The Dutch Human Rights Board has stated in their ruling on December 19 that the extinction policy of traveller sites, enforced in the Dutch municipality of Oss, amounts to discrimination. PILP is pleased with the judgement, as it reinforces our view on travellers sites being discriminatory. For the full judgement …
The Public Interest Litigation Project of the NJCM co-plaintiff in summary judgment Retention Act
PILP is co-plaintiff in the proceedings brought against the State regarding the Dutch Data Retention Act. This Act was created to satisfy the obligations on the State set out by the European Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC). However, this Act was declared to be invalid with retroactive effect by the European Court of …
Article in “Het Wiel”
The Traveller’s magazine “Het Wiel” has published an article about PILP and our activities against the extinction policy. Click here for the article [Dutch].
Research relating to the legitimacy of the extinction policy of travellers’ sites
PILP has, in association with the University of Utrecht let carry out an investigation to travellerspolicy. This research is carried out by Rachel Dijkstra and has the title: ‘Is the extinction policy of travellers sites in the Netherlands legitimate?‘ In the text Dijkstra analyses the international and European human rights …