Sadik Harchaoui (born 4 March 1973, in Douar Khababa) is a Moroccan-Dutch legal academic. He and his family came to the

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in 1980 and settled in the city of

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. After he received a '' vwo'' diploma he went to

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to study law in 1992. He specialised in

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and

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and graduated in 1997 with

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degree. He thereafter worked as a legal civil servant and became a

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in Zwolle-Lelystad in 2000. Aside from these activities, he worked as a researcher at the Willem Pompe Institute (section Criminology) of UU. He received a PhD degree for his research concerning traditional conflict solving of the

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. Harchaoui is often asked for advice by various governments, non-profit organisations, research institutes and private enterprises. Since 2004 has been chairman of the Board of directors of Forum, the Institute for Multicultural Development. He is also chairman of the Council for Social Development (RMO), an independent organisation which advises the Dutch government on social issues.

Publications

* Stigma: Marokkaan! Over afstoten en insluiten van een ingebeelde bevolkingsgroep, 2003, edited with Chris Huinder. * Eer voor beginners in: Multiculturaliteit in de strafrechtspleging, 2003, with Yücel Yeşilgöz. * Hedendaags radicalisme. Verklaring en Aanpak, 2006, FORUM, edited by Harchaoui.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harchaoui, Sadik 1973 births Living people Dutch legal scholars Dutch civil servants Moroccan emigrants to the Netherlands Utrecht University alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University