Netherlands

Freedom of association

NETHERLANDS: Draft bill on transparency of civil society organizations: foundations and associations must publish donations and financial data
(Meijburg & Co)  On December 21, 2018, the Minister for Legal Protection published the draft bill on the Civil Society Organizations Transparency ...
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Freedom of expression

NETHERLANDS: Zwarte Piet protestors make complaint about inclusion on terrorism list
(Dutch News) The Kick Out Zwarte Piet campaign group has made a formal complaint to the justice ministry about being included ...
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NETHERLANDS: Dutch state sued for risk profiling of citizens
(Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten) On March 27, 2018, a coalition of NGO’s (NCJM,  Privacy First, KDVP, Platform Bescherming Burgerrechten ...
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Freedom of assembly

NETHERLANDS: Court decisions on climate activists uphold freedom of assembly standards
- Analysis by ECNL, published on 27 November 2020, accessible here On October 22, 2020, the Subdistrict Court of Amsterdam ...
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NETHERLANDS: Analysis of the Dutch draft law on temporary Covid-19 measures
Analysis originally published by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) on 5 October 2020 While the Dutch draft law ...
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NETHERLANDS: Zwarte Piet protestors make complaint about inclusion on terrorism list
(Dutch News) The Kick Out Zwarte Piet campaign group has made a formal complaint to the justice ministry about being included ...
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NETHERLANDS: ‘Right to Protest Is Under Pressure’ – Dutch Ombudsman
(Liberties.eu) A new report from the national ombudsman finds that Dutch municipalities and the police are increasingly restricting protesters in what ...
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NETHERLANDS: Open letter on violation of the right to freedom of assembly and conduct of law enforcement at an anti-Zwarte Piet protest
(ENAR) ENAR open letter to Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands and Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister for Security and Justice raising ...
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Civic freedoms and the Covid-19 pandemic: a snapshot of restrictions and attacks
Article originally published in CIVICUS Monitor. In April 2020, just one month after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak ...
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NETHERLANDS: According to new Ducth draft act, CSOs would be obliged to publish personal information of certain donors
(European Centre for Not-for-profit Law) In December 2018, the Dutch Ministry for Legal Protection published a draft Act on Transparency of ...
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Regulating Political Activity of Civil Society: a comparative analysis of regulation of civil society organisations’ “political activity” and international funding – Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Finland
(CIVICUS and Irish Council for Civil Liberties) Ireland has a vibrant and diverse civil society. An estimated 29,000 civil society organisations ...
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NETHERLANDS: Rita Alsouliman – raising her voice to have a saying on the Syrian dispora in the country
BACKGROUND: Rita Alsouliman comes from Homs (Syria) and lives in Utrecht (Netherlands). She is one of the 15 young Syrian leaders ...
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NETHERLANDS: Reimagining democracy: ‘Dutch citizens feel a major disconnect from politics ’
(CIVICUS) The special theme of the 2018 State of Civil Society Report will be ‘reimagining democracy’. The report will explore how ...
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