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
- APRIL 26, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands cosponsored the resolution on the death...
Netherlands cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 18, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Affairs Ministry Buitenlandse Zaken said that...
Foreign Affairs Ministry Buitenlandse Zaken said that some 67% of the Dutch population support the admittance of 13 central and eastern European countries, including Turkey, into the European Union and 25% of those asked said countries should not have to
- JANUARY 11, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
200 Kurds in The Hague joined a Europe-wide demonstration...
200 Kurds in The Hague joined a Europe-wide demonstration to protest against the death sentence imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 1, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art
- APRIL 28, 1999NetherlandsDEATH 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 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art