03 February 2017
EU Implementation of Anti-Corruption Treaties Insufficient, New Report Argues
NHC Co-Organises a Conference on “Strengthening the Rule of Law: Ideals and Interests”
27 January 2017
On Monday, January 30, a conference will be held on "Strengthening the Rule of Law: Ideals and Interests" in The Hague.Concerns over the rule of law in Poland
13 January 2016
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee joined an appeal by the Civic Solidarity Platform NGO, expressing concern about amendments in the Polish media and judiciary legislation. Report: Russian “Black Money” in the EU
18 December 2015
The Expert Group on Fighting Transborder Corruption of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum issued a new report with two new case studies on investments of Russian companies in the European Union: the Nord Stream project and the Transmashholding company.Stricter controls needed to avoid transborder corruption and excessive environmental damage in investment projects in Russia
30 June 2015
Better safeguards are needed against international complicity in the use of opaque and improper procedures in realizing large scale extraction and industrial projects in Russia. These procedures, as well as the track record of Russian counterparts, give rise to suspicions of involvement in corruption from the side of international partners.NHC speaks at parliamentary hearing on rule of law in European Union
29 April 2014
NHC Chairman Ian de Jong was one of the speakers at a round table discussion of the Dutch parliament on the rule of law in Europe.NHC: The Netherlands should continue to promote rule of law across the whole of Europe
25 October 2012
At the NHC 25th anniversary reception, Chairman Ian de Jong of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee called for the Netherlands to not look away from problems in the maintainance of the rule of law and human rights in wider Europe.Cooperation Turkey and the Netherlands: A Basic Course Regulatory Impact Assessment
16 October 2012
In September 2012 a group of officials from the Turkish Ministry of Justice explored Dutch solutions to reduce administrative burden in regulatory systems in a Basic Course Regulatory Impact Assessment in The Hague.
