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