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Joris Voorhoeve

Joris Voorhoeve is member of the Netherlands Council of State and professor of international organisations and international security studies at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) in Breda. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, chair of Oxfam Novib and of the World Population Foundation, and former Minister of Defence. He is currently completing a study on the rule of law in post-conflict situations for the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR).