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Netherlands

Signature of the Third Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Extradition [20/12/2011]
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits the Netherlands [02/11/2011]
 Acceptation of the Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession [30/06/2011]
Acceptation of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters [20/12/2010]
Signature of the Council of Europe Convention on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession[16/09/2010]
European Day of Civil Justice, 25 October 2010 [07/10/2010]
Acceptance for the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xénophobic nature committed through computer systems and the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism [22/07/2010]
Acceptance for the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings   [22/04/2010]
Acceptance for the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse [02/03/2010]
The Netherlands - The denial of the right to shelter for children unlawfully present on its territory is contrary to the Revised Charter – Decision on the merits of the collective complaint Defence for Children International (DCI) v. the Netherlands (no. 47/2008) [01/03/2010]
Publication of the first cycle opinion of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities [17/02/2010]
Signature of the European Convention on the Adoption of Children (Revised) [30/11/2009]
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes response of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [04/02/2009]