US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1394

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 07 THE HAGUE 001394 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate 
Mr. Jules F. Gerzon 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an 
alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding 
international travel benefits. 
Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy 
Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 
16, 2005. 
 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 161 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGE-2005-0006 
PROJ-NAME: EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II" 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
DEPART-POST: 02/26/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 02/28/2005 
RETURN-POST: 03/19/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 2 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Mrs 
F-NAME: Machteld 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Boot-Matthijssen 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Netherlands Institute of International 
M-ADDR2: Relations "Clingendael" 
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 93080 
M-CITY: 2509 AB The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-374-6638 
M-FAX: 31-70-374-6666 
M-EMAIL: mboot@clingendael.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 05/19/1971 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Utrecht 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Researcher, Netherlands Institute of International Relations 
"Clingendael" 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Program coordinator, Department of Training and Education, 
International Security and Conflict Issues section, 
Netherlands Institute of International Relations 
"Clingendael" (since October 2002) 
Duties include: 
- Conducting research in the field of human rights and 
international humanitarian law and international criminal 
law, primarily with respect to international security issues 
- Teaching on the International Criminal Court, 
international humanitarian law and human rights in relation 
to international security issues at the Netherlands 
Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' 
- Responsible for courses on the International Criminal 
Court; responsible for courses on good governance and 
democracy in co-operation with e.g., Indonesian counterpart 
(project title: 'Good governance and the role of the armed 
forces in a democracy'); responsible for courses on 
international relations for senior Dutch police officers 
(project title: 'International Police Orientation Course') 
Concurrent positions: 
- Member of the editing board of the Leiden Journal of 
International Law (since December 2002); responsible for the 
International Criminal Court section 
- Member of the editing board of 'Militair straf- en 
tuchtrecht' (Military criminal and disciplinary law) (since 
January 2002); responsible for the explanatory notes to the 
Netherlands International Crimes Act 
 
 
 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
- Head of the International Humanitarian Law Department, The 
Netherlands Red Cross Society, The Hague (June 2001- 
September 2002) 
- Legal Advisor International Humanitarian Law, The 
Netherlands Red Cross Society (since September 2000) 
At the Netherlands Red Cross, Mrs. Boot was responsible for 
disseminating International Humanitarian Law in the 
Netherlands. In that capacity she conducted various studies 
for the  Netherlands Red Cross Society (inter alia, on the 
implementation of the Rome Statute and case law of the ICTY 
and ICTR in Dutch law; international responsibility for 
remnants of war; providing testimony in The Netherlands; 
misuse of the emblems of the Red Cross Movement) 
- provided policy advice on international law issues and on 
the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Movement, within 
the Netherlands Red Cross and advised the Dutch government 
and members of parliament 
- gave lectures on international humanitarian law 
- gave lectures on the role of the International Committee 
of the Red Cross in armed conflict at various Dutch 
universities as well as, e.g., at the Netherlands Institute 
for Defence Studies, Rijswijk (Instituut Defensieleergangen) 
- Research Assistant at the Department of Criminal Law and 
the Department of European and International Public Law, 
Faculty of Law, Tilburg University (1996-2000) 
- At Tilburg University she started her research in 
international criminal law and obtained her doctorate degree 
(supervising professors: Prof. W.J.M. van Genugten and Prof. 
N. Keijzer). At University she also provided lectures on the 
law of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former 
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. 
 
 
 
 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
- Presentation 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the 
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future 
Practice', at workshop 'Crimes Against Humanity: The World's 
Response', The Alleged Transnational Criminal, International 
Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May 2002 
- Member of the Dutch delegation at the second session of 
the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of an 
International Criminal Court, New York (August 1996) 
- Holiday in New York, winter 1998 
 
 
 
 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Work: 
- Helsinki, Finland (presentation at Conference 'The 
International Criminal Court and Developments in 
International Criminal Law', March 2003) 
- Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia (project 'Good Governance 
and the Role fo the Armed Forces in a Democracy', January 
2003) 
- Siracusa, Italy (ISISC Conference 'International Criminal 
Law: Quo Vadis?' (rapporteur on Victim's Rights) (December 
2002) 
- Rome, Italy (Diplomatic Conference on the International 
Criminal Court Statute, summer 1998) 
- Freiburg, Germany (3 months research at Max Planck 
Institut for International Criminal Law and Foreign Criminal 
Law) 
Holidays: 
- Istanbul, Turkey (February 2002) 
- Turkey, West-Coast (summer 2002) 
- Andalusia, Spain (summer 2001) 
- Greece, Aegian region (summer 2000) 
- Egypt, one month (1995) 
- Regular travel between 1991 and 1995 to Paris, Oxford and 
Berlin 
 
