Jan de Meyer (21 February 1921 in Mechelen - 15 February 2014) was a Belgian jurist. He is a former judge at the

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(appointed in 1986) and a member of the

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(1980-1986). He became a doctor of laws at the University of Louvain in 1942, and started practising as a barrister in Mechelen from 1944. He became a lecturer at the University of Louvain in 1951 and was professor of law from 1956 to 1986. He also served as an assessor in the

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from 1962 to 1980. He was an adviser to the Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1958 to 1959, adviser to the Prime Minister from 1959 to 1960, adviser to the Ministers for the Civil Service from 1960 to 1961, adviser to the Minister for the Interior and the Civil Service from 1961 to 1965, and adviser to the Minister of Justice from 1965 to 1968. He also served as Belgian member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Human Rights from 1967 to 1973, and as Belgian Government agent at the

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and the

from 1967 to 1972. He was a lecturer at the

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from 1958 to 1970.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Jan de 1921 births Belgian jurists Academic staff of the College of Europe Academic staff of KU Leuven Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Members of the Senate (Belgium) People from Mechelen 2014 deaths Belgian judges of international courts and tribunals