Antoinette van den Berg-Verlaan
Antoinette van den Berg-Verlaan is the General Affairs Manager at ICCT. She is the lead for ICCT’s HR and her other responsibilities lie with external communication with partners, academics and policymakers; event organisation; office management and background research.
Prior to joining ICCT, Antoinette worked at Stichting Right to Play, where she was responsible for the relationships with major donors. She previously worked with Europol and the Dutch Police.
On the 9 year anniversary of the Westgate attack, this Perspective takes stock of recent political developments and the evolution of the threat from al-Shabaab within both Somalia and Kenya.
This perspective analyses the recent ECtHR ruling and explains its impact on the policy of European countries to repatriate children that are still in the Northeast Syria camps.
This Perspective will assess five common predictions of the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan when they took over a year ago and consider whether things turned out as badly as many believed.