Stijn Franken

Prof. Stijn Franken (1967) studied law in Tilburg. In 1993 he obtained a doctorate at that university and in the same year was sworn in as an attorney in The Hague. In 1998 he was sworn in in Amsterdam and became a partner at Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden. He is a member of the criminal law department, focusing on litigation at the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. In 2003 Prof. Stijn Franken became professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Utrecht. He is also vice-chairman of the Dutch Association of Criminal Law Attorneys, a member of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Bar Association, and a member of the Professional Football Appeals Committee. He has many publications on criminal law to his credit.