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04THEHAGUE1394
2004-06-04 11:51:00
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Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 07 THE HAGUE 001394
SIPDIS
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
Mr. Jules F. Gerzon
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 07 THE HAGUE 001394
SIPDIS
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
Mr. Jules F. Gerzon
1. Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an
alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding
international travel benefits.
Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy
Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March
16, 2005.
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START NOMINATION:
ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE
PROG-AGENCY-NAME:
POST-PROJ-ID: 161
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGE-2005-0006
PROJ-NAME: EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II"
START MEMO PROJ-DESC:
END MEMO PROJ-DESC:
PROJ-TYPE: Regional
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor
FY: 2005
DEPART-POST: 02/26/2005
SESSION-DATE: 02/28/2005
RETURN-POST: 03/19/2005
NO-OF-PART: 2
RANK-ORDER: 0
START MEMO POST-OBJ:
END MEMO POST-OBJ:
START MEMO POST-RCMD:
END MEMO POST-RCMD:
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047
PROG-AGENCY-ID:
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321
STATUS: N
ORIGINATOR: P
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy
START BIO:
PREFIX: Mrs
F-NAME: Machteld
M-NAME:
L-NAME: Boot-Matthijssen
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 0
PRINCIPAL?: Yes
M-ADDR1: Netherlands Institute of International
M-ADDR2: Relations "Clingendael"
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 93080
M-CITY: 2509 AB The Hague
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Netherlands
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: 31-70-374-6638
M-FAX: 31-70-374-6666
M-EMAIL: mboot@clingendael.nl
M-CNTRY-ID: NL
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER: F
DOB: 05/19/1971
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: Utrecht
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands
START MEMO POSITION:
Researcher, Netherlands Institute of International Relations
"Clingendael"
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
Program coordinator, Department of Training and Education,
International Security and Conflict Issues section,
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
"Clingendael" (since October 2002)
Duties include:
- Conducting research in the field of human rights and
international humanitarian law and international criminal
law, primarily with respect to international security issues
- Teaching on the International Criminal Court,
international humanitarian law and human rights in relation
to international security issues at the Netherlands
Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'
- Responsible for courses on the International Criminal
Court; responsible for courses on good governance and
democracy in co-operation with e.g., Indonesian counterpart
(project title: 'Good governance and the role of the armed
forces in a democracy'); responsible for courses on
international relations for senior Dutch police officers
(project title: 'International Police Orientation Course')
Concurrent positions:
- Member of the editing board of the Leiden Journal of
International Law (since December 2002); responsible for the
International Criminal Court section
- Member of the editing board of 'Militair straf- en
tuchtrecht' (Military criminal and disciplinary law) (since
January 2002); responsible for the explanatory notes to the
Netherlands International Crimes Act
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
- Head of the International Humanitarian Law Department, The
Netherlands Red Cross Society, The Hague (June 2001-
September 2002)
- Legal Advisor International Humanitarian Law, The
Netherlands Red Cross Society (since September 2000)
At the Netherlands Red Cross, Mrs. Boot was responsible for
disseminating International Humanitarian Law in the
Netherlands. In that capacity she conducted various studies
for the Netherlands Red Cross Society (inter alia, on the
implementation of the Rome Statute and case law of the ICTY
and ICTR in Dutch law; international responsibility for
remnants of war; providing testimony in The Netherlands;
misuse of the emblems of the Red Cross Movement)
- provided policy advice on international law issues and on
the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Movement, within
the Netherlands Red Cross and advised the Dutch government
and members of parliament
- gave lectures on international humanitarian law
- gave lectures on the role of the International Committee
of the Red Cross in armed conflict at various Dutch
universities as well as, e.g., at the Netherlands Institute
for Defence Studies, Rijswijk (Instituut Defensieleergangen)
- Research Assistant at the Department of Criminal Law and
the Department of European and International Public Law,
Faculty of Law, Tilburg University (1996-2000)
- At Tilburg University she started her research in
international criminal law and obtained her doctorate degree
(supervising professors: Prof. W.J.M. van Genugten and Prof.
