Abstract
Professor van Boven has been, amongst others, director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, a member of the International Commission of Jurists and has been the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Highlights
Often you are mentioned and praised as one of the three main defenders of Human Rights within the Netherlands, together with Max van der Stoel and Peter Kooijmans
What do you think of the current Dutch human rights policy? Our foreign affairs minister, Maxime Verhagen, recently stated that he is of the opinion that the Dutch human rights policy is very good
Minister Verhagen claims that he put the Dutch human rights policy on track
Summary
Professor van Boven has been, amongst others, director of the United Nations’ Division for Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, a member of the International Commission of Jurists and has been the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Our foreign affairs minister, Maxime Verhagen, recently stated that he is of the opinion that the Dutch human rights policy is very good. There are some good initiatives abroad, yet national consequences are not always ‘the foreign Human Rights-policy is not integrated enough with economical and financial matters.’. When looking to policies concerning refugees, immigrants, and asylum Another point of critique is that the foreign human rights-policy is not integrated enough with economical and financial matters. This has its consequences for the ministry of foreign affairs, and for the ministries of education and economic affairs and the treasury. In my opinion, the Dutch shelter behind the backs of European policymakers with regard to the human rights policy towards, for example, the Middle East. Are trying to circumvent our responsibilities, considering the Dutch pretensions on human rights
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