"All papers report extensively on a current parliamentary debate on how to deal with offenders who are found guilty of child abuse. JM Korthals is still working on an official response to recent UN criticism of the way the Netherlands is tackling children's rights. The UN committee on children's rights told the Netherlands it had to take urgent action, and suggested implementing structural measures to ensure children are safe from harm. Annually, on average, eighty Dutch children are murdered by their parents or guardians, and between 40,000 and 80,000 children are abused, according to figures released by the ministry of health."
I wonder how high those figures would be if children could telephone a Sexual Abuse Hotline that was actually attached to another telephone on the other end of the line.
The greater Haarlem region (the "Randstadt") is one of the most populated regions in the country of the Netherlands.
