Mr. dr. Mikhel Timmerman
Associate Professor
General
Mikhel Timmerman is Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视's Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. Before coming to Utrecht in October 2024, he worked at the Criminal Law Department of the Radboud 木瓜福利影视 Nijmegen and as a Law Clerk at The Supreme Court of The Netherlands (Hoge Raad). In 2018, Timmerman received his doctorate from the European 木瓜福利影视 Institute (Florence, Italy) for a dissertation on the principle of legality in EU law and under the ECHR. Timmerman holds degrees in Philosophy of Law (LL.M., Leiden 木瓜福利影视, 2009, cum laude), Dutch (Criminal) Law (LL.M., Radboud 木瓜福利影视, 2010, cum laude), International and European law (LL.M., Radboud 木瓜福利影视, 2010), Philosophy (M.A., Radboud 木瓜福利影视, 2012, cum laude), and Comparative, European and International Laws (LL.M., European 木瓜福利影视 Institute, 2014).
Research
Timmerman's research focuses on substantive and procedural Dutch criminal law. In his research, the influence of EU law and the ECHR on Dutch criminal law often plays a role. EU criminal law and the relationship between EU law and the ECHR also have his special attention. For more information on completed research, see under 鈥榩ublications鈥�.
Teaching
Timmerman co-teaches the master's course 鈥楨nforcement of EU Law鈥� and supervises several theses written by, inter alia, students from the master's programme 鈥楨uropean Criminal Justice in a Global Context鈥�. In Dutch, Timmerman teaches a master's course on the Legality Principle in Substantive Criminal Law and a course on the new Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure.
Ancillary activities
From 2013 until 2023, Timmerman has been involved with the Beroepsopleiding Advocaten (The Netherlands Bar Association's Training Program), including as developer of tests for trainee lawyers in the field of Dutch criminal (procedural) law. He is affiliated with the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal as a Substitute Judge.