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Education
- 1976:
Degree in Dutch Law (Constitutional and
Administrative Law), University of Utrecht
Professional activities
(a) Present position
Chair of the independent committee
(known as the Samson Committee) which is
investigating sexual abuse of children
placed, under the state’s responsibility, in
homes or foster care. The investigation
covers the years from 1945 to the present
and focuses on the nature and extent of
sexual abuse, not on establishing the truth
in individual cases.
(b) Work at national level
Primary posts
- Member
of the Board of Procurators General,
2006-2009
- Chief Public Prosecutor,
Utrecht District Court, 2003-2006
- Chief
Public Prosecutor, Dordrecht District Court,
1998-2003
- Deputy Chief Public
Prosecutor, Dordrecht District Court,
1995-1998
- Advocate General, Arnhem
Court of Appeal, 1991-1995
- Public
Prosecutor 1st class, Rotterdam District
Court, 1988-1991
- Public Prosecutor,
Rotterdam District Court, 1985-1988
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Junior Deputy Public Prosecutor, Rotterdam
District Court, 1984-1985
- Training as a
judicial officer, 1978-1984
- Policy
Officer, Cultural Affairs, Province of
Overijssel, 1978
Other activities
within the Public Prosecution Service
- Chair of the National Advisory
Committee on Appeals for Information by the
Criminal Justice Authorities, 1996-2004
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Chair of the Committee on Tackling Serious
Environmental Crime, 1990-1998
Outside activities
- Chair of
the Committee on Sexual Harassment, Ministry
of Justice, 1996-2004
- Member of the
Board of the Dr Wouter Laurens Slot
Foundation ‘De Dreef’, 1996–1999
- Member
of the Board of the Otto Gerhard Heldring
Foundation, 1996-1999
(c)
International work
Member
of the International Association of
Prosecutors.
As a member of the Board of
Procurators General, Ms Samson regularly
attended meetings of European procurators
general, depending on the subject under
discussion, and kept in touch with
colleagues in France, Germany and Belgium.
For some time, her portfolio included
Eurojust (the European Union’s Judicial
Cooperation Unit).
Language
skills
English and German:
good
French: fair
Other
relevant information
Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
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