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Dutch State Taken to Court Over Water Closures Affecting Children

July 17, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The NJCM and Defence for Children have started legal procedures against the Dutch State and two water companies to ensure the protection of the right to water for children. The current regulations allow companies to stop water supplies when parents fai...
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- the Netherlands
Dutch Government not Obliged to Repatriate IS-women and Their Children

July 15, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The Netherlands Supreme Court has ruled that the Dutch government is not responsibile for repatriating 23 Dutch women and their 56 children from camps in Northern Syria. The State argued that Dutch national security, that of other Schengen countries, a...
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- rule of law
- Dutch Supreme Court
Consumer Claim Against Facebook for Violating Privacy

July 15, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The Consumentenbond (a non-profit organization which promotes consumers protection) and the Data Privacy Foundation have filed a mass claim against Facebook for breaching the privacy of Dutch users. Facebook gathered and sold private data to companies ...
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- the Netherlands
- Digital privacy
Netherlands: Growing Criticism on Selection Process for Corona App

May 04, 2020 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Privacy experts in the Netherlands are critical of the selection procedure for a new app that would make it easier to track the spread of the Coronavirus. According to the experts they have no idea how the government came to the current shortlist due t...
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- humanrightsundercorona
Quarter of All Dutch Residents Reported Discrimination in 2018

April 20, 2020 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

In 2018, a quarter of all people living in the Netherlands experienced one or more incidents they perceived as discrimination. That is the same proportion as five years ago. There were some changes regarding where and who experienced discrimination, an...
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- the Netherlands
Registration of Number Plates is Justified, Rules Dutch Supreme Court

April 20, 2020 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that the city of Amsterdam may continue to register number plates to collect parking taxes. The court stated that although the systematic collection, registration, editing, saving and use of data is an infringement of ...
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Forces undermining democracy in the Czech Republic

March 20, 2020 • by The League of Human Rights

Hundreds of people protested against “forces undermining democratic institutions in the Czech Republic” in Prague on Sunday. The movement is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Babiš over his alleged conflict of interest, and recently opposed t...
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Dutch Parliament Called to Investigate All Foreign Religious Interference

February 26, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Four Islamic organisations have asked the Dutch Parliament to investigate unwanted foreign interference in all religions. At the moment, investigations are limited to mosques and Islamic organisations. According to the organisations, the focus on one r...
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Dutch Court Rules Welfare Surveillance System Violates ECHR

February 12, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The District Court of The Hague has ruled that the government must stop profiling citizens using using large scale data analysis to trace social benefits fraud. SyRI (System Risk Indication) disproportionately violates the private lives of citizens bec...
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- Article 8 ECHR
- humanrightsviolation
EU Member States Must Fix Gender Pay Gap

February 04, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The gender pay gap is persistent in the Netherlands and other European countries. The European Parliament has demanded an ambitious strategy from the European Commission with binding regulations for member states to combat this issue. The Netherlands I...
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- gender discrimination
- equal pay