Bas de Gaay Fortman
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| Position: | (The World's Only) Chair in Political Economy of Human Rights |
| Birth: | November 6, 1937 |
| Place: | Den Haag, The Netherlands |
Baastian (Bas) de Gaay Fortman (born November 6 1937) is the Chair in Political Economy of Human Rights in the Netherlands. He is a member of the de Gaay Fortman famliy, the son of W.F. de Gaay Fortman, also a prominent Dutch politician.
Education
The esteemed de Gaay Fortman holds the following degrees:
- LLM Magister Iuris, cum laude 1963 Free University Amsterdam
- MSc Economics cum laude 1966 Free University Amsterdam
- PhD Economics 1966 Free University Amsterdam
==Political Career==
During the the late 1960s and 1970s Bas de Gaay Fortman firmly established himself as the idealistic jugernaut on the Dutch political landscape. Dr. de Gaay Fortman was originally a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Pary (ARP). In 1967 he left the ARP, disagreeing with their acceptance of a coalition with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and joined the Radical Party (PPR). Bas de Gaay Fortman was elected in 1971 as a Member of Parliament (in the Second Chamber of the States General) for the Radical Party (PPR), which he served as until 1977. From 1972-1977, he served as the elected leader of the Radical Party, during which time the radical party gained two ministerial positions through a strong showing in the elections. In 1977, he was appointed to the First Chamber of the States-General as Senator and Floor Leader for the Radical Party (PPR), where he remained until 1991. His father, W.F. de Gaay Fortman, was the Minister of Home Affairs in the Dutch government from 1973-1977.
Research Positions
Bas de Gaay Fortman has held numerous research positions. From 1991 to 1993 he was the director of research for the Institute for Social Studies (ISS). In 1992 he served as the chair of the Joint Steering Committee of the Netherlands Israeli Palestinian Research Programme (NIRP). From 1992 to 1998 he was a research in Convenor State-Society relations ISS and core researcher in both the CERES Research School (Development Studies) and the Netherlands Research School on Human Rights. From 1992 to 1993 he was the chair of the Directorate of the CERES School of Excellence in which six Dutch universities participated. From 2000 to today he is the chair of Working Programme Formation and Disintegration of States of the Netherlands Research School for Development Studies (CERES)
Subjects Taught
- Microeconomic Theory (Free University, Amsterdam 1960-1963, 1965-1967);University of Zambia 1967-1971; ISS)
- Macroeconomic Theory (Free University, Amsterdam 1960-1963, 1965-1967)
- Economics of Rural Development (University of Zambia 1967-1971; ISS)
- International Economic Order (ISS)
- Theory of the Economic Order (University of Zambia, 1967-1971)
- Economics and Public Policy (ISS)
- Civil and Commercial Law (Free University, Amsterdam 1960-1963).
- Development and Entitlement (ISS)
- Human Rights (ISS)
- Political Economy of Jurisprudence(ISS)
- Political Economy of Transition (ISS)
- Political Economy of Development (ISS)
- Political Economy of Human Rights (Utrecht University)
Current Position
Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman joined the Insitute of Social Studies in 1972 as Professor Extraordinary of Economic Development. From 1977 to 2002 he has held the ISS Chair in Political Economy. Dr. de Gaay Fortman is currently the Chair in Political Economy of Human Rights at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). It can be added that he is the only chair in Political Economy of Human Rights in the world. He was also a Msgr Willy Onclin Professor of Comparative Canon Law at the Catholic University of Louvain in 2003/2004. Lastly, he is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague).
Until February 2005, he will be teaching his trademark class "Political Economy of Human Rights" to the Masters in Conflict Studies at Utrecht University. In this class, the majority of the readings utilized are his own works, yet unpublished.
His research interests include the political economy of law and jurisprudence (focus on political economy of human rights) and political economy of conflict and collective violence.
