Henk Kummeling Chair State Commission on the Rule of Law

The Council of Ministers has approved the establishment of a State Commission on the Rule of Law. The committee is chaired by our Rector Magnificus and Distinguished University Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law Henk Kummeling. The assignment is to analyse the functioning of the constitutional state and make proposals for strengthening it. In its assignment, the committee will pay particular attention to protecting citizens from unforeseen and undesirable consequences of government measures. The State Commission on the Rule of Law is established on the recommendation of ministers Weerwind (Legal Protection) and Bruins Slot (Interior and Kingdom Relations). The committee stems from the report Ongekend Onrecht on the allowance affair. That report found that the fundamental principles of the rule of law had been violated in the benefits affair and that citizens were severely disadvantaged as a result.