Netherlands

The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2002

CHAPTER 1
Fundamental rights

Article 15

2. Anyone who has been deprived of his liberty other than by order of a court may request a court to order his release. In such a case he shall be heard by the court within a period to be laid down by Act of Parliament. The court shall order his immediate release if it considers the deprivation of liberty to be unlawful.

3. The trial of a person who has been deprived of his liberty pending trial shall take place within a reasonable period.

4. A person who has been lawfully deprived of his liberty may be restricted in the exercise of fundamental rights in so far as the exercise of such rights is not compatible with the deprivation of liberty.

Keywords

Fair trial standards



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