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'Amend the Constitution Regarding Freedom of Education (art. 23)'

November 16, 2020 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Dutch Labour party wants to amend article 23 by making it harder for schools to discriminate while exercising this right. The new article should obligate schools to focus on equal changes for all students and civic education. A change is only possible ...
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Call to Limit Powers of Intelligence Agencies

November 16, 2020 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The massive storage of data by Dutch intelligence services is a violation of to the right to privacy and the protection of personal data. That is why the 2017 Intelligence Act needs to be amended. This law lacks a maximum period for data storage and in...
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- rule of law
- privacy data
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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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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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
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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