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The Hague District Court has ruled that the Netherlands violated fundamental rights by failing to establish absolute greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in its environmental policy. This groundbreaking decision, stemming from a claim by Greenpeace Netherlands and Bonaire residents, marks the first application of the European Court of Human Rights' KlimaSeniorinnen framework by a Dutch court, requiring states to adopt concrete measures mitigating climate change effects.

On 6 December 2021, the Netherlands became the latest European government to announce plans to introduce mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD)...

The district court in The Hague, has recently ruled that Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. , a member of the Royal Dutch Shell group of companies, is liable to pay compensation to the plaintiff, resident of a Nigerian village.

On 18 August 2025, the Dutch Committee for Human Rights (CRvdM) issued a ruling on equal pay for seafarers on ships registered under the Dutch flag.

On February 7, the Dutch Parliament adopted a bill that would require companies to conduct due diligence as to whether child labor is occurring in their own operations or in their supply chains.

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the government must reduce greenhouse gas emissions on human rights grounds.

On November 13, 2019, the Child Labor Due Diligence Act ("Act") was published in the Dutch Government Gazette.

Withers' Emma Lindsay and Jovana Crncevic published this article ‘Human rights laws could be next frontier for climate court actions' in Bloomberg Law on Tuesday, March 24.

De Tweede Kamer wil een "fundamenteel debat" over het demonstratierecht voeren. Tijdens de formatie is de rechtsstaat centraal komen te staan.

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets has published its feasibility assessment of the Netherlands' implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, identifying four critical conditions for effective enforcement. The ACM's analysis reveals how supervision will operate in practice, including its risk-based approach, handling of cross-border enforcement challenges, and reliance on EU guidance for interpreting open-ended standards.

On 15 March 2024, consensus for a Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was reached by the European Council.

De Europese Commissie is weer aan zet met een nieuw voorstel op het gebied van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen.

The Dutch Senate recently adopted the Child Labour DDA, a new measure with far reaching implications for the sourcing, manufacturing, and consumption of products that contain inputs from the bodies of child laborers.

A draft report adopted by JURI indicates the European Parliament may move to bring the financial sector within the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

On 18 September 2020, the Dutch Socio-Economic Council recommended that the Netherlands enact a mandatory human rights due diligence.

For successful family reunification, most migrants must first integrate abroad. This requirement exists since 2006.

ESG litigation is on the rise. There has been a strong increase in Environmental (climate change) litigation over the past years, as is also demonstrated in figures in the UNEP Report 2023.