N. Keijzer). At University she also provided lectures on the
law of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
- Presentation 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future
Practice', at workshop 'Crimes Against Humanity: The World's
Response', The Alleged Transnational Criminal, International
Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May 2002
- Member of the Dutch delegation at the second session of
the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court, New York (August 1996)
- Holiday in New York, winter 1998
END MEMO US-TRAVEL:
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Work:
- Helsinki, Finland (presentation at Conference 'The
International Criminal Court and Developments in
International Criminal Law', March 2003)
- Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia (project 'Good Governance
and the Role fo the Armed Forces in a Democracy', January
2003)
- Siracusa, Italy (ISISC Conference 'International Criminal
Law: Quo Vadis?' (rapporteur on Victim's Rights) (December
2002)
- Rome, Italy (Diplomatic Conference on the International
Criminal Court Statute, summer 1998)
- Freiburg, Germany (3 months research at Max Planck
Institut for International Criminal Law and Foreign Criminal
Law)
Holidays:
- Istanbul, Turkey (February 2002)
- Turkey, West-Coast (summer 2002)
- Andalusia, Spain (summer 2001)
- Greece, Aegian region (summer 2000)
- Egypt, one month (1995)
- Regular travel between 1991 and 1995 to Paris, Oxford and
Berlin
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. research project on substantive international
criminal law (1995-2000). This research was completed with a
dissertation 'Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject
Matter Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court:
Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes'
(successfully defended on 15 February 2002 at Tilburg
University; Max van der Stoel-Human Rights Award 2002)
- Summer Course Public International Law at the Hague
Academy of International Law (1997)
- Law School, specialization in criminal law, Utrecht
University, The Netherlands (graduated in 1995; thesis on
the legal status of aliens within the Dutch prison system)
END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
- Association Internationale de Droit Pnal ('jeune
pnaliste')
Other activities:
- Contributing to the report of the Netherlands group of the
International Society of Military Law and the Law of War
regarding 'The Compatability of National Legal Systems with
the Statute of the Permanent International Criminal Court
(ICC)' for the 26th congress of the Society in Rome, April
2003 (August 2001-May 2002)
)
- Organizing the launch of 'Constraints on the Waging of
War' (F. Kalshoven and L. Zegveld, Geneva: ICRC, March
2001),The Hague, 27 April 2001
- Member of the Supervisory Committee of the Prison Complex
in Tilburg (penitentiary for detaining illegal aliens)
(October 1998- January 2003)
- Participating in internet project 'On the Record' at the
Diplomatic Conference in Rome for the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court (June-July 1998).
http://www.advocacynet.org/
- (Co)organizing the symposium 'Reconciliation or
Prosecution?' at the occasion of granting an Honorary
Doctorate to Judge Richard Goldstone at Tilburg University
(November-December 1997)
- Assisting Prof. M. Wladimiroff and Mr. A.A.M. Orie in
preparing the Tadic case during an internship at Wladimiroff
& Spong Advokaten, The Hague (April-June 1995)
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
Selected publications
- M. Boot-Matthijssen, R. van Elst, 'Wetsvoorstel
internationale misdrijven: Enkele knelpunten en mogelijke
verbeteringen' ('Bill on International Crimes: Some
Bottlenecks and Possible Improvements'),NJB (Netherlands
Law Journal) no. 35, pp. 1742-1750 (2002)
- M. Boot, 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future
Practice', presentation at workshop 'Crimes Against
Humanity: The World's Response', The Alleged Transnational
Criminal, International Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May
2002
- M. Boot, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes:
Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject Matter Jurisdiction
of the International Criminal Court, dissertation Tilburg
University, Intersentia, Antwerpen/ Oxford/ New York 2002
- M. Boot, report on the workshop 'The Need for Police
Capacities and Skills when Arresting War Criminals; Aspects
of Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Human Rights', in:
W.A.M. van Dijk and J.I. Hovens (eds),Arresting War
Criminals, Wolf Legal Productions, Nijmegen 2001, pp. 47-53
- M. Boot, 'Mensenrechten en oorlogsmisdadigers. Het recht
op een eerlijk proces in internationale strafrechtspraak'
('Human Rights and War Criminals. The Right to a Fair Trial
in the International Criminal Justice System'),50 Ars Aequi
443-448 (2001)
- M. Boot, 'Complementariteit en de rol van de
Veiligheidsraad in het Statuut van Rome' ('Complementarity
and the Role of the Security Council'),in: M.S.
