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Koenders in Geneva for Human Rights Council and disarmament conference
On Monday foreign minister Bert Koenders will take part in the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council, where he will ...
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 ...
The Netherlands to support independent Russian-language media
The Netherlands is earmarking €1.3 million to support independent Russian-language journalism. According to Bert Koenders, ...
Koenders urges Burundi to prevent large-scale violence
The Burundian government must do everything it can to prevent civil war in the African country. Those were the words of the ...
Koenders: broad-based dialogue on human rights with China
The Netherlands and China recently held a broad-based dialogue on safeguarding human rights. The situation in both countries was ...
International Commission on Missing Persons to be based in The Hague
Foreign minister Bert Koenders signed an agreement today establishing the headquarters of the International Commission on Missing ...
Relieved Minister Koenders announces release of hostage Anja de Beer
Relieved Minister Koenders announces release of hostage Anja de Beer
The 2015 Human Rights Tulip: public voting starts today
Human Rights Tulip
Koenders: ‘We can’t turn a blind eye to the refugee crisis’
European countries must join forces to solve the refugee crisis, says foreign minister Bert Koenders. He is discussing the ...
Koenders urges release of Syrian human rights activists – heroes of our time
On Sunday, the UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, foreign minister Bert Koenders called for the ...