Luxembourg City courthouse beefs up security measures

Security is to be reinforced at the court house in Luxembourg City with metal detectors entering into use from this Friday.

According to a press release, the entrances to the Superior Court of Justice (CR building) and Magistrates (JP building) will be equipped with metal detectors where handbags, backpacks and any other items will be scanned.

Similar security measures will shortly come into place in the Youth and Guardianship Court (JT building) and common building (BC building).

Access to the buildings will be controlled depending on the security level of a situation, which will be indicated on screens at the entrances of the different buildings.

A green phase means that judges and officials, solicitors from the Luxembourg Bar, and anyone else with a personal access badge, will have free access to the buildings concerned. All other persons, including the accused and witnesses, will go through the detectors and may be subject to additional screening for other potentially hazardous materials.

Under an orange phase, the controls will be extended to members of the bar and anyone with a personal access badge, while in a red phase, everyone will be subject to controls. Access to the courthouse buildings will be denied anyone who does not agree to submit to the checks.