On 23 January 2020, the Government of the Netherlands adopted a Royal Decree concerning the Establishment of a Dutch National Group at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The Decree aims to provide fairness, transparency and consistency in terms of the composition of the national group and its function of nominating candidates for election to international courts. This contribution puts the Dutch national group in context in the relevant international legal framework, analyses the specifics of the Decree and critically evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. It will be argued that while the Decree offers a number of welcome procedural specifications and innovations, it contains elements that deserve refinement and improvement in order to prevent that the Dutch national group acts (or is perceived to act) as a rubber stamp institution that simply carries out the will of the Government when making nominations for the international judiciary.

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“少数开明人士”提名国际法官：对 2020 年 1 月 23 日关于在常设仲裁法院设立荷兰国家集团的皇家法令的评论

2020 年 1 月 23 日，荷兰政府通过了一项关于在常设仲裁法院建立荷兰民族集团的皇家法令。该法令旨在在国家集团的组成及其提名国际法院候选人的职能方面提供公平、透明和一致性。这一贡献将荷兰国家集团置于相关国际法律框架的背景下，分析该法令的具体细节并批判性地评估其优势和劣势。有人会争辩说，虽然该法令提供了许多受欢迎的程序规范和创新，