Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Gavel
Gavel - Credit: Brian Turner / Flickr - License: CC-BY
Crime
College of Human Rights
discrimination
discrimination based on race
discrimination based on religion
discrimination based on sexuality
discrimination based on disability
discrimination based on gender
Discrimination Monitor
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 - 07:31
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Discrimination reports surge by nearly 50 percent in Netherlands

The Dutch College of Human Rights received a total of 3.143 reports of discrimination last year, according to the Discirimination Monitor the College published on Tuesday for International Human Rights Day. In 2015 there were 2,148 reports and in the year before that 1,786, ANP reports.

The most significant increases compared to 2015 could be seen in reports of discrimination based on race, from 297 in 2015 to 595, based on religion from 86 to 181 and based on sexual orientation from 32 to 63. Percentage wise race discrimination is the biggest problem the College currently deals with, 26 percent of the reports are related to race. Discrimination based on a disability or chronic illness comes in a close second place with 25 percent of the reports.

The number of requests for a ruling also increased last year, with 41 to 463 requests. Here discrimination based on disability was the basis of most cases, followed by race and gender. About a third of the cases resulted in a judgment. In 73 percent the organizations took measures to prevent further discrimination following the judgment.

There is no clear cause for the increase in the number of discrimination cases, a spokesperson for the College said to ANP. But the reputation of the College for Human Rights plays a role. "We've now existed for four years and needed soe time as an organization to build a reputation" An increase in the willingness to report discrimination also may have played a role.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Official shell counting day: Counting seashells on Dutch beaches for science
  • Cabinet wants to make industry more sustainable more quickly
  • Lawsuit against 41-year-old sperm donor who fathered more than 500 children worldwide
  • Scientist Rebellion blocked private jet area; 80 XR climate activists arrested
  • Over 340 municipalities refuse to implement energy surcharge for low-income households for Cabinet
  • No further consequences for air traffic due to XR protest at Eindhoven Airport

Top stories

  • Extinction Rebellion protesters enter grounds of Eindhoven Airport, blocking private jet area
  • The Netherlands moves clocks forward 1 hour overnight
  • Code yellow for squalls along the coast and in Zuid-Limburg
  • The Netherlands' modern day Robin Hood helping tenants fight greedy landlords
  • Deliveroo couriers are salaried employees, not freelancers, Supreme Court rules
  • 7-year-old girl killed in accident with Utrecht city bus; Boy, 5, seriously hurt

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content