Groenhuijsen en G.J. Corstens, Rede en Recht, Liber Amicorum
Nico Keijzer, Deventer: Gouda Quint 2000, pp. 103-121
- M. Boot, C.K. Hall, R. Dixon, 'Article 7, Crimes Against
Humanity', in: O. Triffterer (ed.),Commentary on the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court. Observers'
Notes, Article by Article, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 1999,
pp. 117-172
- M. Boot, 'Commentary on the Opinion and Judgment of Trial
Chamber II, Prosecutor v. Tadic, 7 May 1997', in: A. Klip
and G. Sluiter (eds.),Annotated Leading Cases of
International Tribunals, Vol. 1, Intersentia, Antwerp 1999,
pp. 452-456
- M. Boot, R. van Elst, Interview with Justice Richard
Goldstone, 1 Netherlands Research School on Human Rights
Newsletter 3-6 (1997); also published as 'Truth, Trials and
Tribunals', 27 Index on Censorship 161-165 (1998)
- M. Boot, W.J.M. van Genugten (eds.),Gross Human Rights
Violations: Reconciliation or Prosecution?, W.E.J. Tjeenk
Willink, Deventer 1998
Not yet published:
- 'The Bouterse Case before the Dutch Supreme Court, 18
September 2001', in: 4 Yearbook of International
Humanitarian Law (2001),The Hague, Asser Press
- 'Accountability of the Child Soldier', in: M. Boot, S.
Dana en R. Haveman (eds.),Supranational Criminal Law, Vol.
2: Punishment and Sanctions, Antwerp: Intersentia
- 'Commentary on the Judgement of the Appeals Chamber,
Prosecutor v. Delalic and Others (Celebici),20 February
2001', in: A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.),Annotated Leading
Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 5, Antwerp:
Intersentia
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
FIRST-LANG: Dutch
ENGL-READ: 4
ENGL-SPEAK: 4
ENGL-COMP: 4
START OTHER-LANGS:
OTHER-LANG: German
OTHER-LANG-ID: GM
READ: 4
SPEAK: 3
COMP: 4
END OTHER-LANGS:
START OTHER-LANGS:
OTHER-LANG: French
OTHER-LANG-ID: FR
READ: 3
SPEAK: 2
COMP: 2
END OTHER-LANGS:
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:
START MEMO VIS-OBJ:
END MEMO VIS-OBJ:
START MEMO VIS-REC:
END MEMO VIS-REC:
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Drew Mann/Capie Polk
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
Ms. Boot-Mathijssen is a young academic in a position to
influence foreign affairs officials, police and military
through her training responsibilities and publications at
the Clingendael Institute. Her area of expertise is human
rights and international criminal law with respect to
international security issues, in particular the
International Criminal Court. Through Clingendael, Ms. Boot-
Mathijssen organizes courses in these areas for Dutch and
foreign government officials, police and military. Most
recently she is responsible for a course on international
relations for senior Dutch law enforcement officers, which
Clingendael hopes to offer annually.
Ms. Boot-Mathijssen is and will continue to be in a position
where she is asked about US policies and perspectives with
respect to human rights, counter terrorism and international
law. She is eager to understand US positions but has little
direct US experience. She is particularly interested in
human rights laws and global security issues with respect to
counterterrorism, and the issues of safeguarding civil and
political rights versus national security. A professional
US program would add the realistic perspective to the
extensive academic knowledge she already has of the US.
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
NOM-OFF: GIO
SPEAKER?: No
NOTIFY-EMB: No
MEDIA?: No
HOME-STAY: No
HOME-HOSP?: Yes
E-I-TYPE:
NOMINEE-ID: 295
PERSON-ID: 239
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU
E-I-TYPE-ID:
NOM-POST-ID: 4276
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321
NOM-STATUS: N
DS2019-ACTION: 1
DS2019-SUBJECT:
SPONS-FUNDS: 0
SPONS-AGENCY1:
USGOVT-AGENCY1:
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0
USGOVT-AGENCY2:
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0
INTL-ORG1:
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0
INTL-ORG2:
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0
COMMISSION: 0
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0
VIS-AMOUNT: 0
VIS-CAT:
END BIO:
START BIO:
PREFIX: Mr.
