Standing Committee of Experts on International Migration, Refugee and Criminal Law

Committee members

Prof. Ashley Terlouw

Chairwoman
Fulltime Professor of Sociology of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen | Chairwoman of the Section for Sociology of Law/Migration Law | Chairwoman of the Research Centre for State and Law (SteR) | Chairwoman of the Meijers Committee since September 2020

Barbara Safradin

Executive Secretary
Researcher in European Asylum law and EU Fundamental Rights

Jasper van Berckel Smit

Project Officer Rule of Law
PhD Candidate international refugee and migration law, University of Amsterdam

Dr. Sanne Buisman

Vice chairwoman
Assistant Professor of criminal law, VU University Amsterdam

Dr. Sarah Eskens

Vice chairwoman
Assistant Professor Law and Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Prof. Hemme Battjes

Member
Professor of European Asylum Law, VU University Amsterdam

Sanni Suhonen

Intern
Master student European Law in a Global Context, University of Groningen

Prof. Madalina Busuioc

External member
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dr. Evelien Brouwer

Member
Lecturer Public Law and Technology, Utrecht University

Dr. Florin Coman Kund

External member
Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Dr. Merijn Chamon

External member
Assistant Professor of International and European Law at Maastricht University

Dr. Els De Busser

Member
Assistant Professor Cyber Security Governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University

Dr. Bahija Aarrass

Member
Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law VU University Amsterdam

Dr. Viola Bex Reimert

Member
Associate Professor of Administrative Law, Utrecht University

Dr. Melanie Fink

Member
Assistant Professor European law, Leiden University

Dr. Pim Geelhoed

Member
Associate professor of criminal law, University of Groningen | Deputy justice, Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden

Prof. Kees Groenendijk

Member
Emeritus professor sociology of law, Radboud University Nijmegen | Research Fellow, Centre for Migration Law (CMR), Nijmegen | Chairman of the Committee 1997 – 2014

Prof. Hielke Hijmans

Member
Member of the Executive Commitee and President of the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority | Part-time Professor, Institute of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dr. Joske Graat

Member
Assistant Professor of (European) Criminal Law Utrecht University

Dr. Maarten Hillebrandt

Member
Assistant Professor Utrecht University (Utrecht School of Governance)

Prof. Tarlach McGonagle

Member
Associate professor at the University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law | Professor of Media Law & Information Society at the Faculty of Law, Leiden University

Rob van der Hoeven

Member
Deputy justice of the Court of The Hague |Deputy judge of the Rotterdam District Court

Dick Houtzager

Member
Senior Program Manager at ZonMW

Arrien Kruyt

Member
Interim Manager and Co-founder of the National Bureau against Racial Discrimination

Prof. John Morijn

Member
Commissioner, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights | NGIZ endowed professor of the law and politics of international relations, University of Groningen, Faculty of Law

Prof. André Nollkaemper

Member
Professor of International Law, University of Amsterdam

Dr. Marloes Van Noorloos

Member
Associate professor of criminal (procedural) law at Leiden University | President of the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists (NJCM)

Prof. Jannemieke Ouwerkerk

Member
Professor European criminal law, Leiden University

Nilza Pinto

Member
Coordinator IDEM Rotterdam, Radar/Art. 1 Anti-Discrimination Bureau

Sadhia Rafi

Member
Head of Strategic Litigation, Dutch Council for Refugees

Prof. Theo De Roos

Member
Emeritus professor of criminal law, Tilburg University | Honorary deputy justice, Court of Appeals, Den Bosch | Chairman of the Meijers Committee from 2014 until 2020

Dirk Schaap

Member
Attorney-at-law at Inigo Advocaten

Dr. Anne-Marie Smit

Member
Justice, Court of Appeals, Den Bosch | Contact point of the European Judicial Network in criminal matters

Nico Tuijn

Member
Senior Justice Criminal Law, Court of Appeals, Den Bosch

Dr. Karin de Vries

Member
Associate professor of constitutional law, Utrecht University | Substitute Member at the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights

Barbara Wegelin

Member
Lawyer, European Court on Human Rights

Prof. Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

Member
Professor of ICT and Law, Radboud University Nijmegen

Dr. Janna Wessels

Member
Assistant Professor migration law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Simon J. van der Woude

Member
Lawyer and member of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Law of the Netherlands Bar Association