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“People must be able to look one another in the eye”. Plans of the Dutch Government to ban face-covering clothing.
February 7, 2012
The Dutch Government chose to ignore the advice of the Council of State concerning the ban on face-covering clothing. The Council of State, the advisory organ of the Government, heavily criticised the legislative proposal. First, the Council of State does not consider the complete ban as necessary and useful. Second, the Council of State is of the opinion that a ban on face covering clothing is an infringement of the freedom of religion.
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Water

The law of international watercourses is evolving with increasing importance despite its relative youth as a subject of public international law. From times of Antiquity, when early civilizations settled along the great rivers of the world, water has played an important role in economic and social development. Apart from domestic consumption, navigation was the most important use of water, and early doctrine and State practice reflect this. Following the Industrial Revolution, competition over the non-navigational uses of international watercourses spurred the development of international water law.

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Grotius collection

De ivre belli ac pacis libri tres (3rd state) / Hugo Grotius, 1625
Neff, S.C. (ed.), Hugo Grotius on the Law of War and Peace, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2012. [English translation De jure belli ac pacis, Parisiis, apud Nicolaum Buon, 1625]
De iure belli ac pacis libri tres (1st state) / Hugo Grotius, 1625

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Veil

“People must be able to look one another in the eye”. Plans of the Dutch Government to ban face-covering clothing.