F-NAME: Jules
M-NAME: Frederik
L-NAME: Gerzon
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 0
PRINCIPAL?: No
M-ADDR1: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M-ADDR2: P.O. Box 20061
M-ADDR3:
M-CITY: 2500 EB The Hague
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Netherlands
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: 31-70-348-5503
M-FAX: 31-70-348-4638
M-EMAIL: jules.gerzon@minbuza.nl
M-CNTRY-ID: NL
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER: M
DOB: 04/04/1969
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: Amsterdam
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands
START MEMO POSITION:
Senior Policy Officer, Political Affairs Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
Main responsibilities: foreign policy and external relations
of the EU (special focus on countries of Former Soviet
Union, Western-Balkans, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan),
Institutional EU-matters and Counterterrorism.
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
Netherlands Embassy Berlin, Germany (1999 - 2002)
Second Secretary Political Affairs
Main responsibilities: covering internal political
developments in Germany (parlement and political parties)
and German foreign policy.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1997- 1999)
Policy Officer, Multilateral Financial Affairs Department
Main responsibilities: Netherlands contribution to debt
relief operations, mainly in the context of the "Highly
Indebted Poor Countries Initiative" (HIPC),Structural
Reform Issues (IMF and World Bank)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1996) Diplomatic
Training
ING Bank, Amsterdam (1996) Management Trainee
European Commission Delegation to the United Nations, New
York
Management Trainee (September - December 1995)
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
Brief tour in New York focused on the UN. No direct work
with USG and very limited travel.
Two one-week holiday trips
END MEMO US-TRAVEL:
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Various European countries for vacation and official
business.
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
Masters Degree Economics, University of Groningen, The
Netherlands
Specialization on international economic relations, macro-
economics and development economics; Thesis on Multilateral
Debt Issue of Severely Indebted Low Income Countries
END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID:
FIRST-LANG: Dutch
ENGL-READ: 4
ENGL-SPEAK: 4
ENGL-COMP: 4
START OTHER-LANGS:
OTHER-LANG: German
OTHER-LANG-ID: GM
READ: 4
SPEAK: 4
COMP: 4
END OTHER-LANGS:
START OTHER-LANGS:
OTHER-LANG: French
OTHER-LANG-ID: FR
READ: 3
SPEAK: 3
COMP: 3
END OTHER-LANGS:
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD:
START MEMO VIS-OBJ:
END MEMO VIS-OBJ:
START MEMO VIS-REC:
END MEMO VIS-REC:
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Todd Kushner
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
Jules has responsibility in the Dutch government for EU
relations with regions and issues critical to U.S. foreign
policy including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Western
Balkans and counterterrorism. He is a key contact on
terrorist financing and his responsibilities in that area
and the entire counterterrorism area and slated to increase.
Jules has also been an important interlocutor on Iraq-
related issues especially with locating and repatriating to
Iraq assets of the former Iraqi regime. His career pattern
shows increasing responsibility and expertise in foreign
security and economic policies. His acceptance into this
international visitors program would increase his
understanding of the key factors that shape U.S. foreign
policy and his ability to reflect that understanding in his
policy formulation efforts within the Dutch government and
in the European Union.
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
NOM-OFF: ECON
SPEAKER?: No
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes
MEDIA?: No
HOME-STAY: No
HOME-HOSP?: Yes
E-I-TYPE:
NOMINEE-ID: 336
PERSON-ID: 281
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU
E-I-TYPE-ID:
NOM-POST-ID: 4276
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321
NOM-STATUS: N
DS2019-ACTION: 1
DS2019-SUBJECT:
SPONS-FUNDS: 0
SPONS-AGENCY1:
USGOVT-AGENCY1:
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0
USGOVT-AGENCY2:
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0
INTL-ORG1:
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0
INTL-ORG2:
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0
COMMISSION: 0
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0
VIS-AMOUNT: 0
VIS-CAT:
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
Mr. Jules F. Gerzon
1. Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an
alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding
international travel benefits.
Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy
Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March
16, 2005.
