HOPE RIKKELMAN

In addition to being the Director at Yazidi Legal Network and Head of Iraq and Syria projects, Hope Rikkelman is the new incoming Director at NCIC. She specialized in International and Dutch Criminal Law at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Zagreb. She has developed human rights programmes for human rights activists and conducts (criminal) investigations into international crimes within national jurisdictions with the aim of establishing individual liability. Hope is also the recipient of the 2023 Epiq Women’s Award for Justice and Advocacy, which was presented to her by the New York City Bar Association. At NCIC, Hope focuses on access to justice and reparation for victims of international crimes.