 
 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
- Ph.D. research project on substantive international 
criminal law (1995-2000). This research was completed with a 
dissertation  'Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject 
Matter Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: 
Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes' 
(successfully defended on 15 February 2002 at Tilburg 
University; Max van der Stoel-Human Rights Award 2002) 
- Summer Course Public International Law at the Hague 
Academy of International Law (1997) 
- Law School, specialization in criminal law, Utrecht 
University, The Netherlands (graduated in 1995; thesis on 
the legal status of aliens within the Dutch prison system) 
 
 
 
 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
- Association Internationale de Droit Pnal ('jeune 
pnaliste') 
Other activities: 
- Contributing to the report of the Netherlands group of the 
International Society of Military Law and the Law of War 
regarding 'The Compatability of National Legal Systems with 
the Statute of the Permanent International Criminal Court 
(ICC)' for the 26th congress of the Society in Rome, April 
2003 (August 2001-May 2002) 
) 
- Organizing the launch of 'Constraints on the Waging of 
War' (F. Kalshoven and L. Zegveld, Geneva: ICRC, March 
2001), The Hague, 27 April 2001 
- Member of the Supervisory Committee of the Prison Complex 
in Tilburg (penitentiary for detaining illegal aliens) 
(October 1998- January 2003) 
- Participating in internet project 'On the Record' at the 
Diplomatic Conference in Rome for the Establishment of an 
International Criminal Court (June-July 1998). 
http://www.advocacynet.org/ 
- (Co)organizing the symposium 'Reconciliation or 
Prosecution?' at the occasion of granting an Honorary 
Doctorate to Judge Richard Goldstone at Tilburg University 
(November-December 1997) 
- Assisting Prof. M. Wladimiroff and Mr. A.A.M. Orie in 
preparing the Tadic case during an internship at Wladimiroff 
& Spong Advokaten, The Hague (April-June 1995) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected publications 
- M. Boot-Matthijssen, R. van Elst, 'Wetsvoorstel 
internationale misdrijven: Enkele knelpunten en mogelijke 
verbeteringen' ('Bill on International Crimes: Some 
Bottlenecks and Possible Improvements'), NJB (Netherlands 
Law Journal) no. 35, pp. 1742-1750 (2002) 
- M. Boot, 'Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the 
International Criminal Court: Compromises in Future 
Practice', presentation at workshop 'Crimes Against 
Humanity: The World's Response', The Alleged Transnational 
Criminal, International Bar Association, Miami USA, 26 May 
2002 
- M. Boot, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes: 
Nullum Crimen Sine Lege and the Subject Matter Jurisdiction 
of the International Criminal Court, dissertation Tilburg 
University, Intersentia, Antwerpen/ Oxford/ New York 2002 
- M. Boot, report on the workshop 'The Need for Police 
Capacities and Skills when Arresting War Criminals; Aspects 
of Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Human Rights', in: 
W.A.M. van Dijk and J.I. Hovens (eds), Arresting War 
Criminals, Wolf Legal Productions, Nijmegen 2001, pp. 47-53 
- M. Boot, 'Mensenrechten en oorlogsmisdadigers. Het recht 
op een eerlijk proces in internationale strafrechtspraak' 
('Human Rights and War Criminals. The Right to a Fair Trial 
in the International Criminal Justice System'), 50 Ars Aequi 
443-448 (2001) 
- M. Boot, 'Complementariteit en de rol van de 
Veiligheidsraad in het Statuut van Rome' ('Complementarity 
and the Role of the Security Council'), in: M.S. 
Groenhuijsen en G.J. Corstens, Rede en Recht, Liber Amicorum 
Nico Keijzer, Deventer: Gouda Quint 2000, pp. 103-121 
- M. Boot, C.K. Hall, R. Dixon, 'Article 7, Crimes Against 
Humanity', in: O. Triffterer (ed.), Commentary on the Rome 
Statute of the International Criminal Court. Observers' 
Notes, Article by Article, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 1999, 
pp. 117-172 
- M. Boot, 'Commentary on the Opinion and Judgment of Trial 
Chamber II, Prosecutor v. Tadic, 7 May 1997', in: A. Klip 
and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of 
International Tribunals, Vol. 1, Intersentia, Antwerp 1999, 
pp. 452-456 
- M. Boot, R. van Elst, Interview with Justice Richard 
Goldstone, 1 Netherlands Research School on Human Rights 
Newsletter 3-6 (1997); also published as 'Truth, Trials and 
Tribunals', 27 Index on Censorship 161-165 (1998) 
- M. Boot, W.J.M. van Genugten (eds.), Gross Human Rights 
Violations: Reconciliation or Prosecution?, W.E.J. Tjeenk 
Willink, Deventer 1998 
Not yet published: 
- 'The Bouterse Case before the Dutch Supreme Court, 18 
September 2001', in: 4 Yearbook of International 
Humanitarian Law (2001), The Hague, Asser Press 
- 'Accountability of the Child Soldier', in: M. Boot, S. 
Dana en R. Haveman (eds.), Supranational Criminal Law, Vol. 
2: Punishment and Sanctions, Antwerp: Intersentia 
- 'Commentary on the Judgement of the Appeals Chamber, 
Prosecutor v. Delalic and Others (Celebici), 20 February 
2001', in: A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading 
Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. 5, Antwerp: 
Intersentia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OTHER-LANG-ID: FR 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Drew Mann/Capie Polk 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Ms. Boot-Mathijssen is a young academic in a position to 
influence foreign affairs officials, police and military 
through her training responsibilities and publications at 
the Clingendael Institute.  Her area of expertise is human 
rights and international criminal law with respect to 
international security issues, in particular the 
International Criminal Court.  Through Clingendael, Ms. Boot- 
Mathijssen organizes courses in these areas for Dutch and 
foreign government officials, police and military.  Most 
recently she is responsible for a course on international 
relations for senior Dutch law enforcement officers, which 
Clingendael hopes to offer annually. 
Ms. Boot-Mathijssen is and will continue to be in a position 
where she is asked about US policies and perspectives with 
respect to human rights, counter terrorism and international 
law.  She is eager to understand US positions but has little 
direct US experience.   She is particularly interested in 
human rights laws and global security issues with respect to 
counterterrorism, and the issues of safeguarding civil and 
political rights versus national security.   A professional 
US program would add the realistic perspective to the 
extensive academic knowledge she already has of the US. 
 
