Today, on international women’s day, the Clara Wichmann Proefprocessenfonds and the PILP have submitted a complaint to the Dutch Advertising Code Authority. The complaint regards the sexist stereotyping of the ‘Toy Boys’ advertising campaign of Suitsupply. The PILP prepared the human rights aspects of the complaint. It is important to …
Article on the extinction policy of mobile sites in the NTM/NJCM-Bulletin
The last year’s latest issue of the NTM/NJCM-Bulletin has published an article written by Leonie Huijbers, coordinator of the PILP-file ‘extinction policy traveller sites’ with the title ‘The mobile sites’ policy in the Netherlands from a human rights point of view’(NTM/NJCM-Bull. 2015, p. 387-417). In this article Huijbers assess the …
Complaint against new advertising campaign Suitsupply
The new so-called ‘Toy Boys’ campaign of Suitsupply has given reason for much criticism. The campaign is allegedly sexist. Subsequently, the Clara Wichmann Proefprocessenfonds intend to file a complaint against this new advertising campaign. The PILP also played a role in this issue. It has become clear that the Dutch …
Publication of the researches regarding the file: Arms Trade and Human Rights
As to date it is possible to read the researches from students with regard to our file on Arms Trade and Human Rights. The summaries and conclusions of those researches were already published before. The students have each done a study on the several legal aspects on preventing arms exports …
Another letter to Facebook after failure to officially reply to us
On January 21st 2016 the lawyers of Boekx have written another letter to Facebook in co-operation with PILP and other pressure groups and two individual users of Facebook. In this letter, Facebook has been requested to publicly engage in the political discussion on privacy-protection between the United States and the …
Oss inhabitant may keep his caravan-pitch, setting aside the ‘extinction policy’ of the municipality
‘s-HERTOGENBOSCH. On January 14th 2016 the lower court of East-Brabant decided in favour of a traveller from Oss who wanted to continue renting the caravan pitch of his deceased mother. With this decision, the court set aside the policy of the municipality of Oss which aims to extinguish mobile sites. …
Letter to Facebook Inc. regarding the violation of EU Privacylaw
Letter to Facebook Inc. regarding the violation of EU Privacylaw Together with Privacy First Foundation, Bits of Freedom, the Dutch Platform for the Protection of Civil Rights and two EU-citizens, PILP wrote a letter to Facebook asking the company to stop the transfer of personal data to the US authorities. …
Reseach on sexism and the CEDAW
The PILP, in cooperation with the Clara Wichmann Proefprocessenfonds, has requested several legal researchers to investigate the applicability of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in cases of alleged public sexism. The PILPG has conducted research into this topic. The first research of …
The Hague court of appeal: State may not tap attorneys’ phone conversations without prior review by an independent body
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, the Hague court of appeal held that both the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service and the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service may not tap telephone conversations in which lawyers are engaged. Security Services may only tap conversations if such a measure has been reviewed …
Research on arms trade and human rights
The PILP, in cooperation with Stop Wapenhandel [Stop Arms Trade], has requested several parties to conduct research concerning the judicial possibilities to prevent arms exports to notorious and human rights violating countries. The PILPG and students from Leiden University, the University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, and the University of Groningen …