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- Studied law and public administration at the University of Groningen (1989), and obtained a Juris Doctor diploma from the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana (US).
- Between 1989 and 2001, worked as a researcher and later as a lawyer on death penalty cases.
- Admitted to the bar in Louisiana in 1997, and in Amsterdam in 2007.
- Awarded an honorary doctorate in law from Utrecht University in 2001, in recognition of his work in the US.
- Founder of the St Thomas Community Law Centre in New Orleans (US).
- Registered and practises as a lawyer in both the US and the Netherlands.
- Member of the criminal law and international law departments.
- Partner at Böhler since January 2011.
Between 2005 and 2008, Bart Stapert chaired the Dutch department of Amnesty International. He is the chairman of the Dutch foundation for legal aid to inmates on death row (in Dutch: Stichting Rechtshulp Terdoodveroordeelden) and acts as an adviser to Reprieve NL. He specialises in cases involving Dutch citizens who are imprisoned abroad, cases involving American law (including extradition cases), and complex criminal law and human rights cases (including those involving the death penalty).
Email
BStapert@bohler.eu
Press and publications
Bart Stapert publishes and teaches on issues relating to human rights and American law. He will shortly be awarded a doctorate for comparative legal research into the right to defence counsel.
Highlights
- Dutch citizens on death row in Indonesia. Among other things, see the following episodes of the Dutch television programme, ‘Pauw en Witteman’:
Pauw en Witteman 1
Pauw en Witteman 2 - As a result of this case, Dutch citizens who are being detained abroad and face execution can now sometimes make appeals using Dutch-financed legal aid. For more on this, see:
Financiering rechtsbijstand bij (dreigende) doodstraf [Financing legal assistance in cases of (threatened) capital punishment]