Current best practices

• Author: Karin de Vries
• Pages: 85-85

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10 CURRENT BEST PRACTICES

- The functioning of the NIHR in its first five years. The evaluation of the period 2012-

2017 is overall positive and concludes that:

o the integration of the former Equal Treatment Commission into th e NIHR did

not have det rimental effects; the NIHR has found a good balance between its

equality mandate and its broader human rights mandate;

o its semi-judicial role r egarding discrimination complaints is perceived as being

high-quality and authoritative (see Section 7 a) and 7 c) above). 354

- Concerted efforts by several actors (the NIHR, Ombudsman, public interest litigation

organisations and the EU Commission) resulted in a policy change regarding Roma

housing. The new housing policy framework for Roma, Sinti and Travellers is directed

at preventing discrimination ag ainst Roma, ensuring their cultural rights and

providing legal security in the area of housing. Most importantly, municipalities a re

no longer allowed to pursue an ‘extinction policy ’ regarding trailer sites (see Section

3.2.10 under a)).355

- Integration of anti-discrimination programmes developed b y various ministries,

including annual monitoring, to enhance their effectiveness (see Section 9). 356

354 Evaluatie Wet College voor de rechten van de mens (Evaluation of the National Institute of Human Rights

Act), Tweede Kamer 2017-2018, 34 338 no. 3, p. 2-3.

355 Beleidskader Gemeentelijk woonwagen- en standplaatsenbeleid (Policy framework on municipal trailer and

campsite policy): www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2018/07/02/beleidskader-gemeentelijk-

woonwagen-en-standplaatsenbeleid.

356 Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, 26 April 2018, Kamerbrief inzake kabinetsaanpak en

voortgangsrapportage over het Nationaal actieprogramma tegen discriminatie (Letter to Parliament

regarding the Cabinet’s approach to and progress report on the National Action Programme against

Discrimination): www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2018/04/26/kamerbrief-inzake-

kabinetsaanpak-en-voortgangsrapportage-over-het-nationaal-actieprogramma-tegen-discriminatie.