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Justice & Peace Netherlands (Justitia et Pax Nederland) is a foundation under civil law. It is responsible for finance and personnel, and oversees the preparation and implementation of activities of the organisation.<\/p>\n

The foundation has a board consisting of five members, as well as an advisory board (also called the commission for Justice and Peace). The commission is a platform of representatives of Catholic organisations and independent advisors in the field of human rights and social justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Members of the board<\/h3>\n
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  • Chairman<\/strong>: Jan Henneman<\/strong>,\u00a0former Ambassador of the Netherlands, side activity: member of the Advisory Board of the Stichting Comenius Museum;<\/li>\n
  • Treasurer<\/strong>: Lia van Broekhoven<\/strong>, Executive Director, Human Security Collective, side activity: none;<\/li>\n
  • Vice Chairman: Rien van der Velden<\/strong>, Former advisor Fonds1818, side activity: chairman stichting Het Dak Op Schiedam; secretary stichting MUZIKC Rotterdam; treasurer stichting Vrienden Aktion S\u00fchnezeichen Friendensdienste Nederland (Amsterdam); member of the board Buurtcentrum De Mussen Den Haag;<\/li>\n
  • Herman van der Laan (Advisor)<\/strong>, former Diplomat International Labour Organisation; side activity: none;<\/li>\n
  • Piet Kuijper (Advisor)<\/strong>, Former Head of HR Department and Strategic Advisor at Cordaid, side activities: Member Supervisory Board MIVA;<\/li>\n
  • Monique Frank (Advisor)<\/strong>, former Ambassador of The Netherlands, side activity: none;<\/li>\n
  • Stephanie Joubert (Advisor)<\/strong>, Programme Manager Mensen met een Missie, side activity: none.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Director:
    \n<\/strong>Sebastiaan van der Zwaan, side activities: board member Shelter City Georgia Foundation; board member IDC Foundation (International Detention Coalition).<\/p>\n

    Interim Director:
    \n<\/strong>Marieke Ridder – Wiskerke, External Advisor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Members of the advisory board<\/h3>\n
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    • Chairman: Jan Henneman<\/strong>, former Ambassador of the Netherlands;<\/li>\n
    • Treasurer:\u00a0<\/strong>Lia van Broekhoven<\/strong>, Executive Director, Human Security Collective<\/li>\n
    • Vice Chairman: Rien van der Velden,<\/strong> former advisor Fonds1818<\/li>\n
    • Herman van der Laan<\/strong>, former Diplomat International Labour Organisation;<\/li>\n
    • Piet Kuijper<\/strong>, Former Head of HR Department and Strategic Advisor at Cordaid;<\/li>\n
    • Monique Frank<\/strong>, former Ambassador of the Netherlands;<\/li>\n
    • Fons Coomans<\/strong>, Professor of International and European Law at Maastricht University;<\/li>\n
    • Stephanie Joubert<\/strong>, Programme Manager Mensen met een Missie;<\/li>\n
    • Antony Otieno Ong\u2019ayo<\/strong>, Lecturer and researcher at the ISS;<\/li>\n
    • Jan de Vries<\/strong>, Policy advisor human rights, on personal title;<\/li>\n
    • Joris van Wijk<\/strong>, Associate Professor Criminal Law & Criminology at VU Amsterdam;<\/li>\n
    • Ryan van Eijk<\/strong>, Chief Chaplain at Ministry of Justice & Safety, Department of Spiritual Care.<\/li>\n
    • Berma Klein Goldewijk<\/strong>, Network Catholic Women (N.K.V.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3400,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBoard - Justice & Peace Netherlands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.nl\/en\/about\/board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Board - Justice & Peace Netherlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.nl\/en\/about\/board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Justice & Peace Netherlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JusticeandPeaceNL\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T16:13:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/justiceandpeace.nl\\\/en\\\/about\\\/board\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/justiceandpeace.nl\\\/en\\\/about\\\/board\\\/\",\"name\":\"Board - 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