Commentary on the Fourth Periodic Report of the Netherlands on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR)
- Document number
- 1982
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Commentary on the Fourth Periodic Report of the Netherlands on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR)
- Author/publisher
- Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists/Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten, NJCM
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Human Rights approach, International Human Rights Law, International cooperation; Inter-organisational co-operation, International law;
- Summary
- This document contains the comments of 14 Dutch NGOs (hereinafter the Dutch NGOs) on the Fourth Periodic Report of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Fourth Periodic Report of the Netherlands covers the period from 2001 to 2005. The Dutch NGOs welcome the opportunity provided by the Human Rights Committee (hereinafter the Committee or HRC) to submit their report for consideration during this session. The present NGO report focuses on the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In this report, the Dutch NGOs first would like to make three general observations, followed by comments and recommendations on an article-by-article basis. Finally, an overview is given of all recommendations in the light of the various articles. The Dutch NGOs sincerely hope that the findings in this report will lead to an open debate and a fruitful dialogue between the Committee members and the Government delegation
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