Team

Ashley Terlouw
Chairwoman

Since September 2020, Ashley Terlouw is the new chairwoman of the Meijers Committee. She is professor of Sociology of Law at the Radboud University (Nijmegen),  chairs  the departments of sociology of law and migration law and is also responsible for the Centre for Migration Law. Furthermore, Ashley is the chair of the editorial board of the Journal A&MR as well as the chairwoman of the Research Centre for State and Law (SteR).

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Jasper van Berckel Smit
Executive Secretary

Jasper joined the Meijers Committee in June 2022 as project officer for the project 'Safeguarding the Rule of Law in the European Union' and then became the executive secretary of the Meijers Committee in September 2024. In addition to his work at the Committee, Jasper is PhD researcher in international refugee and migration law at the Amsterdam Law School (University of Amsterdam). 

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Belinda Okoobo
Rule of Law Project Officer

Belinda joined the Meijers Committee in October 2024 as the new Project Officer for the for the project 'Safeguarding the Rule of Law in the European Union'. Before joining the Committee, Belinda successfully completed two LL.M.'s, one in Public International Law at University of Amsterdam, and the other in Criminal Law at Vrije University. 

Pim Geelhoed
Interim Chairman of subgroup Agencies

Pim Geelhoed is Associate Professor in criminal law and criminal procedure at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands and deputy judge at the Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden.

Melanie Fink
Chairwoman of subgroup (on leave)

Melanie Fink is Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute of Leiden University.

Anne-Marie Smit

Anne-Marie Smit is a judge at the Court of Appeals in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Furthermore, she is the contact point of the European Judicial Network in criminal matters.

Florin Coman Kund

Florin Coman-Kund is Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Merijn Chamon

Merijn Chamon is Professor of EU law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Madalina Busuioc

Madalina Busuioc is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Belinda Okoobo
Project Officer

LL.M. Public International Law University of Amsterdam | LL.M. Criminal Law Vrije University

Maarten Hillebrandt
Interim Chairman of subgroup Rule of Law

Maarten Hillebrandt is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University (Utrecht School of Governance)

Sanne Buismann

Sanne Buisman is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Kees Groenendijk

Kees Groenendijk is emeritus professor sociology of law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he works for the Centre for Migration Law. He was Chairman of the Meijers Committee from 1997 to 2014.

Theo de Roos

Theo de Roos is emeritus professor of at the Tilburg University and is honorary deputy justice at the Court of Appeals, in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Theo de Roos was chairman of the Meijers Committee from 2014 until September 2020.

Anne-Marie Smit

Anne-Marie Smit is a judge at the Court of Appeals in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Furthermore, she is the contact point of the European Judicial Network in criminal matters.

Nico Tuijn

Nico Tuijn is Deputy Chief Justice at the Court of Appeal s'-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. He has been a member of the Meijers Committee since 2017.

Tarlach McGonagle

Tarlach is Associate professor at the University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law, and Professor of Media Law & Information Society at the Faculty of Law, Leiden University

Jasper Krommendijk

Jasper is Professor of Human Rights at Radboud University and the Director of the Research Center for State and Law (SteR). Furthermore, he is d

Lisa-Marie Komp

Lisa-Marie is an attorney at the human rights firm Prakken d’Oliveira, and specialised in international law and human rights. She is also a lecturer in the fields of human rights and migration law at Vrije University.