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Council of State overturns district court decision: mayors are not empowered to take into account whether Zwarte Piet stereotypes black people
Date: 20 January 2015.
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Wilders suspect of insulting a population group and incitement to discrimination and hatred
Date: 19 November 2014.
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Community sentence for refusing an internship applicant on the ground of his skin colour
Date: 19 November 2014.
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Amsterdam District Court rules that Black Pete is a negative stereotype, municipality has to reconsider decision to grant permit
Date: 16 September 2014.
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NIHR decides that Age Discrimination Act does not apply to website that merely functions as an intermediary
Date: 16 September 2014.
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Minister of Social Affairs and Employment publishes action plan against labour market discrimination
Date: 27 June 2014.
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Series of LGBT-friendly measures adopted by Dutch Parliament
Date: 27 June 2014.
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Muslim pedagogical employee dismissed for refusing to comply with hospital’s clothing requirements
Date: 20 June 2014.
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The NIHR’s Annual Report shows growing amount of questions about discrimination; less opinions delivered
Date: 20 June 2014.
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SCP publishes report on unemployment gap between migrants and Dutch natives
Date: 20 June 2014.
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Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has led his supporters in an anti-Moroccan chant
Date: 9 May 2014.
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The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) published an advice on discriminatory conditions set by sperm donors
Date: 9 May 2014.
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Government decides to temporarily permit age requirements in job ads in the struggle against youth and 50-plus unemployment
Date: 9 May 2014.
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Court upholds decision to grant lower insurance benefit to Turkish woman
Date: 7 March 2014.
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Legal obligation to reach a 5% quota of disabled people may be imposed in 2017
Date: 7 March 2014.
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The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) publishes a large-scale research into discrimination
Date: 7 March 2014.
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Use of age criteria in actuarial calculations judged unlawful, forcing the Netherlands to adjust the Act on Equal Treatment based on Age in Employment (ADA)
Date: 21 January 2014.
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Several government proposals to change the position of older employees in the social system and in the labour market
Date: 3 January 2014.
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ECRI expresses concern about a number of racism-related issues in the Netherlands
Date: 3 December 2013.
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Discrimination in the field of job advertising continues to pose serious problems to older job-seekers
Date: 1 November 2013.
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In response to findings that homosexuals are victims of crime more often, a campaign will be started to encourage that they report incidents to the police.
Date: 10 October 2013.
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Discrimination in the field of education continues to pose serious problems to individuals on the autism spectrum.
Date: 10 October 2013.
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A pet shop that explicitly asks for applicants who are not receiving a welfare benefit makes a forbidden distinction on the grounds of race and disability
Date: 5 July 2013.
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New LGBT-policies announced for the period 2013-2016
Date: 5 July 2013.
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After a decade of debate, blasphemy restrictions formally abolished by Parliament
Date: 19 April 2013.
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