News - Human rights

1. Feminist foreign policy explained

   The Netherlands is keen to reduce inequality and to achieve gender and LBGTIQ+ equality all over the world, so the Ministry of ...

   News item | 18-11-2022 | 13:13

2. Take part in Human Rights Week

   In 2022 a new Dutch initiative is being launched: Human Rights Week will take place from 5 to 10 December. What are human rights? ...

   News item | 08-11-2022 | 09:48

3. Human Rights Tulip 2022: this is the shortlist

   Each year the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards a human rights defender somewhere in the world a prize: the Human Rights Tulip. ...

   News item | 21-10-2022 | 09:27

4. 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.

   News item | 27-10-2021 | 10:00

5. 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 ...

   News item | 10-12-2020 | 17:26

6. 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 ...

   News item | 08-12-2015 | 13:25