ABOUT ME
Now: Cluster Coordinator for ‘Accountability for Ukraine’ at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Before that, between 2020 and 2025, Nout van Woudenberg served as Deputy Ambassador at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Central Asia in Astana, Kazakhstan. In this role, he worked to promote the interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, while also striving to enhance understanding of the five Central Asian countries within the Kingdom.
From 2018 to 2020, he served as an advisor to the Government of Aruba, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He assisted Aruba in the fields of international law and international relations. This role followed logically after his tenure as Kingdom Affairs Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2018, during which he advised the Minister of Foreign Affairs on how to incorporate the special aims and needs of the overseas countries of the Kingdom into the broader foreign policy of the Ministry.
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Between 1992 and 2012, Nout held various legal positions within the Government of the Netherlands.
Then and now: Expert on international protection of cultural property
Moreover, Dr. Van Woudenberg is recognized as an expert in the international protection of cultural property, with a focus on areas such as the protection of cultural property during armed conflict; immunity from suit and seizure for cultural objects on loan; and the restitution and recovery of cultural objects. He regularly delivers presentations on these topics and has authored and edited books on the protection of cultural objects during armed conflict, as well as on immunity from seizure for cultural objects on international loan.
From 2008 to 2012, Dr. X served as (Vice) Chair of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property during Armed Conflict.
In 2011, he completed his dissertation on state immunity for cultural objects on loan. Between 2010 and 2014, and again since 2023, he has served as the Netherlands’ representative to the Cultural Heritage Branch of the International Law Association.
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