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
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from...
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from nearly all parliamentary parties including his own LPF
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member...
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member of the anti-immigration party of murdered populist Pim Fortuyn, sparked outrage after calling for the return of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process...
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- OCTOBER 10, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing...
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing and health benefits of CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison last September, after the U
- JUNE 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry...
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry into Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence from mosques in Holland
- MAY 9, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 3, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European...
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- JANUARY 1, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a...
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a person could face the death penalty
- OCTOBER 25, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after...
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after being accused of involvement in a heroin-smuggling ring
- APRIL 25, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The 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 on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art