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Netherlands
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Staten-Generaal (States General), Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (House of Representatives)
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Number of MPs 150 MPs
- Legislature bicameral
- Last election Mar 2021
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website www.houseofrepresentatives.nl
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This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Innovation stories
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) could simplify large amounts of parliamentary business. The Netherlands’ House of Representatives started to use such technologies in 2016, and shared its experiences with parliamentary representatives at a CIP event in September 2021.
The European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD) held its ICT2019 Seminar at the Riigikogu of Estonia in Tallinn on October 3 and 4, 2019. The seminar is the annual gathering of senior ICT officials from parliaments across Europe and further afield, who come together to share knowledge and experiences. The 2019 seminar focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
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As part of the IPU series 'A conversation with...', we interview parliamentarians from all over the world to find out who they represent and what motivates them. In this edition, we discover Hendrik-Jan Talsma, a Senator from the Netherlands and
Press releases
05/03/2024
According to the IPU’s latest Women in Parliament 2023 report, the global proportion of MPs who are women has inched up to 26.9%, based on elections and appointments that took place in 2023. This represents an increase of 0.4 percentage
News in brief
02/03/2023
As the IPU celebrates International Women’s Day, these are just some of the inspiring women MPs working actively in the IPU’s committees to promote gender equality, youth participation, peace and sustainable development. Sahar Albazar, Egypt President of the Board of
News in brief
27/07/2022
Research shows that female political leadership directs countries to adopt more robust climate change policies. Even though women globally are just 26.4 per cent of all parliamentarians, they are able to make a disproportionate impact. These seven representative women MPs
In the region