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TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS The Hague
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 4276
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START NOMINATION:
ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE
PROG-AGENCY-NAME:
POST-PROJ-ID: 161
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGE-2005-0006
PROJ-NAME: EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II"
START MEMO PROJ-DESC:
END MEMO PROJ-DESC:
PROJ-TYPE: Regional
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor
FY: 2005
DEPART-POST: 02/26/2005
SESSION-DATE: 02/28/2005
RETURN-POST: 03/19/2005
NO-OF-PART: 2
RANK-ORDER: 0
START MEMO POST-OBJ:
END MEMO POST-OBJ:
START MEMO POST-RCMD:
END MEMO POST-RCMD:
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047
PROG-AGENCY-ID:
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321
STATUS: N
ORIGINATOR: P
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy
START BIO:
PREFIX: Mrs
F-NAME: Machteld
M-NAME:
L-NAME: Boot-Matthijssen
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 0
PRINCIPAL?: Yes
M-ADDR1: Netherlands Institute of International
M-ADDR2: Relations "Clingendael"
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 93080
M-CITY: 2509 AB The Hague
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Netherlands
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: 31-70-374-6638
M-FAX: 31-70-374-6666
M-EMAIL: mboot@clingendael.nl
M-CNTRY-ID: NL
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER: F
DOB: 05/19/1971
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: Utrecht
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands
START MEMO POSITION:
Researcher, Netherlands Institute of International Relations
"Clingendael"
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
Program coordinator, Department of Training and Education,
International Security and Conflict Issues section,
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
"Clingendael" (since October 2002)
Duties include:
- Conducting research in the field of human rights and
international humanitarian law and international criminal
law, primarily with respect to international security issues
- Teaching on the International Criminal Court,
international humanitarian law and human rights in relation
to international security issues at the Netherlands
Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'
- Responsible for courses on the International Criminal
Court; responsible for courses on good governance and
democracy in co-operation with e.g., Indonesian counterpart
(project title: 'Good governance and the role of the armed
forces in a democracy'); responsible for courses on
international relations for senior Dutch police officers
(project title: 'International Police Orientation Course')
Concurrent positions:
- Member of the editing board of the Leiden Journal of
International Law (since December 2002); responsible for the
International Criminal Court section
- Member of the editing board of 'Militair straf- en
tuchtrecht' (Military criminal and disciplinary law) (since
January 2002); responsible for the explanatory notes to the
Netherlands International Crimes Act
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
- Head of the International Humanitarian Law Department, The
Netherlands Red Cross Society, The Hague (June 2001-
September 2002)
- Legal Advisor International Humanitarian Law, The
Netherlands Red Cross Society (since September 2000)
At the Netherlands Red Cross, Mrs. Boot was responsible for
disseminating International Humanitarian Law in the
Netherlands. In that capacity she conducted various studies
for the Netherlands Red Cross Society (inter alia, on the
implementation of the Rome Statute and case law of the ICTY
and ICTR in Dutch law; international responsibility for
remnants of war; providing testimony in The Netherlands;
misuse of the emblems of the Red Cross Movement)
- provided policy advice on international law issues and on
the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Movement, within
the Netherlands Red Cross and advised the Dutch government
and members of parliament
- gave lectures on international humanitarian law
- gave lectures on the role of the International Committee
of the Red Cross in armed conflict at various Dutch
universities as well as, e.g., at the Netherlands Institute
for Defence Studies, Rijswijk (Instituut Defensieleergangen)
- Research Assistant at the Department of Criminal Law and
the Department of European and International Public Law,
Faculty of Law, Tilburg University (1996-2000)
- At Tilburg University she started her research in
international criminal law and obtained her doctorate degree
(supervising professors: Prof. W.J.M. van Genugten and Prof.
