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
- MAY 31, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...
The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European Union will verify Hands Off Cain's forecasts on the outcome of a moratorium resolution at the UN General Assembly and should they be confirmed, prompt a review of the EU's current policy to refrain from
- APRIL 21, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of...
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004NetherlandsDEATH 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 24, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- JANUARY 27, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 13, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia,...
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, sentenced Ang Kim Sui alias Tomy Wijaya, 50, to death for producing and distributing ecstasy pills
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The last execution dates back to 1952
The last execution dates back to 1952
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands, has signed but not yet ratified Protocol...
The Netherlands, has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art
- DECEMBER 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court in Indonesia for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002