==Languages Spoken==
According to de Gaay Fortman's resume, Professor De Gaay Fortman is fluent in the folowing languages:
- Dutch
- French
- English
- German
- Chewa
- Spanish
- Afrikaans
Travels
Dr. de Gaay Fortman has visited many countries in various capacities. As a as Member of Parliament, Party Leader, Senator, International Observer, Researcher or Visiting Professor, he visited the following countries:
- 1969-1971 South Africa, Botswana, Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Cameroon
- 1971 Cyprus and the Netherlands Antilles
- 1972 Surinam
- 1973 China, North Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh and India
- 1974 Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique
- 1975 German Democratic Republic, Brazil, the United States
- 1977 the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti and the Netherlands Antilles
- 1978 Zambia, Malawi and the Netherlands Antilles
- 1979 Indonesia, Philippines, Lebanon and Israel
- 1980 Zambia
- 1981 Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- 1983 Zambia
- 1984 India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand
- 1986 Argentina, Uruguay
- 1988 Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi
- 1989 Japan, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Barbados, Guyana , Haiti, the Soviet Union (including Lithuania)
- 1990 Malaysia, the Soviet Union
- 1991 Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and Zimbabwe
- 1992 Malawi, Israel, Namibia
- 1993 Malawi, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine (West Bank)
- 1994 Malawi, Israel, Malawi
- 1995 Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, USA
- 1996 Israel, Palestine
- 1997 Kenya, Palestine, USA, Ghana
- 1998 Romania, South Africa, Palestine
- 1999 Palestine, Malawi
- 2000 India, Palestine
Quotes
- "The Melians, however, do not accept, trusting in the justice of their cause and hoping for the help of the Gods and the Spartans." -2001 unpublished essay on Laborious Law [1]
- "Violations of basic human rights affect the overall quality of life." -1999 unpublished work "Where Needs Meet Rights," pg. 10
Honorary Positions
- 1968-1971 Chairman of the Agricultural Prices and Marketing Committee (Advisory Body to the Zambian Government)
- 1969-1971 Member of the Prices Board (Advisory Body to the Zambian Government)
- 1971-1977 Member of the Board of the Organisation of Netherlands Volunteers
- 1977 Co-founder of Ecoropa (together with a.o. Denis de Rougemont, Jacques Ellul, Edward Goldsmith).
- 1977 Co-founder of the Netherlands Study Group for Post- Keynesian Economics
- 1977-1984 President of the Netherlands organisation for International Cooperation (NOVIB), a major Dutch NGO for development cooperation
- 1987-1990 Chairman of "Musiro", the Coordinating Committee for solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in the America's
- 1990- President of Holland World Youth, an international youth exchange programme, initiated by the Ministry of Culture.
- 1990- Co-founder of Economists for Peace (with the late Jan Tinbergen)
- 1991- Commissioner of the World Council of Churches Programme Unit on Justice, Peace and Creation.
