The Netherlands
Born: 23 November 1947, Groningen, The Netherlands
Education:
| 1958 - 1966 | Gymnasium β |
| 1966 - 1971 | Legal education, University of Leiden, masters degree in law, Course in European Law (Criminal Law), Free University, Brussels |
Languages: Fluent in English, French and German
Professional Experience:
| 2011 to date | Judge, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals |
| 2001 to date | Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber I |
| 1997 - 2001 | Justice of the Supreme Court, The Netherlands (2nd Chamber - criminal cases) |
| 1995 - 1997 | Assigned defence counsel, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| 1995 - 1997 | Partner in the law firm Wladimiroff & Spong, The Hague, specialized in criminal law and international criminal cases, (including trans-border defence, extradition, transfer of prisoners, international judicial co-operation, and Supreme Court criminal cases) |
| 1994 - 1997 | Subsidiary Judge of the Court of Appeal, Amsterdam |
| 1980 - 2003 | Co-founder and chairman of the Society for International Criminal Law (Gezelschap voor internationaal Strafrecht) |
| 1980 - 1997 | Bar of the Supreme Court of The Netherlands |
| 1971 - 1980 | Lecturer, Leiden University, Department of Criminal Law |
Member:
| 2015 - 2017 | President of the Disciplinary Appeals Board of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon |
| 2014 to 2020 | Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Dutch Group |
| 2001 to 2017 | Member of the ICTY Rules Committee and the ICTY Bureau |
| 1998 to 2001 | Crown Appointed Judge, Disciplinary Court of Appeal for the Dutch Bar |
| 1983 - 1996 | Member of ad hoc legislative advisory committees to the Minister of Justice in the field of international criminal law |
| 2000 | Served on a delegation advising the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, on international criminal co-operation and criminal law |
| 1997 - 1998 | Ad hoc working group, assisting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the preparation of the Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court |
| 1994 | Ad hoc informal working group, assisting the Registrar of the ICTY in the preparation of a Directive on the assignment of defence counsel |
| 1992 - 1996 | Ad hoc Legislative Advisory Committees to the Dutch Minister of Justice on a) the position of the defendant in the field of international co-operation in criminal matters; b) Review of Supreme Court procedures in criminal cases; and c) Administrative sanctions for traffic offences |
| 1989 - 1990 | Council of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands |
Honours:
| 2015 | Honorary Doctorate VU University Amsterdam |
| 2008 | Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau |