{"id":11155,"date":"2011-12-09T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T08:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/senior-course-119-field-study-iii-the-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:58:14","slug":"senior-course-119-field-study-iii-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/senior-course-119-field-study-iii-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Course 119 Field Study III &#8211; The Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FS_The_Hague_ICI_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The International Criminal Court, The Hague\" \/><figcaption>The International Criminal Court, The Hague<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 7th December Senior Course 119 made the second stop of its Regional Approaches and Mediterranean Dialogue Field Study, in the Netherlands.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In The Hague, the group first attended a morning of briefings at the Princess Juliana Barracks. Course Members were warmly welcomed by <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_2_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Welcome address to Princess Juliana Barracks by Commodore F. Sijtsma, Assistant Chief of Staff for International Military Cooperation\">Commodore F. Sijtsma<\/a>, Assistant Chief of Staff for International Military Cooperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_5_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Col WESTERBEEK provides SC 119 a detailed overview of the commitments of the Netherlands Armed Forces in the operational theatres.\">Col J.W. Westerbeek<\/a>, Chief of the Joint Plans Branch Operation Centre at the Ministry of Defense, then provided a detailed overview of the commitments of the Netherlands Armed Forces in operational theatres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The second presentation was given by <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_4_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Dr SCHROOR covers the defense policy review in the Dutch Armed Forces.\">Dr Peter Henk Schroor<\/a>, Head of Internal Affairs in the Department for Policy Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. He illustrated how the Netherlands defence policy review was designed and conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Dr ROZA presents an insightful analysis from the MFA perspective.\">Dr Vincent Roza<\/a>, of the Crisis Management and Peacekeeping Operations Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then gave a very clear and frank explanation about the operational involvement of the Netherlands in these fields, and presented an insightful analysis from the MFA perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Every briefing was followed by a very lively Q&#038;A session, during which all the lecturers gave very open and frank answers to the challenging questions that were raised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">After a <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_6_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Head of the NDC Field Studies Branch Col MORABITO with two Anciens\u2019 from the Netherlands. \">hosted lunch<\/a> with the National Military Representatives and a number of <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119FS3_Netherlands_7_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" SC 119 Course President Col PEDDEMORS, NLD F, meets NDC Anciens from the Netherlands. \">Anciens<\/a>, the SC moved to the International Criminal Court (ICC) building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Course members were given a brief introduction to the court premises by a representative of the Protocol Unit. Mr Volker Nerlich, Legal Advisor in the Appeals Division, then gave an informative presentation about the jurisdiction of the ICC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Legal Advisor of the Legal Advisory Section of the Office of the Prosecutor, Mr Hans Bevers, extensively illustrated the structure, the functions, and the main duties of that office within the ICC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The highlight of the visit was the opportunity for the SC119 group to sit in the public gallery, and witness a portion of the case against Mr. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"FooterSignature\" >NDC Public Affairs Office<\/p>\n<p class='just'>\n<br \/>More about the Field Study:<\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=339'>Kick off: Italy<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Criminal Court, The Hague On 7th December Senior Course 119 made the second stop of its<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 15 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 9, 2011","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 9, 2011 09:15","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:58"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11155"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}