Dr. Janne E. Nijman

Dr. Janne E. Nijman is a professor of History and Theory of International Law at the University of Amsterdam School of Law and a senior fellow of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL). She is also a professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. 

Nijman is the former chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut for International and European Law in the Hague, and its academic director (2015-2022). She has held visiting positions in Berlin, Bologna, Cambridge, Geneva, London, and New York City. Nijman is a member of the UvA research priority area ‘Decolonial Futures.’ She has published widely on issues of international law, human rights, and beyond. 

Nijman has been in executive and non-executive board positions in the Dutch public sector for over 15 years. 

She has been a supervisory board member of the peace organization PAX for Peace, a member of the international jury of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Peace Prize (2021-2023), and chair and member of the supervisory board of the think-tank International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in the Hague. She has been an International Gender Champion and a member of the Hague hub of the international leadership network on gender equality (2018-2022).

Currently, Nijman is a member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV), an independent body that advises the Dutch government and parliament on foreign policy, and a member of the supervisory board/board of trustees of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2023-). Janne is a member of SER Topvrouwen.


World Press Photo Involvement:
Chair of the Supervisory Board