NJCM submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of the Netherlands
NJCM, the Dutch section of the ICJ, as part of a coalition of Dutch NGOs, made written submissions to the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review of the Netherlands.
The submission addressed the legal status of UN human rights instruments in Dutch law; the role of the Netherlands in setting international human rights law standards; issues in reporting under UN human rights treaties; national processes for assessing compliance with human rights; gender policy and mainstreaming; counter-terrorism policy; rights of aliens; and rights to health and education.
Netherlands-Dutch NGOs-UPR-non-judicial submission-2007 (full text, PDF)