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The CILD Civil Liberties Awards celebrate the achievements of activists, campaigners, lawyers and artists who have been at the forefront of the fight for human rights and civil liberties in 2015. Meet our 16 amazing winners!
EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans is worried about the future of European cooperation. Monday night, in a lecture in Amsterdam, he stated that Europe was battling a "perfect storm" as the refugee crisis so closely...
The De Winter Commission, in charge of preliminary inquiry into violence in Dutch youth care, has received reports from 70 people even before the Disclosure Office opens. These people faced violence in youth care...
New guidance on transatlantic data transfers has been issued by the European Commission, which also urges the swift establishment of a new framework after the ruling in the Facebook privacy case.
The Dutch Supreme Court has referred preliminary questions to the European Court of Justice about the blockade of the torrent site The Pirate Bay. The case about the blockade has been ongoing in Dutch courts since...
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The Ministry of Security and Justice announced that last year 50 asylum seekers failed in their application for asylum because they are suspected of war crimes. Among them were 10 Syrians. These people have a...
The country unreasonably equated the destruction of freedom fighters battling the Soviets with genocide, ruled the Strasbourg court.
Women still earn much less than men in the Netherlands. On average, the yearly income of women is 7.2 percent (2,513 euros) lower, according to the biannual National Salary Survey of more than 100,000 respondents. The...
The Council of State has decided that Minister of Social Affairs Lodewijk Asscher was right to fine, up until January 2014, companies that employed a Bulgarian without a work permit. This decision cancels a ruling...
The Isala Hospital in Zwolle will be the first hospital in the Netherlands to open a room for foundlings when it does so at the beginning of next year. Anonymously, women may leave their baby behind in the room. Child...
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