Amsterdam Court of Appeal orders the criminal prosecution of Member of Parliament Geert Wilders (22-01-2009)
AMSTERDAM. On 21 January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered the criminal prosecution of the Member of Parliament Geert Wilders for the incitement to hatred and discrimination based on his statements in various media about Muslims and their belief. In addition, the Court of Appeal considers criminal prosecution obvious for the insult o...

United Nations critical on human rights situation in Kingdom of the Netherlands (27-06-2008)
GENEVA. On Friday 18 April 2008 the UN-Human Rights Council (HRC) accepted unanimously a report with 31 recommendations for the improvement of the human rights situation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The recommendations are the result of the human rights examination (Universal Periodic Review) of the Dutch government on 15 April. The govern...

Human rights exam of the Netherlands completed, but not over yet… (26-06-2008)
GENEVA. On 11 June 2008 the recommendations of the UN-Human Rights Council (HRC) to the government of the Netherlands were adopted by consensus during the plenary session of the HRC. The recommendations are based on the human rights exam (Universal Periodic Review) taken by The Netherlands on 15 April 2008. In the plenary session NGOs had the ri...

European Sections of the International Commissions of Jurists develop cooperation strategy (09-05-2008)
On Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March six European sections of the International Commissions of Jurists (ICJ) - including the NJCM - and representatives from the ICJ met in Leiden, the Netherlands to explore the possibilities for closer cooperation to increase their influence at European level. Colleagues from Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, ...

The Netherlands to be examinated by the Human Rights Council on April 15th, 2008 (10-04-2008)
The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 60/251, mandated the Human Rights Council to "undertake a universal periodic review, based on objective and reliable information, of the fulfilment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments in a manner which ensures universality of coverage and equal treatment with respec...