We, the Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, express our deep concern about a bill that would significantly expand the possibilities to impose the death penalty in Israe...

Speech by Wim Geerts, Human Rights Ambassador, at the Human Rights Tulip 2025 award ceremony. The Hague, 10 December 2025.

In Arabic, Ayin refers to the eye. In Sudanese dialect it means ‘to look’. It is a symbolic name for the media platform that receives this year’s Dutch Human Rights Tulip: Ayin Network. Journalists th...

In the Netherlands, we can decide for ourselves what we believe, who we love and what we say. But in many countries, doing so can cost you your freedom or even your life. Human Rights Ambassador Wim G...