N. Keijzer). At University she also provided lectures on the
law of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
- Presentation 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future
Practice', at workshop 'Crimes Against Humanity: The World's
Response', The Alleged Transnational Criminal, International
Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May 2002
- Member of the Dutch delegation at the second session of
the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court, New York (August 1996)
- Holiday in New York, winter 1998
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Work:
- Helsinki, Finland (presentation at Conference 'The
International Criminal Court and Developments in
International Criminal Law', March 2003)
- Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia (project 'Good Governance
and the Role fo the Armed Forces in a Democracy', January
2003)
- Siracusa, Italy (ISISC Conference 'International Criminal
Law: Quo Vadis?' (rapporteur on Victim's Rights) (December
2002)
- Rome, Italy (Diplomatic Conference on the International
Criminal Court Statute, summer 1998)
- Freiburg, Germany (3 months research at Max Planck
Institut for International Criminal Law and Foreign Criminal
Law)
Holidays:
- Istanbul, Turkey (February 2002)
- Turkey, West-Coast (summer 2002)
- Andalusia, Spain (summer 2001)
- Greece, Aegian region (summer 2000)
- Egypt, one month (1995)
- Regular travel between 1991 and 1995 to Paris, Oxford and
Berlin
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. research project on substantive international
criminal law (1995-2000). This research was completed with a
dissertation 'Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject
Matter Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court:
Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes'
(successfully defended on 15 February 2002 at Tilburg
University; Max van der Stoel-Human Rights Award 2002)
- Summer Course Public International Law at the Hague
Academy of International Law (1997)
- Law School, specialization in criminal law, Utrecht
University, The Netherlands (graduated in 1995; thesis on
the legal status of aliens within the Dutch prison system)
END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
- Association Internationale de Droit Pnal ('jeune
pnaliste')
Other activities:
- Contributing to the report of the Netherlands group of the
International Society of Military Law and the Law of War
regarding 'The Compatability of National Legal Systems with
the Statute of the Permanent International Criminal Court
(ICC)' for the 26th congress of the Society in Rome, April
2003 (August 2001-May 2002)
)
- Organizing the launch of 'Constraints on the Waging of
War' (F. Kalshoven and L. Zegveld, Geneva: ICRC, March
2001),The Hague, 27 April 2001
- Member of the Supervisory Committee of the Prison Complex
in Tilburg (penitentiary for detaining illegal aliens)
(October 1998- January 2003)
- Participating in internet project 'On the Record' at the
Diplomatic Conference in Rome for the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court (June-July 1998).
http://www.advocacynet.org/
- (Co)organizing the symposium 'Reconciliation or
Prosecution?' at the occasion of granting an Honorary
Doctorate to Judge Richard Goldstone at Tilburg University
(November-December 1997)
- Assisting Prof. M. Wladimiroff and Mr. A.A.M. Orie in
preparing the Tadic case during an internship at Wladimiroff
& Spong Advokaten, The Hague (April-June 1995)
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
Selected publications
- M. Boot-Matthijssen, R. van Elst, 'Wetsvoorstel
internationale misdrijven: Enkele knelpunten en mogelijke
verbeteringen' ('Bill on International Crimes: Some
Bottlenecks and Possible Improvements'),NJB (Netherlands
Law Journal) no. 35, pp. 1742-1750 (2002)
- M. Boot, 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future
Practice', presentation at workshop 'Crimes Against
Humanity: The World's Response', The Alleged Transnational
Criminal, International Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May
2002
- M. Boot, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes:
Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject Matter Jurisdiction
of the International Criminal Court, dissertation Tilburg
University, Intersentia, Antwerpen/ Oxford/ New York 2002
- M. Boot, report on the workshop 'The Need for Police
Capacities and Skills when Arresting War Criminals; Aspects
of Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Human Rights', in:
W.A.M. van Dijk and J.I. Hovens (eds),Arresting War
Criminals, Wolf Legal Productions, Nijmegen 2001, pp. 47-53
- M. Boot, 'Mensenrechten en oorlogsmisdadigers. Het recht
op een eerlijk proces in internationale strafrechtspraak'
('Human Rights and War Criminals. The Right to a Fair Trial
in the International Criminal Justice System'),50 Ars Aequi
443-448 (2001)
- M. Boot, 'Complementariteit en de rol van de
Veiligheidsraad in het Statuut van Rome' ('Complementarity
and the Role of the Security Council'),in: M.S.
Groenhuijsen en G.J. Corstens, Rede en Recht, Liber Amicorum
Nico Keijzer, Deventer: Gouda Quint 2000, pp. 103-121
- M. Boot, C.K. Hall, R. Dixon, 'Article 7, Crimes Against
Humanity', in: O. Triffterer (ed.),Commentary on the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court. Observers'
Notes, Article by Article, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 1999,
pp. 117-172
- M. Boot, 'Commentary on the Opinion and Judgment of Trial
Chamber II, Prosecutor v. Tadic, 7 May 1997', in: A. Klip
and G. Sluiter (eds.),Annotated Leading Cases of
International Tribunals, Vol. 1, Intersentia, Antwerp 1999,
pp. 452-456
- M. Boot, R. van Elst, Interview with Justice Richard
Goldstone, 1 Netherlands Research School on Human Rights
Newsletter 3-6 (1997); also published as 'Truth, Trials and
Tribunals', 27 Index on Censorship 161-165 (1998)
- M. Boot, W.J.M. van Genugten (eds.),Gross Human Rights
Violations: Reconciliation or Prosecution?, W.E.J. Tjeenk
Willink, Deventer 1998
Not yet published:
- 'The Bouterse Case before the Dutch Supreme Court, 18
September 2001', in: 4 Yearbook of International
Humanitarian Law (2001),The Hague, Asser Press
- 'Accountability of the Child Soldier', in: M. Boot, S.
