Arja Oomkens (1989) studied Anthropology (BA), Public International Law (MA), and Holocaust- and Genocide studies (MA) at the University of Amsterdam. In addition to her studies, she has conducted (short-term) legal work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Prakken d’Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers and Defence for Children. Currently, she combines her job as a project coordinator at ASKV (refugee support) with a job as a paralegal specialised in (international, European, and Dutch) migration law. Her specific fields of interest are: migration law & policy, refugees, children’s rights, and post-war restoration.
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HDP x WHN: een humaan asielbeleid?
Op 14 juni organiseert Huis de Pinto in samenwerking met What is Happening Now? en de Amsterdamse alumnivereniging Holocaust en Genocidestudies een thema-avond over het nieuwe regeerakkoord en de integratie van vluchtelingen. Tijdens deze avond zullen What Is Happening Now-leden… Continue Reading
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Elections in the Netherlands: what the outcome of the Dutch Elections says about the universality of human rights
By Arja Oomkens – “Will you consider the rights of children when you vote this week?” – “Sure! Who are you going to vote for?” “I don’t have a residence permit, so I’m not allowed to vote. – “Really, how… Continue Reading
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The Netherlands and “Criminal Refugees” from Afghanistan: political misconceptions
By Arja Oomkens On 23 September 2016, the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists (NJCM), a commission that focuses on the protection of human rights in the Netherlands, announced that they had filed a lawsuit… Continue Reading
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Housing for Refugees in the Netherlands: austere and just?
By Arja Oomkens – Last November, the Dutch government decided that housing for refugees with a temporary residence permit must be “austere and just”. In effect, this meant the development of austerity measures to regularize housing for these refugees… Continue Reading
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Ending Statelessness: the long road ahead
By Arja Oomkens – Exactly one year ago, UNHCR launched a global campaign aimed at ending statelessness, a phenomenon that is often described as a “devastating legal limbo”. But what is statelessness exactly, and why is it so… Continue Reading
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Event Review – ‘Rooms of Humanity’
By Laurien Vastenhout & Arja Oomkens On September 19th we visited ‘Rooms of Humanity’, an interactive and experimental exhibition which theatre directors Ilil Landboss and Giselle Vegter made especially for this evening. The promise to address the complexities of… Continue Reading
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In Search of a Solution to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Local Integration in Turkey will Relieve Mounting Tensions
By Arja Oomkens – With the conflict in Syria entering its fifth year of ongoing atrocities and destruction, it has come to epitomize one of the most challenging humanitarian crises of our era. Nearly 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighboring… Continue Reading
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HDP x WHN: een humaan asielbeleid?
