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Advisory Council

The Council has nine members in total, including the chair. They are appointed in a personal capacity by Royal Decree for a period of four years, after which they may be reappointed. The members of the Council are drawn from the worlds of academia, public administration and knowledge institutions. They each have specific expertise in the area of human rights, peace and security, development cooperation or European integration.

Chair Advisory Council

Professor A.G. (Bert) Koenders

Bert Koenders is a Professor of Peace, Justice and Security at Leiden University and Senior Advisor for the World Bank. Between 2014 and 2017 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Mr Koenders was also Under-Secretary-General of the UN and head of UN peacekeeping operations in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali. Between 2007 and 2010 Mr Koenders was the Netherlands’ Minister for Development Cooperation. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007 and prior to that worked for the EU, the OECD and Parliamentarians for Global Action.

Members

  • Lieutenant General (ret.) Jan Broeks
    Vice-chair Peace and Security Committee

  • Dr Dorette Corbey
    Vice-chair European Integration Committee

  • M.W.J.A. (Tanya) van Gool
    Vice-chair Human Rights Committee

  • Professor J.E. (Janne) Nijman
    Chair Human Rights Committee
    Professor of 'History and Theory of International Law' at the University of Amsterdam School of Law, and senior fellow of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL), and Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva

  • A. (Bram) van Ojik MA
    Vice-chair International Development Committee

  • Professor P.J. (Paul) Scheffer
    Chair European Integration Committee
    Permanent Fellow at the 'Duitsland Instituut' of the University of Amsterdam

  • H.J.J. (Henne) Schuwer LL.M
    Chair Peace and Security Committee

  • Professor E.B. (Annelies) Zoomers
    Chair International Development Committee
    Professor of International Development Studies (IDS) at Utrecht University