Liesbeth Zegveld

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Full Name	Liesbeth Zegveld
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1970(1970-01-14)
Age	54
Birthplace	Ridderkerk
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	South Holland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Liesbeth Zegveld Biography

Liesbeth Zegveld is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on January 14, 1970 in Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands. Zegveld represented nine widows against the Dutch State in a case against them for their involvement in the Rawagede massacre on 9 December 1947 during which their husbands died. The Court of The Hague ruled in favor of the State, who publicly apologized for its involvement and paid EUR20.000 to each widow.

She was sworn into the bar in 2000. In 2005, she was made a partner in Prakken d’Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers. Zegveld is the head of the International Law & Human Rights department at this law firm. Her cases mainly concern liability for violations and compensation for war victims.

Another high-profile case was that of Azhar Sabah Jaloud, who was fatally shot at a Dutch checkpoint during the Iraq War in 2004. On behalf of the young man’s father, Zegveld started a case against the Dutch State, which resulted in a successful complaint against The Netherlands before the European Court of Human Rights.

Between 2006 and 2013, Zegveld was a professor at Leiden University, where she lectured on international humanitarian law, in particular on the rights of women and children during armed conflict. She has been professor of war reparations at the University of Amsterdam since the end of 2013.

Zegveld is famous for her work in the Srebrenica case. She represented two relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia. Zegveld claimed that Dutchbat, the Dutch battalion responsible to the Srebrenica Enclave’s protection, and the Dutch government knew of Muslim enemies. The claim was accepted by the Dutch Supreme Court in 2013.

Liesbeth Zegveld Net Worth

Liesbeth Zegveld is one of the richest Lawyer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Liesbeth Zegveld 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Liesbeth Zegveld, born 14 January 1970, Ridderkerk, is a Dutch lawyer and legal expert.

Zegveld represents the Moluccan families who were victims of train hijacking at Punt in 1977. This is in a case against The Netherlands Government. The Court of The Hague ruled that the Dutch State had not acted illegally in July 2018. The case is currently being appealed.

Zegveld grew up on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee. After her law studies at the University of Utrecht she obtained a doctoral degree cum laude in 2000. She received several awards for her doctoral thesis Accountability of Armed Opposition Groups in International Law.

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