Brechtje Vossenberg

Using the law to help people.

Brechtje Vossenberg (1980)

Brechtje Vossenberg specializes in the representation of victims of crimes and human rights violations, both in criminal and civil procedures. Among other things, she represents many victims and surviving relatives in complex civil procedures against the State of the Netherlands and has a particular interest in humanitarian law cases. She also represents victims in criminal trials (in particular: violent- and sex crimes and human trafficking) as well as in procedures before international institutions such as the various UN human rights treaty bodies. Before coming to Prakken d'Oliveira, she worked at the Cambodia Tribunal in Phnom Penh (ECCC). Until mid-2016, she also worked as a criminal defense lawyer.

Jurisdictions

Human rights
International law
Criminal law
International criminal law

Lawyer since

2011

E-mail

bvossenberg@prakkendoliveira.nl

Additional functions

Affiliated with the Foundation LANGZS, a Dutch network of lawyers specialized in legal support for victims of violent- and sex crimes.

In the media

The Guardian: 'Women sue Dutch Catholic order over forced labour claims' (7 April 2020)
Claims of 11 surviving relatives of men summarily executed on South Sulawesi (1946-1947) upheld in final verdict (25 March 2020)
Appeals Court: Claims by victims and surviving relatives of violence Dutch East-Indies not time-barred (1 October 2020)
De Volkskrant: 'Rechtbank: onderste steen treinkaping De Punt moet boven' (1 February 2017)
NOS: 'Nabestaanden Molukse treinkapers willen de waarheid horen ' (4 November 2016)
NRC Next: Human rights lawyer seriously threatened in the Netherlands
Quote: 'Nieuwe Meesters', interview (February 2015) (click here for the full article)

Linnaeusstraat 2 A
1092 CK Amsterdam
T +31 20 344 6200
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Prakken d'Oliveira, formerly known as Böhler, is a law firm with expertise and experience in asylum and immigration law, European law, administrative law, international criminal law and human rights. Our lawyers provide advice and conduct procedures before the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), the Dutch Review Committee on the Intelligence and Security Services (CTIVD), the District- and Appeals courts, the Administrative Law Division of the Dutch Council of State, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), the Human Rights Treaty Bodies of the United Nations (UN), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and other international tribunals.