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Dutch Court of Appeal:No statute of limitations in Dutch colonial crimes In a groundbreaking decision,an appeals court in the Netherlands ruled that the statute of limitations does not apply to allegations of colonial era crimes committed by Dutch forces in what is now Indonesia
Link to press release and ruling (Dutch): rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en…
@PrakkenOliveira 'Claims of victims and surviving relatives of the Dutch East Indies not expired': prakkendoliveira.nl/en/news/2019/c…
@PrakkenOliveira 'Claims of victims and surviving relatives of the Dutch East Indies not expired': prakkendoliveira.nl/en/news/2019/c…
'The Hague Court of Appeal issued rulings in two cases linked to torture and summary executions by Dutch forces during Indonesia's struggle for independence after World War II.
"After 10 years of legal proceedings and given the developments in the debate in our society...
"After 10 years of legal proceedings and given the developments in the debate in our society...
it has always surprised me that the state asked a decision of the appeals court," said lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who represented the claimants. "I'm happy that the court has now issued this principal ruling."
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