Lawsuit over Ethnic Profiling in the Media

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June 15, 2021
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On June 15, 2021, the District Court of The Hague heard the case on ethnic profiling by the Royal Netherlands Military Constabulary (KMar). A coalition of citizens and civil society organizations took the state to court. The KMar’s current policy allows ethnicity to play a role in border controls. This leads to discrimination, which is why the coalition asked the court to put an end to this.

This case and the hearing have received a lot of media attention. Below is an overview of some of the reports:

Trouw: “Citizens want ethnic profiling at the border to stop: ‘unfair and humiliating'”.

AD: “Eindhoven councillor in case against marechaussee: ‘considered a potential criminal because of skin color'”

Hart van Nederland: “Ethnic profiling at border control is painful and must stop”.

NU.nl: “Proceedings to ban ethnicity as reason for control marechaussee”.

Volkskrant: “I don’t want to live in a society where we think ethnic profiling is normal”.

NOS: “Lawsuit against military police for ethnic profiling”.

RTL News: “Royal Marechaussee in court over ethnic profiling in checks.”

The verdict in this case is expected on Sept. 22, 2021. Read more about this case here, or learn more about strategic litigation against ethnic profiling here.

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