# Netherlands opens the MH17 criminal trial in The Hague

Date: 2019

On 17 June 2019 the MH17 trial opened. [Rutte](/people/mark-rutte)’s governments had led the JIT. A trial is a completed justice act after a 2014 shoot-down he did not cause.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mh17-trial-idUSKCN1TI0QK/
- https://www.courtmh17.com/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-mh17-trial-2019