Netherlands
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Overview
Undocumented migrants continued to be deprived of their rights. New security legislation threatened to undermine human rights and the rule of law. Ethnic profiling by police continued to be a pressing concern, as was the use of Tasers in day-to-day policing.
Death penalty status
Abolitionist for all crimes
Does not use the death penalty
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