Ministerial circulars n° 1817 15 July 2015 and n°ET/SE-2bis of 26 November 2015 Conditions of parole are altered in case of conviction for terrorist acts. Law on the principles concerning the administration of penitentiary establishments and the status of detainees, 1 February 2005 Individuals detained on terrorist charges face ‘special conditions in detention’. Administrative measures Royal Decree concerning the common database on Foreign Terrorist Fighters, 21 July 2016 Creation of an FTF database that is exempt from general privacy and data protection safeguards. It is not possible for individuals to verify directly whether they are listed, nor can they request access to their information or ask for it to be corrected or removed. New Circular on “Foreign Terrorist Fighters”, 2015 Enhanced monitoring and surveillance of individuals when evidence for prosecution is lacking, this includes electronic tagging monitored by CUTA. Law relating to population registers, identity cards, foreigner’s cards and residence document, 10 August 2015 Allows the Minister of the Interior to withdraw, invalidate or refuse a Belgian identity card if there are indications an individual intends to travel abroad for terrorism-related purposes and the identity of the individual is shared with CUTA. Consular Code of 21 December 2013, as amended by the Law of 10 August 2015 Passports can be withheld/withdrawn from individuals who are the subject of: an arrest warrant (national/European/international); judicial measures restricting their freedom of movement or; an international alert for the purposes of arrest: Article 62-63. THE NETHERLANDS Criminal measures Dutch Criminal Code 1881, as amended in 2020 Specific definition of what makes a crime a terrorist act and what constitutes terrorist intent: Article 83 and 83a. Prison sentences for crimes committed with terrorist intent may be increased by between a third and a half: Articles 114; 120; 130; 138a; 176a, 197a; 205; 304a. Criminalisation of material aid to terrorism: Article 83b. Criminalisation of provision of information with the purpose of committing terrorist acts: Article 134a; Article 140, Article 140a; maximum life sentence. Criminalisation of hiding someone who committed terrorist acts from authorities: Article 189; maximum sentence five years. 69 RIGHTS & SECURITY INTERNATIONAL

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