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‘It’s truly unacceptable that half of the world’s 160 million child labourers are very young’
According to studies by UNICEF and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), 160 million children worldwide are in child ...
Mandatory quarantine for travellers from more countries with Delta coronavirus variant
The United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal have been designated by the Dutch government as very high risk countries due to ...
Tackling child labour in India: lessons from business
Niels van den Beucken is financial director at Arte, a Dutch company that sells sustainable granite kitchen worktops. When he ...
Historic funerary vase returned to Italy
Today the Netherlands is returning a historic funerary vase to Italy. The vase, which is part of the Dutch national collection, ...
Restricting financial flows in the event of subversion of the rule of law
In order to counter undesirable (foreign) influence and subversion of our Dutch freedoms, democracy and legal order, the Minister ...
Earlier collection of cellular material from suspects for DNA analysis, subject to conditions
With robust safeguards in place, cellular material could be collected from suspects earlier in the criminal process. If a suspect ...
Joint battle to preserve Ghana’s Atewa rainforest
On World Environment Day we spotlight efforts to conserve areas of special significance for nature and biodiversity. In Ghana, ...
Dekker: There will always be a risk of wrongdoing with intercountry adoption
In February, the Joustra committee concluded that, for years, the Netherlands had not acted forcefully enough against wrongdoing ...
‘Travellers appreciate clarity, even if it means they’re not allowed into the Netherlands’
With COVID-19 on the decline, international travel is gradually starting to pick up again. Even so, most non-EU nationals face ...
Flight ban replaced by self-quarantine and two negative test result requirements
From 1 June all travellers from countries with a very high COVID-19 risk will be required to self-quarantine on arrival and show ...