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Human rights are codified in the Dutch constitution. Together with other European states, the Netherlands is often at or near the head in international civil liberties and political rights rankings.[1] Per year there are about 6,000 victims of and 100 convictions for human trafficking.[2][3] Despite this, the Netherlands is considered to have one of the best human rights records in the world.
- ^ See Freedom House ranking, 2005 Archived 2006-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Switzerland received the highest possible grade, 1, in both political rights and civil liberties. See also the Netherlands' entry in List of indices of freedom.
- ^ "Why human trafficking convictions dropped in the Netherlands". 22 August 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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