Statement - 16 February 2024
Since 2021, the College of Europe has adopted, also thanks to the input of students, a revised Code of Conduct that guarantees transparent and rigorous procedures to ensure that each member of the...
Born in 1942 in Oosterhout (NL). M.A. (Latin and Greek literature) at the Roman Catholic University in Nijmegen, LL.M. at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam). Ph.D. at University of Utrecht; subject: the human right on education and the Dutch Constitution.
1984: professor of public and administrative law, Faculty of law, Erasmus University. 1986-1989, 1991-1993: dean of the Faculty of law, Erasmus University. 1993-2001: rector of the Erasmus University.
Rector of the College of Europe until his death on 17th June 2002.