Ministerie van Justitie

Press releases

• More severe punishment for forced marriages

  04-02-2010

  Minister Hirsch Ballin wants to deal more strictly with forced marriages. However, in order to target this form of coercion more efficiently under criminal law, specific provisions are required.

• Press invitation

  03-02-2010

  Minister Hirsch Ballin and director Lodewijk van der Grinten of the Royal Dutch Horeca Association will issue the first weapons safe to Rob Lunenburg, owner of Bar Dancing Lunenburg in Loosbroek.

• TBS to revive on return illegal foreign national

  02-02-2010

  In future, courts may terminate the TBS of illegal foreign nationals on condition that the TBS revives on return to the Netherlands. This is evident from a letter State Secretary of Justice Albayrak sent to the Lower House.

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Highlights

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  Placement under a hospital order (TBS)

  TBS is a treatment measure the court imposes on people who have committed serious offences and suffer from a psychiatric illness or disorder, which influences their behaviour to a greater or lesser extent.

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  Juvenile crime

  The objective of the Jeugd terecht Programme is to prevent first-time offending and to reduce recidivism. Customisation, effectiveness and chain cooperation are priorities in this respect.