The bitcoin currency hit a record value of $ 40,000 on the exchange this week. Bitcoin, as is well known, is a crypto currency and now a recognised means of payment....
Self-defence. A right that sometimes has to be fought for.
People are regularly summoned in the Netherlands for using violence against another person. The defence is then also regularly put forward that there was...
The system of promotion and relegation is going down the drain, but why?
In late June last year, the Punishment and Protection Act was passed by the Senate. There is a good chance that the law will actually take effect. Noteworthy...
The more difficult it becomes to solve crimes, the more the prosecution pushes the limits of what is permissible. Whether the prosecution is pushing the limits...
Netherlands does not extradite wanted persons to Poland for the time being. Insufficient confidence in functioning Polish legal system.
It should not be a foregone conclusion that countries should surrender their own nationals (or persons residing there) at the request of another country to be...
'Earthquake for organised crime'read the headline of the public prosecutor's office's press release of 2 July last, after it was announced that more than...
Not getting anywhere with the medical service? Follow the correct procedures!
Right to medical care Every detainee is entitled to medical care. In any case, this means that an institution doctor, a dentist, psychologist or a psychiatrist...
Appearing in court becomes more of a tactical choice in criminal proceedings
Whether the one-half-metre society mentioned by the government will be workable and liveable in practice in the longer term remains questionable, to say the least....
And what are the penal legislators' good intentions this year?
Now that the gunpowder fumes from the huge amount of fireworks set off have cleared, a brief review of the laws and regulations that will apply on 1 January 2020 is...
Advances in science can lead to new forensic-technical investigation methods, which can still confirm a convicted person's statement after an irrevocable conviction. In...
