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The Netherlands Forensic Institute (Dutch ''Nederlands Forensisch Instituut'') is the national forensics institute of the
Netherlands Forensic Institute
Netherlands Forensic Institute
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The Netherlands Forensic Institute (Dutch ''Nederlands Forensisch Instituut'') is the national forensics institute of the Netherlands
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, located in the Ypenburg quarter of The Hague
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It is an autonomous division of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice and falls under the Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement.
History
On 30 July 1945, the government decided to set up a Justice Laboratory. Three years later, on 4 November 1948, the laboratory became a department of theMinistry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
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A similar institution was founded in 1951: ''Gerechtelijk Geneeskundig Laboratorium'' (Judicial Medical Laboratory), which was later renamed ''Laboratorium voor Gerechtelijke Pathologie'' Laboratory for Judicial Pathology which were located at the building in The Hague which was later used by Europol.
Pathologist
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Dr. Jan Zeldenrust was the first CEO of this laboratory.
On 1 November 1999, the two laboratories merged into the ''Nederlands Forensisch Instituut'' (Netherlands Forensic Institute).
The laboratory was based in Rijswijk
Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was in , and it has an area of , of which is water.
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until October 2004, when it moved to the Ypenburg quarter of The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
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See also
*Deventer murder case
The Deventer murder case is a murder case which took place in the Dutch city of Deventer in 1999. It has become a cause célèbre because the murder has officially been solved, but not everybody agrees with the final judgment of the court. The ca ...
References
External links
Netherlands Forensic Institute
Netherlands Forensic Institute
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