Category: Netherlands

Start of international scientific research program regarding slavery past News item | 10-04-2024 | 21:00 The colonial slavery past of the Netherlands and its impact have had a profound effect on various countries worldwide. Nevertheless, the knowledge available about this joint slavery past has been written primarily from a colonial perspective. In order to enhance […]

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Extra measures to tackle capacity problems in prisons News item | 15-03-2024 | 14:24 Minister Weerwind of Legal Protection is taking additional measures to address the capacity shortage in prisons. Due to staff shortages at the Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI), two additional temporary emergency measures have been put into effect. People who have outstanding sentences […]

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Digital VOG available soon for everyone News item | 19-03-2024 | 13:00 As of mid-May, a Certificate of Good Conduct (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag, VOG) will be available to everyone digitally. Screening authority Justis is introducing this new method of receipt. Starting tomorrow, 20 March, the digital receipt of a VOG in the mijnoverheid.nl inbox […]

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New act to address sexual offences enters into force on July 1, 2024 News item | 20-03-2024 | 07:00 Victims of sexual assault and sexually transgressive behaviour will be better protected under the criminal legislation as of 1 July this year. This week, the Senate approved a broad revision of legislation through the Sexual Offences […]

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Nieuwe Instituut appointed as curator of the cultural programme for the Netherlands’ participation at World Expo 2025 in Osaka News item | 04-04-2024 | 17:04  The Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have commissioned Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut to curate the cultural programme for the participation of the Netherlands at […]

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Foreign minister Hanke Bruins Slot to open conference on conflict-related sexual violence News item | 26-03-2024 | 11:11 From Tuesday 26 March to Thursday 28 March 2024, the Netherlands and the UN are hosting the International Conference of Prosecutors on Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The conference will […]

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NSOC partnership in tackling organised crime continued News item | 22-03-2024 | 17:00 The National Collaboration against Subversive Crime (Nationale Samenwerking tegen Ondermijnende Criminaliteit – NSOC) will be extended for at least two years. Cooperation between the police, the Public Prosecution Service (OM), Customs, the Tax Authority, the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (Fiod), the […]

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More effective joint regulation of illicit asset seizure in the EU News item | 22-03-2024 | 18:00 An amendment to the bill to seize illicit assets without a prior criminal conviction will be introduced. This is necessary to tie in with agreements made at European level in the Confiscation Directive at the end of 2023 […]

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The Netherlands makes 10 million euros available for maritime corridor to Gaza News item | 19-03-2024 | 15:03 The Netherlands will contribute 10 million euros to the renewed initiative to get aid into Gaza by sea. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Geoffrey van Leeuwen, announced this in Cyprus during a visit to […]

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