A Q&A with Jelle Klaas about strategic litigation for the protection of human rights in the Netherlands. He explains what strategic litigation exactly entails and why it is necessary to develop it in the Netherlands. Click here for the interview [Dutch].
The team of PILP visits travellers’ sites
Last week the team of PILP visited various travellers’ sites. The team was startled by what they have seen and heard from the residents. With their own eyes they have seen what happens to the mobile home plots after they have been repealed: these are replaced by concrete blocks (see …
Press Release launch PILP
Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists launches new project in the Netherlands Public Interest Litigation Project LEIDEN, The Netherlands – 8 October, 2014. Today the Dutch section of the International Commission Jurists (NJCM) launches an initiative that is unique in the Netherlands: the Public Interest Litigation Project (PILP). …
Radio 1 Interview
This morning the official kick-off of PILP took place in the studio of Radio 1. Jelle Klaas talked about the necessity to get human rights in the Netherlands on the agenda. In this discussion he focussed on the extinction policy of mobile homes and human rights education. Click here to …
Installation project board PILP
PILP has installed a project board comprised of mr. dr. Marloes van Noorloos, mr. dr. Eva Rieter, mr. Herman Veerbeek, prof. Mr. Tom Barkhuysen, mr. Maxim Ferschtman, prof. mr. Jenny Goldschmidt, dr. Jeff Handmaker and mr. Folkert Jensma. Marloes van Noorloos is chair of the Dutch section of the International Commission …