Embassy of the United Kingdom, The Hague there is also a British Consulate General in Amsterdam where the senior officer is known as the Consul-General. The Embassy and Consulate General also represent the British Overseas Territories in the Netherlands. Embassy of the United Kingdom, The Hague The Embassy of the United Kingdom in The Hague is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Embassy is located on one of the most famous streets in the Netherlands, Lange Voorhout, in the Centrum. The current British Ambassador to the Netherlands is Peter Wilson. Since the formation in 1997 of the Organisation
Capital punishment in the Netherlands Capital punishment in the Netherlands Capital punishment in the Netherlands (Dutch: "doodstraf in Nederland") was abolished in 1870 in criminal law after the States General recognized it was "cruel and rude". The bill was introduced by liberal-catholic Minister of Justice Franciscus van Lilaar and debated in both the Senate and House of Representatives for seven days before approval. Following the abolition of the death penalty, life imprisonment was made an official punishment in 1878. A few years after gaining independence in 1815, the Kingdom of the Netherlands determined that the death penalty could be carried out through beheading. Between 1945