In this submission Amnesty International comments on the implementation of recommendations the Netherlands supported during its previous UPR in 2008. Amnesty International notes that the Netherlands needs to formally establish a national preventative mechanism for independent inspections of places of detention. There is a lack of effective engagement between government and civil society on human rights issues and human rights education remains a matter of choice of individual schools. The high level of detention of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers continues to give rise to concern.
