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Vulnerable consumers hit hardest by bankruptcy of Groupcard13 August 2025
Groupcard provided prepaid cards to Dutch municipalities for welfare recipients, informal carers and volunteers. Now it is bankrupt, the cards are wor...
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The danger of unregulated online communications08 July 2025
Social media gives people a voice but also fuels online hate, especially against marginalised groups. PhD candidate Eva Nave: ‘While end-to-end encryp...
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‘Democracy is not self-evident, it requires continuous engagement’08 July 2025
In a time of growing polarisation and declining trust, the rule of law is under pressure. The system as we know it today only took shape 177 years ago...
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Damaged by Disgrace: report on involuntary relinquishment and adoption of babies in the Netherlands19 June 2025
For decades, unmarried girls and women in the Netherlands were forced to give up their newborn children. The impact was profound and persists to this ...
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Seeking justice is also democracyCurrent affairs 11 June 2025
Increasingly, citizens are going to court to challenge decisions by the Public Prosecution Service not to prosecute in certain, sometimes socially sen...
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Problems arise when citizens request documents from public authorities with information on third parties27 March 2025
When Dutch citizens request information under the Open Government Act (Woo), third parties can ask the public authority to withhold certain informatio...
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Most children placed in care will not return home11 February 2025
After compulsory placement in care, four in ten children return home. Of these, one in four re-enters care. Emergency care orders are often used and o...