Council for the Judiciary

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Close-up of a judge’s gavel
Crime
Dutch Council warns against limiting judges’ powers in assault cases
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Data privacy
BusinessTech
Major data breach hits Custodial Institutions Agency, staff details exposed
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Cybercrime
Business
Data Protection Authority in hot water: personal info leaked amidst security oversight
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
CrimeBusiness
Don't ban community service sentences for attacks on first responders, judges say
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Dutch police station.
CrimePolitics
Dutch police to strip victim and witness data from crime reports to curb intimidation
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Woman cupping an elderly woman's hand
HealthBusiness
Record number of elderly in the Netherlands facing forced nursing home admissions
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
Politics
Council for the Judiciary urges PVV Minister not to submit her asylum bills
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Judge in The Hague accused of falsifying information on appeal rulings
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Crime scene tape with a police car in the background
Crime
6% increase in crimes committed in the Netherlands last year
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
CrimeHealth
Victims, attorneys want courts to handle more cases; thousands delayed by Covid-19
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
Crime
Call to better protect crime victims' privacy
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
CrimePolitics
Judiciary Council calls politicians to stop blaming judges for unpleasant rulings
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Court sentences 11% harsher than 20 years ago
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Crowded train station in the Netherlands
Business
Dutch increasingly changing their first names
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monster truck crash
Crime
Prosecutor puts video about monster truck accident on YouTube
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Police guard in a detention center
Crime
Crime reports, arrests fall in Netherlands for 2nd straight year
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Gavel
Business
Sharp drop in human traffickers prosecuted in Netherlands
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Innovation
New datamining law draws ire from Dutch judiciary
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Lady Justice (Photo: Roland Zumbuehl/Wikimedia Commons)
Crime
Justice Ministry scraps mediation in criminal cases: Report
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Lady Justice statue
Politics
Judiciary budget too dependent on politics, says judiciary boss
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Gavel
Crime
Human trafficking convictions fall to ten-year low
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A woman is being arrested
Crime
Netherlands crime rate falls across all categories
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A woman is being arrested
Crime
False imprisonment costs Dutch society €29 million per year: report
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Crime
Crime sentences tougher on ethnic minorities: new research