The Netherlands recognized recognized the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as an act of genocide

On Thursday, June 19, the Lower House of the Dutch parliament recognized the total deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as an act of genocide.

The CTRC team expresses its sincere gratitude for the solidarity and support shown to the Crimean Tatar people. We hope that through joint efforts we will achieve justice.

We would like to note that the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people are systematically working with the national parliaments of various countries to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as an act of genocide. In particular, such work has been carried out with the Netherlands. In 2024, the CTRC sent a letter calling on the country to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as an act of genocide.

The Crimean Tatar Resource Center, together with  Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, provided a package of documents on the recognition of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as an act of genocide, which includes:

Appeal of  Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people to all parliaments of UN member states regarding the recognition of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as an act of genocide;
Appeal of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center to the Dutch Parliament;
Copies of the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “On the recognition of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people”;
Legal qualification of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people as an international crime against an indigenous people.

This package of documents was sent to 40 other countries around the world. We are currently awaiting responses and continuing our work in this area.
The CTRC emphasizes that the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, as an indigenous people, from their historical homeland in Crimea is still an ongoing (protracted) international crime, which has no statute of limitations.