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Human Rights Day: what can embassies do?
Working through its embassies, the Netherlands promotes human rights and supports human rights activists wherever it can. But ...
Peruvian photojournalist Atoq finds safe haven in Shelter City The Hague
Atoq, a Peruvian photojournalist, has begun a three-month residency in The Hague under the Shelter City programme. The programme ...
Sexual violence to be tackled more swiftly and more often
Thanks to updates to legislation, more criminal cases involving the prosecution of rape, sexually transgressive behaviour online ...
Fighting AIDS restores hope
Worldwide, 37.5 million people are living with HIV and AIDS. For more than 20 years, Els Klinkert has been committed to fighting ...
Three quarters of Dutch citizens recognise NL-Alert thanks to test message
Three quarters of Dutch citizens (74%) who received an NL-Alert test message last year have learned to recognise an NL-Alert sent ...
Evening closures and stricter measures during the day
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has never been as high as during the past few weeks. Access to healthcare ...
Gender-based violence is the biggest pandemic of all
Violence against women and girls is a huge problem. Both in the Netherlands and abroad. One in every three women worldwide ...
Ridding the world of landmines
Every year landmines claim thousands of victims, often long after a conflict has been resolved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
Netherlands continuing to push for greener export finance
The Netherlands is working together with a coalition of countries to make global export finance even greener. This is the outcome ...
High number of shell companies detrimental to the Netherlands, says Committee
Shell companies contribute little to the Dutch economy, impose a disproportionate cost on developing countries in terms of lost ...