The Dutch International Commission of Jurists, also known as the Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (NJCM), submitted an alternative report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in March of 2020. (The Netherlands was set to appear before CERD in 2020, however, their appearance was rescheduled for August of 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic) The alternative report begins by stating that “the Kingdom’s constitutional framework provides the European Netherlands with a greater distribution of power in the Kingdom government” which creates a situation where “the view of the elected governments of Aruba, Curaçao ...
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