Rebecca Heemskerk (R.M.)

My field is (international)criminal law and -procedure.
I have worked as a criminal defence lawyer for more than 23 years, and recently made the switch to full-time academia. I have extensive, hands on, experience with Dutch substantive and procedural law, in particular with defence rights and how these rights play out in practise. My interest extends to international criminal procedural law, which is central to the topic of my PhD-research that I will keep busy with these coming years: I have taken a break from working as a defence lawyer and will be at the UM full time for the coming years, dividing my time (50/50) between being a lecturer and PhD-candidate.
 

I teach in both the Dutch and English Master, the courses: Bewijs in Strafzaken and International Criminal Law.

After my studies at the UM, I worked as criminal defence lawyer at several law firms in the Netherlands. Two decades later, I returned to the UM and have now fully switched to academia.  I am currently  holding a 50/50 position as a PhD-candidate and Lecturer.