Third report on the Netherlands

Since the publication of ECRI's second report on the Netherlands 15 december 2000 Progress has been made in a number of areas discussed in the report. The Netherlands has signed various international instruments which are important for combating racism and racial discrimination, notably the 12th Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. It also has an effect of criminal, civil and administrative law provisions against racism and racial discrimination occurred, which is shown by the in 2004 set higher maximum penalties for systematically committing a number of racist crimes. We are working on a network of professional agencies to combat racism throughout the country, in order to better protect victims of racism and racial discrimination and to monitor these phenomena.