Netherlands
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- 1815, amended several times, last in 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law with additions from the French penal conception; judicial review of legislative acts is not provided
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, First Chamber (Eerste Kamer) and Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed for life by the Monarch)
RELIGIONS
31% Catholic; 20% Protestant; 5.5% Muslim, other, 41% none
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
the Netherlands voted in favour of the Resolution...
the Netherlands voted in favour of the Resolution...
- OCTOBER 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DUTCH-IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN
Dutch-Iranian human rights activist Abdullah al-Mansouri was allegedly sentenced to death in Iran and may be executed within 48 hours, reports said.
- JUNE 12, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Amin Mrini, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin...
Amin Mrini, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin...
- JANUARY 1, 2007NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. IRANIAN GAYS CAN STAY - FOR THE TIME BEING
the Netherlands Parliament has rebuffed a call by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to end a moratorium on the deportation of gay asylum seekers from Iran.
- MARCH 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. MINISTER WANTS TO SEND GAY IRANIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS BACK
Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk planned to send Iranian homosexual asylum-seekers back home after cancelling a six-month reprieve, a letter to parliament revealed.
- JANUARY 16, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. TWO FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
Lin Hau Yang and Edy Tang, on death row in Bangkok, had their death sentences for drug convictions confirmed by the Thai high court, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
HOLLAND-SWEDEN. GAY EXTRADITIONS TO IRAN BLOCKED
the Netherlands has become the second country to halt extraditions of gays to Iran in the wake of reports two gay teens were hanged after being found found "guilty of homosexuality".
- APRIL 20, 2005NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.