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.
Chair
Vice-chair
Members
Dr Tanja Aalberts
Professor Law and Politics, Vrije Universiteit
Dr Maarten Biermans
PROW Capital
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
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
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
Advisor
Project secretray
Paula de Beer MSc