United Nations Human Rights Committee points out Supreme Court violation of treaty provision
Under international conventions, defendants in criminal cases are entitled to have their cases adjudicated in two factual instances. In the Netherlands, those factual bodies are the...
Will there finally be some acceleration in the syrupy criminal justice process? Almost anyone who has been involved in a criminal trial will be able to...
Radboud University researchers: insufficient protection of personal data when processing bulk data in criminal cases
The digitisation of society has significantly increased the ability of investigative authorities to gather data. Many files that could serve as evidence...
The deprivation claim stems from the Plukze legislation. At the request of the prosecution, the court can impose an obligation on a convicted person to pay a sum of money...
Behavioural influencing and freedom restricting measure (CSM) is increasingly imposed.
Since the entry into force of the Long-Term Supervision Act in 2018, it has become increasingly common for the court to impose a behavioural modification order on a particular group of convicted...
New law allowed van Lienden to be more easily ousted as a director by the prosecution
And why the prosecution will use this tool even more often It will have escaped few people's attention that S. (Sywert) Van Lienden and two others have this...
The cabinet is currently working on a legislative amendment that should allow judges to require suspects to participate in their trial by video link on the grounds of "serious security risks" and...
When carrying out police duties, investigating officers regularly want to search a means of transport or a residence. If there is discovery in the act or if there are...
Prosecution should stay away from confidential communications with lawyers
Certain professionals in the Netherlands have a statutory duty of confidentiality. People seeking medical or legal help, for example, must be confident that their information will be kept in...
