Netherlands

Human Rights in KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants ...
18 December 2008

On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how ...

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Migration-related detention: A global concern
1 December 2008

Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people ...

Report       POL 33/004/2008

Arrest of Radovan Karadžic a major step towards justice | Amnesty ...
22 July 2008

The former Bosnian Serb leader could be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands either this weekend or early ...

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European Union - Rising to the Challenge of Protecting Human ...
30 June 2008

This booklet is designed for those directly involved in the implementation of the ‘European Guidelines on Human Rights defenders’. The purpose of the Guidelines ...

Report       EUR 01/009/2008

The Netherlands: The detention of irregular migrants and asylum ...
27 June 2008

Each year some 20000 irregular migrants and asylum-seekers are detained in the Netherlands , where the use and duration of detention and other restrictive measures ...

Report       EUR 35/002/2008

UN examines human rights in member countries | Amnesty ...
7 April 2008

All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.

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Compilation of recommendations to the countries under review ...
1 April 2008

This document contains recommendations made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, India ...

Document       IOR 41/041/2008

Netherlands: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: First ...
21 November 2007

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D (as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information ...

Report       EUR 35/001/2007

Ensuring protection? The European Union and human rights defenders
10 May 2007

This report presents Amnesty International's assessment of the implementation of the European Union of Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders mainly during 2006 based ...

Newsletter       EUR 01/007/2007