Everyone has the right to protest. International students and employees at educational institutions in the Netherlands also have this right, regardless of their residence status. PILP has received many questions about whether and how participation in a demonstration can affect the residence permits of international students and employees at educational institutions. In this analysis, PILP […]

Four climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion Twente planned to demonstrate in Hengelo on May 25, 2024. The demonstration was supposed to have been a small demonstration on the climate crisis, calling on the public to participate in follow-up actions and activities around climate justice. The mayor of Hengelo imposed as many as 10 restrictions […]

The National Institute on Human Rigths (NIHR) ruled on 25 July 2024 that ING discriminated in checks for terrorist financing. The bank wrongfully froze customers’ accounts and asked them extra questions about transactions solely because of their surname or the inclusion of a so-called “non-Dutch-sounding” name in the description. This particularly greatly affected people of […]

Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) and Stichting Nederland Wordt Beter (NLWB) peacefully demonstrated on November 25, 2023 in Slochteren against the discriminatory parts of the Sinterklaas parade there. The mayor of Midden-Groningen had imposed several restrictions on this demonstration. The mayor had done so for fear of disorder. KOZP and NLWB found this fear unjustified […]

Due to discriminatory caravan policies, Sinti, Roma and Travellers in The Hague sometimes have to wait a lifetime for a pitch, according to the Volkskrant. In the Volkskrant article, one of the residents also says that his caravan camp was declared unlivable years ago. It is more common for caravan camps to be located in […]

Muslims and people with names considered “foreign” by some experience discrimination by banks. This has also been reported by the National Coordinator against Discrimination and Racism. These citizens face anti-terrorism investigations, have to answer extensive questions, cannot open a bank account, or experience their account or transactions being blocked. This also affects individuals who transfer […]

The court finds in favour of Taubah Foundation and determines that the Municipality of Veenendaal must provide Taubah with various documents surrounding the secret investigation. This is because Taubah has made it sufficiently plausible that the municipality acted unlawfully towards it. The court rejected Taubah’s request to see the secret NTA report. According to the […]

For a large group of children in the Netherlands, the future looks brighter: from today, families with children may no longer be cut off from drinking water for good. This practice has been stopped by the court’s ruling in the lawsuit filed by Defence for Children Netherlands and the Dutch Legal Committee for Human Rights […]

The right to demonstrate is a nationally, European and internationally recognized human right. But the right to demonstrate and related right to freedom of expression is under pressure worldwide, including in the Netherlands. Recently, the Universities of the Netherlands and the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences published the Directive on Protests by Universities and […]