Jaap Egbert Doek (born May 1, 1942, in Emmen) is a Dutch jurist, specialising in family and juvenile law. He is a professor of

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at the

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, where he was the dean of the law faculty from 1988 to 1992. He is a deputy justice in the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam and he was a juvenile court judge in the district court of Alkmaar and

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(1978–1985).

International work

He was elected to the

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in February 1999 and, from May 2001 to the end of his mandate in February 2007, served as its Chairperson. Doek was a founding member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) (serving as president in 1982–1984 and as vice president for developing countries in 1984–1992) and in that capacity was involved in the establishment of the African Network for Prevention and Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). He was involved in the creation of

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(DCI) in 1979 and the Dutch section of this organisation (1984). He was a member of the ISPCAN/DCI working group which conducted a large study on child labour (1994–1997). He was a member of the Board of the International Association of Juvenile and Family Court Magistrates from 1982 to 1986. In 1999–2000 he was the president of the

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(ELFA).

Visiting professor

In 1993 he was a visiting scholar at

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, and at the

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in Ann Arbor. In January to May 1999 he was a visiting professor at the

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Literary career

He has published numerous books and articles on various topics in the area of

children's rights Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

and

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in national and international journals.

Sources

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