21st May – 1st June 2012

Executive Summary

In this submission, the Islamic Human Rights Commission provides information under sections B, C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Under section B, the Islamic Human rights Commission gives background information about the human rights abuses of the Muslim minority living in the Netherlands. Under section C the Islamic Human Rights Commission raises concern in relation to the right to freedom of religion and Discrimination of Muslim women and the co-operation of Netherland with the UN’s human rights mechanism. Islamic Human Rights Commission raises concern in relation to Freedom of Religion and Discrimination of Muslim women. In section D, Islamic Human Rights Commission makes a number of recommendations for the government to address.