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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 ...
Human rights under pressure globally in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic
The Human Rights Report 2020 gives a detailed account of the results of Dutch human rights policy.
Lilit Martirosyan, winner of the 2020 Human Rights Tulip, to open community centre for transgender people and sex workers
‘Since winning the Human Rights Tulip in 2020 I’ve felt stronger and more protected, knowing that the Dutch government is on my ...
Nominations Human Rights Tulip 2021
The nomination period for the Human Rights Tulip is closed. A total of 74 nominations were received. These nominations will be ...
Additional aid to support school enrolment for girls in developing countries
The Netherlands will make an additional €50 million available to ensure that more children, and in particular girls, in ...
The Netherlands announces intention to earmark €2 million to combat impunity
At a digital event dedicated to fighting impunity, which was organised in collaboration with International Commission of Jurists ...
Lilit Martirosyan receives Human Rights Tulip 2020
The Human Rights Tulip 2020 was awarded today to Lilit Martirosyan. Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok presented the prize ...
Introducing the European Human Rights Ambassadors: A Joint Blog
Nominations Human Rights Tulip 2020
The nomination period for the Human Rights Tulip re-opened on June 22 and closed on 26 June.
2015 Human Rights Tulip to be awarded to IRA-Mauritania
The 2015 Human Rights Tulip will be awarded on International Human Rights Day, Thursday 10 December, to IRA-Mauritania, an ...