UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/8/31 13 May 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighth session Agenda item 6 UNIVERSALPERIODIC REVIEW Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review The Netherlands * _________________________ * Previously issued under the symbol A/HRC/WG.6/1/NLD/4; minor revisions have been added under the authority of the secretariat of the Human Rights Council, on the basis of editorial changes made by States through the ad referendum procedure. GE.08-13317 (E)