Dana en R. Haveman (eds.),Supranational Criminal Law, Vol.
2: Punishment and Sanctions, Antwerp: Intersentia
- 'Commentary on the Judgement of the Appeals Chamber,
Prosecutor v. Delalic and Others (Celebici),20 February
2001', in: A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.),Annotated Leading
Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 5, Antwerp:
Intersentia
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Drew Mann/Capie Polk
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
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influence foreign affairs officials, police and military
through her training responsibilities and publications at
the Clingendael Institute. Her area of expertise is human
rights and international criminal law with respect to
international security issues, in particular the
International Criminal Court. Through Clingendael, Ms. Boot-
Mathijssen organizes courses in these areas for Dutch and
foreign government officials, police and military. Most
recently she is responsible for a course on international
relations for senior Dutch law enforcement officers, which
Clingendael hopes to offer annually.
Ms. Boot-Mathijssen is and will continue to be in a position
where she is asked about US policies and perspectives with
respect to human rights, counter terrorism and international
law. She is eager to understand US positions but has little
direct US experience. She is particularly interested in
human rights laws and global security issues with respect to
counterterrorism, and the issues of safeguarding civil and
political rights versus national security. A professional
US program would add the realistic perspective to the
extensive academic knowledge she already has of the US.
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PREFIX: Mr.
F-NAME: Jules
M-NAME: Frederik
L-NAME: Gerzon
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 0
PRINCIPAL?: No
M-ADDR1: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M-ADDR2: P.O. Box 20061
M-ADDR3:
M-CITY: 2500 EB The Hague
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Netherlands
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: 31-70-348-5503
M-FAX: 31-70-348-4638
M-EMAIL: jules.gerzon@minbuza.nl
M-CNTRY-ID: NL
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER: M
DOB: 04/04/1969
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: Amsterdam
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands
START MEMO POSITION:
Senior Policy Officer, Political Affairs Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
Main responsibilities: foreign policy and external relations
of the EU (special focus on countries of Former Soviet
Union, Western-Balkans, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan),
Institutional EU-matters and Counterterrorism.
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
Netherlands Embassy Berlin, Germany (1999 - 2002)
Second Secretary Political Affairs
Main responsibilities: covering internal political
developments in Germany (parlement and political parties)
and German foreign policy.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1997- 1999)
Policy Officer, Multilateral Financial Affairs Department
Main responsibilities: Netherlands contribution to debt
relief operations, mainly in the context of the "Highly
Indebted Poor Countries Initiative" (HIPC),Structural
Reform Issues (IMF and World Bank)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1996) Diplomatic
Training
ING Bank, Amsterdam (1996) Management Trainee
European Commission Delegation to the United Nations, New
York
Management Trainee (September - December 1995)
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
Brief tour in New York focused on the UN. No direct work
with USG and very limited travel.
Two one-week holiday trips
END MEMO US-TRAVEL:
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Various European countries for vacation and official
business.
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
Masters Degree Economics, University of Groningen, The
Netherlands
Specialization on international economic relations, macro-
economics and development economics; Thesis on Multilateral
Debt Issue of Severely Indebted Low Income Countries
END MEMO EDUCATION:
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END MEMO VIS-REC:
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Todd Kushner
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
Jules has responsibility in the Dutch government for EU
relations with regions and issues critical to U.S. foreign
policy including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Western
Balkans and counterterrorism. He is a key contact on
terrorist financing and his responsibilities in that area
and the entire counterterrorism area and slated to increase.
Jules has also been an important interlocutor on Iraq-
related issues especially with locating and repatriating to
Iraq assets of the former Iraqi regime. His career pattern
shows increasing responsibility and expertise in foreign
security and economic policies. His acceptance into this
international visitors program would increase his
understanding of the key factors that shape U.S. foreign
policy and his ability to reflect that understanding in his
policy formulation efforts within the Dutch government and
in the European Union.
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
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