Human Rights Committee

The Human Rights Committee prepares advisory reports concerning current international developments in the area of human rights, Dutch human rights policy, and the role of international institutions, businesses and civil society organisations.

Membership

Chair

Dr Janne Nijman

Vice-chair

Tanya van Gool

Members

  • Dr Tanja Aalberts
    Professor Law and Politics, Vrije Universiteit
  • Dr Maarten Biermans
  • Dr Antoine Buyse
    Professor of Human Rights in a Multidisciplinary Perspective & director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University
  • Maria Anne van Dijk MA
    ABN AMRO Global Lead Social Sustainability
  • Wilbert-Jan van Hövell LLM
    Former deputy director of International legal protection, UNHCR and former head of Human Rights UN peace mission East Timor
  • Dr Narin Idriz
    Researcher at the TMC Asser Institute
  • Nani Jansen Reventlow LLM
    Human Rights Lawyer & Director Systemic Justice
  • Maral Khajeh LLM
    Program Coordinator Justice & Peace
  • Dr Tarlach McGonagle
    Professor of Media Law & Information Society, Leiden University & Associate Professor of Information Law, University of Amsterdam
  • Eduard Nazarski LLM
  • Lionel Veer MSc
    Former diplomat, including Ambassador for Human Rights & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and Consul General in St. Petersburg
  • Dr Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
    Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam

Staff

Advisor

Luuk van de Vondervoort LLM, MA

Project secretray

Paula de Beer MSc