Alma mater Leiden University Name Maud Boer-Buquicchio | Spouse Gianni Buquicchio Education Leiden University | |
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Born December 28, 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-12-28 ) Hoensbroek, Netherlands Occupation Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; Former Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Board member of International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children | ||
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Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (born December 28, 1944), a Dutch jurist, is the UN's Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. She previously served as Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe since 2002. She retired from the Council of Europe in 2012 and has been succeeded by Ms. Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni.
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De Boer-Buquicchio was born in Hoensbroek, Netherlands, and studied French language and literature and later law at Leiden University. She specialized in international relations and labor law, obtaining her degree in 1969 with a thesis on the equality of treatment between women and men under European Community law.
De Boer-Buquicchio joined the Council of Europe in 1969, and joined the legal Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights. She later worked in a variety of positions in the Council of Europe system, including in the Private Office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and as Deputy Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights. She was elected Deputy Secretary General in 2002, and reelected in 2007.
Philanthropy
De Boer-Buquicchio is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), a global nonprofit organization that combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction.
She was elected President of Missing Children Europe in 2013, a position she took over from former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, Sir Francis Jacobs.
Personal life
De Boer-Buquicchio is married and has three
sons.