Prakken d'Oliveira is representing judge Korthals Altes in possible case against the Dutch State

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Channa Samkalden and Lisa Komp are representing Mr. Willem Korthals Altes in a dispute against the Dutch State. Korthals Altes is 68 and a judge by profession. Pursuant to the Act on the Legal Position of the Judiciary (in Dutch: Wet rechtspositie rechterlijke ambtenaren), Korthals Altes faces mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 70. This is a violation of the prohibition on discrimination on the basis of age, as laid down in various European legislative instruments. Korthals Altes has therefore announced his intention to summons the Dutch State, more in particular the Minister of Security and Justice, to court if the Dutch law is not amended.

  • Click here for an article about the case in the Dutch newspaper NRC (in Dutch).
  • Click here for a television interview in the Dutch program Eén Vandaag (in Dutch).
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Prakken d'Oliveira, formerly known as Böhler, is a law firm with expertise and experience in asylum and immigration law, European law, administrative law, international criminal law and human rights. Our lawyers provide advice and conduct procedures before the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), the Dutch Review Committee on the Intelligence and Security Services (CTIVD), the District- and Appeals courts, the Administrative Law Division of the Dutch Council of State, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), the Human Rights Treaty Bodies of the United Nations (UN), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and other international tribunals.