Prof Dr Theodoor van Boven (T.C.)
Since December 2001 till December 2004, Theo van Boven (1934) was UN Special Rapporteur against Torture. He has served as Director of Human Rights of the United Nations and has been a member of the United Nations Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and of the Committee on the Elimination of Racism and Discrimination. He was also the first Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He was the Head of the Netherlands delegation to the United Nations Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Rome, 1998). He is member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. He was President of the Netherlands Association of International Law; Member of the International Commission of Jurists; and a member of the Board of the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism. His education background and honours include: Master of Comparative Law (Dallas, Texas 1960), Doctor of Law (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, 1967), Doctor Honoris Causa (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, 1982, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, 1988, University of New York at Buffalo, 1991), Recipient of the Louise Weiss Prize (Strasbourg, 1982), and of the Right Livelihood Honorary Award (Stockholm, 1985). He was also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School (1987) and at the New York University Law School (1990). He has written extensively on international human rights and humanitarian law.
Prof Dr Theodoor van Boven (T.C.)
Huidige functies
- Emeritus hoogleraar Internationaal Recht, Universiteit Maastricht (1999)
- Honorair Lid Internationale Commissie van Juristen, Genève en vice-president (1998-2001)
- Lid van de Jury van de Mensenrechten prijs van de stad Neurenberg(1995)
- Lid van het Uitvoerend Bestuur van de Internationale Beweging tegen alle vormen van discriminatie en racisme, Tokyo (1994)
- Voorzitter Commissie Wetenschappelijke Integriteit Universiteit Maastricht (2012)
Voormalige hoofdfuncties
1960 - 1977 Werkzaam Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Directie Internationale Organisaties
1967 - 1977 Buitengewoon lector in de Rechten van de Mens, Universiteit van Amsterdam
1970 - 1975 Nederlands Vertegenwoordiger in Commissie voor de Rechten van de Mens van de Verenigde Naties
1977 - 1982 Directeur Afdeling Rechten van de Mens van de Verenigde Naties, Genève
1982 - 1999 Hoogleraar Internationaal Recht, Universiteit Maastricht
1987 Gasthoogleraar Harvard University, USA
1991 Gasthoogleraar New York University, USA
1994 Griffier van het Joegoslavië-tribunaal te 's-Gravenhage
2001 - 2002 Hoogleraar Cleveringa leerstoel Universiteit Leiden