 
 
 
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MEDIA?: No 
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PERSON-ID: 239 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Jules 
M-NAME: Frederik 
L-NAME: Gerzon 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: No 
M-ADDR1: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
M-ADDR2: P.O. Box 20061 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: 2500 EB The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-348-5503 
M-FAX: 31-70-348-4638 
M-EMAIL: jules.gerzon@minbuza.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 04/04/1969 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Amsterdam 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Senior Policy Officer, Political Affairs Department, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Main responsibilities: foreign policy and external relations 
of the EU (special focus on countries of Former Soviet 
Union, Western-Balkans, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan), 
Institutional EU-matters and Counterterrorism. 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
Netherlands Embassy Berlin, Germany (1999 - 2002) 
Second Secretary Political Affairs 
Main responsibilities: covering internal political 
developments in Germany (parlement and political parties) 
and German foreign policy. 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1997- 1999) 
Policy Officer, Multilateral Financial Affairs Department 
Main responsibilities: Netherlands contribution to debt 
relief operations, mainly in the context of the "Highly 
Indebted Poor Countries Initiative" (HIPC),  Structural 
Reform Issues (IMF and World Bank) 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1996) Diplomatic 
Training 
ING Bank, Amsterdam (1996) Management Trainee 
European Commission Delegation to the United Nations, New 
York 
Management Trainee (September - December 1995) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Brief tour in New York focused on the UN.  No direct work 
with USG and very limited travel. 
Two one-week holiday trips 
 
 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Various European countries for vacation and official 
business. 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Masters Degree Economics, University of Groningen, The 
Netherlands 
Specialization on international economic relations, macro- 
economics and development economics; Thesis on Multilateral 
Debt Issue of Severely Indebted Low Income Countries 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Todd Kushner 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Jules has responsibility in the Dutch government for EU 
relations with regions and issues critical to U.S. foreign 
policy including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Western 
Balkans and counterterrorism.  He is a key contact on 
terrorist financing and his responsibilities in that area 
and the entire counterterrorism area and slated to increase. 
Jules has also been an important interlocutor on Iraq- 
related issues especially with locating and repatriating to 
Iraq assets of the former Iraqi regime.  His career pattern 
shows increasing responsibility and expertise in foreign 
security and economic policies.  His acceptance into this 
international visitors program would increase his 
understanding of the key factors that shape U.S. foreign 
policy and his ability to reflect that understanding in his 
policy formulation efforts within the Dutch government and 
in the European Union. 
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