Vaststelling van het nieuwe Wetboek van Strafvordering (Wetboek van Strafvordering)

This Dutch legislative procedure concerns the adoption of a new Code of Criminal Procedure (Wetboek van Strafvordering), the main body of law governing how criminal cases are investigated, prosecuted and tried in the Netherlands. Replacing or substantially reforming the existing code is a major undertaking, as it sets the powers of police and prosecutors and the rights of suspects and defendants. The procedure is based on metadata only; the full legislative text and its specific provisions are not reflected here. The new code would primarily affect police, the Public Prosecution Service, judges, lawyers, and suspects and defendants in criminal cases in the Netherlands. Individuals involved in criminal proceedings would be subject to whatever changes to investigative powers and procedural safeguards the final text contains.