NQHR December 2017 Issue
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051917736956 |
| Date | 01 December 2017 |
| Published date | 01 December 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
Editorial
NQHR December 2017 Issue
The Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights brings 2017 to a close with a number of changes to
both our International Editorial Board and Executive Board.
The Quarterly regretfully announces the resignation of Professor David Weissbrodt from our
International Editorial Board, who steps down to focus on other projects. Professor Weissbrodt has
served on the International Editorial Board for many years, ensuring the NQHR maintains its
quality and status as a highly reputable human rights journal internationally. The expertise brought
by members of this Board is valued greatly by the NQHR’s Executive Board and the journal’s
readership alike. We are grateful that Professor Weissbrodt chose to commit his expertise to the
NQHR and sincerely thank him for the positive collaboration over the years.
The NQHR also regretfully announces that two of the NQHR’s Executive Board members, Leo
Zwaak and Professor Jenny Goldschmidt, will retire from the Board after a long commitment to the
journal. Both Leo Zwaak, who has been on the NQHR’s Executive Board since its creation in the
1980s, and Professsor Goldschmidt have shown outstanding dedication to the NQHR for many
years. Their expertise and editorial input over the years has been invaluable and they will be sorely
missed by the NQHR Executive Board. The NQHR thanks them both for their enormous contri-
bution to the work of the NQHR and wishes them every success in the future.
The NQHR Executive Board is pleased to announce that three new members have joined the
Board. Dr. Jasper Krommendijk, Assistant Professor of European Law at Radboud University
Nijmegen, has recently joined our Executive Board. Jasper Krommendijk is currently working
on a four-year project on the preliminary reference ‘‘dance’’ between the Court of Justice of the
European Union and national courts funded by a VENI-grant from the Netherlands Organisation
for Scientific Research (NWO). His expertise includes the effectiveness of international courts
and committees and their judgments and recommendations. Also joining our Executive Board is
Dr. Katharine Fortin, Assistant professor of Public International Law and Human Rights at Utrecht
University’s Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). Katharine Fortin’s expertise relates to
the legal framework which applies to non-international armed conflicts. She is the founder and
co-editor of the Armed Groups and International Law blog. Dr. Marjolein van den Brink, lecturer
in human rights law at Utrecht University and SIM, also joins our Executive Board. Her expertise
relates to, among others, gender, personal status and family law, equality and non-discrimination,
and vulnerable groups. She has published extensively on these topics. The special subject expertise
of the Executive Board members ensures the publication of the highest quality scholarship in
the NQHR. We warmly Jasper Krommendijk, Katharine Fortin and Marjolein van den Brink to
the Executive Board and look forward to the collaboration.
The NQHR Executive Board also warmly welcomes new Managing Editor Leonie Huijbers,
SIM fellow and PhD candidate at Utrecht University, whose research examines procedural review
in fundamental rights cases. The Executive Board expresses its sincere gratitude to Julie Fraser,
who concluded her service as Managing Editor of the Quarterly earlier this year after four years.
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2017, Vol. 35(4) 201–202
ªThe Author(s) 2017
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