PILP commissioned the Leiden Law Clinic to do legal research on the accessibility of trains in the Netherlands. They looked at the legal opportunities for citizens and interest groups to complain to the court about the lack of toilets in the train. The research focused on whether carriers in the …
Reaction to the letter of the Minister on the issue concerning student mothers
March 25th 2016 The joint statement of Proefprocessenfond Clara Wichmann, Vereniging Vrouw en Recht, FNV Vrouw, Nederlandse Vrouwenraad, PILP-NJCM, Steunpunt Studerende Moeders on the reaction of the Minister on pregnant students and student mothers briefly constitutes the following: The organisations are glad to read that the Minister is willing to …
Complaint against advertising campaign Suitsupply filed to Dutch Advertising Code Authority
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 …
Response from Minister Bussemaker on our letter concerning student mothers
On September 18th 2015 the PILP has written a letter together with Stichting Steunpunt Studerende Moeders, FNV Vrouw, Clara Wichmann Proefprocessenfonds and the Nederlandse Vrouwenraad to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The ministry was asked to give answers to the letter that had formerly been sent by 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. …