Jaap Egbert Doek (born May 1, 1942, in
Emmen) is a Dutch jurist, specialising in family and juvenile law. He is a professor of
law
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at the
Vrije Universiteit
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in
Amsterdam
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, where he was the dean of the law faculty from 1988 to 1992. He is a deputy justice in the
Court of Appeal of Amsterdam and he was a juvenile court judge in the district court of
Alkmaar
Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...
and
the Hague
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(1978–1985).
International work
He was elected to the
United Nations
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Committee on the Rights of the Child
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The Committee also monitors the Convention's three optional protoc ...
in February 1999 and, from May 2001 to the end of his mandate in February 2007, served as its Chairperson.
Doek was a founding member of the
(ISPCAN) (serving as president in 1982–1984 and as vice president for developing countries in 1984–1992) and in that capacity was involved in the establishment of the
African Network for Prevention and Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). He was involved in the creation of
Defence for Children International
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(DCI) in 1979 and the Dutch section of this organisation (1984). He was a member of the ISPCAN/DCI working group which conducted a large study on
child labour (1994–1997).
He was a member of the Board of the
from 1982 to 1986. In 1999–2000 he was the president of the
European Law Faculties Association (ELFA).
Visiting professor
In 1993 he was a visiting scholar at
Georgetown University Law Center
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in
Washington, D.C.
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, and at the
University of Michigan Law School
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in
Ann Arbor
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. In January to May 1999 he was a visiting professor at the
Northwestern University School of Law
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in
Chicago
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Literary career
He has published numerous books and articles on various topics in the area of
children's rights
Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. and
family law
Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
Overview
Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include:
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in national and international journals.
Sources
*http://www.jaapedoek.nl/biography.html
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1942 births
Living people
20th-century Dutch judges
People from Emmen, Netherlands
Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
21st-century Dutch judges