News - Ministry of Justice and Security

1. Well over 2.6 million traffic offences in the first four months of 2023

   Records show that there were 2,662,482 traffic offences in the first four months of 2023. These included speeding, illegal ...

   News item | 22-06-2023 | 14:25

2. The United States and The Netherlands Reaffirm their Commitment to Pursuing Justice and Accountability for Russia’s Unlawful Invasion of Ukraine

   Yesterday, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra ...

   News item | 20-06-2023 | 18:45

3. External expertise to improve Pompestichting

   For one year, independent experts will monitor new improvements for the Forensic Psychiatric Centre (FPC) Pompestichting in ...

   News item | 13-06-2023 | 09:55

4. Government focuses on voluntary departure and phased transition to asylum reception for asylum applications from third-country nationals from Ukraine

   On 4 September, the Temporary Protection Directive for third-country nationals with a temporary residence permit in Ukraine will ...

   News item | 08-06-2023 | 11:55

5. Government adopts advice Committee lawyer services to the State

   The government will adopt the recommendations of the Committee lawyer services to the State. Late 2020, this committee issued an ...

   News item | 02-06-2023 | 15:00

6. Proposed amendment Custodial Institutions (Framework) Act to House of Representatives

   The cabinet has agreed to a proposed amendment for the Custodial Institutions (Framework) Act to enable additional measures ...

   News item | 02-06-2023 | 12:28

7. Measures in women’s prisons after inspection report Nieuwersluis PI

   Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind and the Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) are taking measures to tackle ...

   News item | 31-05-2023 | 13:00

8. Threat assessment NCTV: terrorist threat to the Netherlands increased

   The terrorist threat for the Netherlands has increased over the past half year. There are increasingly more signals that jihadist ...

   News item | 30-05-2023 | 16:00

9. Application for grandparent access rights to be easier

   The application process for grandparent access rights to a grandchild when parents are nor cooperative will be easier from now. ...

   News item | 25-05-2023 | 11:56

10. Additional municipalities to tackle youth crime

    The government is to support more municipalities with tackling incidences of youth crime. The area-oriented preventative strategy ...

    News item | 22-05-2023 | 11:53