‘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. …
Call For Student Researchers to Conduct Legal Research Regarding Arms Trade
The Netherlands are the 9th biggest arms exporter in the world. The Netherlands issues arms export licenses worth around 1 billion euro’s annually, some destined for conflict areas or areas with a problematic human rights situation. As such, weapons have been exported from the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Pakistan in the past. Every …
Announcement of summary judgement date Retention Act
In the Dutch Data Retention Act case the legal procedure for a summary judgement against the State has started. The summary judgement will take place on February 18, 2015 at 11:00 at the The Hague District Court. We have made use of internet consultation [Dutch]. You can read the official subpoena here [Dutch]. For …
Dutch Human Rights Board judgement: extinction policy is discriminatory
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 …
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 …
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