimgeybels.be

Kim Geybels (born 29 October 1981 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian politician and a former member of the Belgian Senate for the N-VA and is a former chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA.[1] Soon after her resignation (caused by incident in Thailand involving narcotics) she tried to retrieve her seat as Senator, claiming she was "forced" by the N-VA to resign.[2] Early October 2010 all procedures, as started by Geybels, to retrieve her Senate seat had failed.[3][4]

Political career

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During the 2006 Belgian provincial and municipal elections Geybels did not get elected into the Municipal Council of Lummen for Lumineus Lummen.[5][6]

In April 2008 Geybels was elected into the (national) N-VA party council.[7]

Geybels was a candidate for the Flemish Parliament during the 2009 Belgian regional elections; but was not elected.[8]

Geybels was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in the 2010 Belgian general election in June 2010.[9] On 19 July 2010 Geybels was chosen temporary chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA (Geybels had been Vice Chairman).[10] On 31 August 2010 Geybels resigned on personal grounds (as asked by the N-VA[1]) as senator and as chairman of the youth wing of the N-VA.[1][11] After her resignation Geybels stated (on 1 September 2010) she and a travel companion had been blackmailed by local drug mafia during a trip to Thailand;[12] she also stated she remained a member of the N-VA, but did not comment on her political future.[1] The N-VA also found it unacceptable she had hired her travel companion to Thailand as a personal assistant in the Senate as he was not screened by the party (he was also previously fired by the N-VA as an assistant of the Speaker of the Flemish Parliament Jan Peumans).[1][13] Geybels soon emphasised she "is not responsible for actions of travel companions".[14] Geybels was succeeded as senator by Piet De Bruyn.[11] As of 2 September 2010 the website of N-VA did not list her as member of the (national) N-VA party council (her successor as Senator Piet De Bruyn was listed as member).[15]

On 6 September 2010 Geybels demanded her mandate as Senator back, claiming she was forced to resign by N-VA leaders, and started the procedure to retrieve it.[2][4] If Geybels would return as a Senator she will not be accepted into the N-VA faction.[4][16]

Early October 2010 the N-VA suspended Geybels membership of the party and all legal procedures to retrieve her Senate mandate had failed.[3]

European Court of Human Rights case

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Following the final Senate decision on her resignation, Geybels complained to the European Court of Human Rights. After more than eight years, a Chamber of the Court judged that the procedures governing the resignation of senators were not sufficiently clear, and did not protect against arbitrary proceedings. The Court found, amongst other things, that the Bureau deciding on the validity of Geybels' resignation had not heard her or asked her to submit her version of the case. Furthermore, two of the senators who Geybels claimed had tried to force her to resign, were members of the Bureau and had not recused themselves. Ultimately, the Court found a breach of the elections clause of the European Convention on Human Rights (Protocol 1, Article 3) and awarded her a compensation of 35.000 euro.[17]

Political positions

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Geybels believes rights and obligations go hand-in-hand.[18] Geybels sees good education, good healthcare and a social safety net as basic rights.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Reisgenoot had verkeerde mensen ontmoet" (in Dutch). VRT. September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Kim Geybels eist Senaatszetel op" (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Kim Geybels wordt uit de N-VA gezet" (in Dutch). VRT. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Kim Geybels blijft senator" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Verkiezingen 8 oktober 2006 : Lummen" (in Dutch). Politics.be.
  6. ^ "Voix de préférences – Commune: Lummen" (in French). Liste des candidats et voix de préférences – 8/10/2006.
  7. ^ "Nieuwsbrief N-VA Limburg" (PDF) (in Dutch). N-VA Limburg. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Vlaams Parlement: Voorkeurstemmen" (in Dutch). Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Kim Geybels voorzitter Jong N-VA" (in Dutch). VRT. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  11. ^ a b "N-VA senator Kim Geybels dient ontslag in" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  12. ^ "N-VA-babe Geybels en coke op verboden liefdestrip in Thailand: "we zijn geflikt"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Snel omhoog, sneller omlaag" (in Dutch). De Standaard. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Het is genoeg geweest: ik vecht terug" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  15. ^ "Partijbestuur" (in Dutch). N-VA. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Pieters beschuldigt Geybels van laster en eerroof" (in Dutch). VRT. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  17. ^ "G.K. c. Belgique". European Court of Human Rights (in French). 21 May 2019.
  18. ^ a b "Nieuw Vlaams Magazine" (PDF) (in Dutch). N-VA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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