- 1992- Correspondent for the Netherlands of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- 1992- Chairman of the Joint Steering Committee of the Netherlands Israeli Research Programme
- 1996- Chair of Pugwash International, Netherlands Chapter
- 1996- European Development Correspondent in the Netherlands (appointed by the Commission (DG8) of the European Union)
- 1997- Member of the Commission for Development Cooeration of the Advisory Council for Development, Human Rights and Security of the Netherlands Government
- 2000- Vice-Chair of the Committee on Social Affairs of UNESCO NL
- 2000- Chair of CEDAR (Centre for Dignity and Rights): Forum for the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
== Past, Current, and Forthcoming Published and Unpublished Publications==
Theory of Competition Policy (Amsterdam: North Holland, 1966)
Christianity and War, Kampen 1966
Christian Radical Views, Kampen 1967
After Mulungushi; the Economics of Zambian Humanism (Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1969)
Third World in Action, Baarn 1972
Long-Term Politics, Baarn 1974
The Profitability of Economic Democracy, De Meern 1976 (co-author)
Help, We Are Developed, (co-author) De Meern 1978
Overdevelopment (editor), (The Hague: ISS, 1979)
The Art of Politics De Meern 1979
The Development Deadlock (editor), (The Hague: ISS, 1980)
Development in the 1980s (editor), (The Hague: ISS, 1981)
Rethinking Development (editor), (The Hague: ISS 1982)
Economics in Reality, Groningen 1982-1987, Textbook in seven volumes (co-author, author for microeconomics)
Letters From Along the Road, Baarn 1982
The New Progress, (co-author) The Hague 1984
The Political Pendulum, (co-author) Ede 1987
Africa in Crisis (editor), (The Hague: ISS 1988)
The Small Path Between Morality and Power Kampen 1989
Democraci të Brishta: Sfida e Legjitimitit në Sistemet Postkomuniste, in Përpjekja, Vol. III, nr 8, October 1996, pp. 95-107 (Vulnerable Democracies. The Problem of Legitimacy in Post-communist transformation)
Internal conflicts, security and development, RAWOO (Advisory Council for Scientific Research in Development Problems), Publication No. 14, The Hague 1997 (editor with Marijke Veldhuis)
Collective Violence within States from a Political Economy Perspective (with Chris Kortekaas), in J. Rotblat (ed.), Security, Cooperation and Disarmament: the Unfinished Agenda for the 1990s, Singapore/New Jersey/London/Hong Kong: World Scientific, 1998, pp. 362-385
Is Socialism Possible? in Sociological Analysis, February/March 1998, Vol I, No 1 (New journal published with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), pp. 97-106
Is Capitalism Possible? in Sociological Analysis, June 1998, Vol I, No 2 (New journal published with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), pp. 43-59
Is Democracy Possible? in Sociological Analysis, September/October Vol I, No 3 (New journal published with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), September 1998, pp. 61-75
De noodzaak van een nieuwe impuls. Over `Life and Work', in Wereld en Zending, Vol 27, No3, 1998, pp 20-27
Where Needs Meet Rights. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a New Perspective, Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications, 1999, Risk Book Series, No. 88, (co-author with Berma Klein Goldewijk) (Translated into Tamil.)
Zelfverrijking, in Vakblad Financiële Planning, Aug. 1999, pp. 6-7
God and the Goods. Global Economy in a Civilizational Perspective, Geneva: World Council of Churches publications, 1998 (with Berma Klein Goldewijk) Spanish Translation: Dios y las Cosas, Santander 1999
Beyond Income Distribution. An Entitlement Systems Approach to the Acquirement Problem, in J. van der Linden et al. (eds), The Economics of Income Distribution: Heterodox Approaches, Edward Elgar, Brookfield (UK)/Cheltenham (US)1999, pp. 29-75
Poverty as Human Rights Deficit: Some Implications for the International Financial Institutions, in Willem van Genugten, Paul Hunt and Susan Matthews (editors), World Bank, IMF and Human Rights, Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers, 2003, pp 205-227
Globalization and Its New Divides: Malcontents, Recipes, and Reform, Amsterdam: Dutch University Press & West Lafayette (Ind.): Purdue University Press, 2003 (co-editor with Paul van Seters and Arie de Ruijter)
The Golden Triangle of Human Dignity: Human Security, Human Development and Human Rights, in Marie Muller and Bas de Gaay Fortman (eds.), From Warfare to Welfare. Human Security in a Southern African Context, Assen: Royal Van Gorcum, 2004, pp. 5-16
Published Chapters in Publishment
Populorum Progressio als voorwaarde voor Pacem in Terris, in F. van Iersel and B. Schennink (eds.), Denken over vrede na de koude oorlog, Gooi & Sticht, Baarn, 1995, pp. 167-179
Religie en mensenrechten, in H.M. Kuitert (ed), In stukken en brokken; Godsdienst en levensbeschouwing in een postmoderne tijd, Ten Have, Baarn, 1995, pp. 145- 157
No Nobodies, in P. Morales (ed), Towards Global Human Rights, International Centre for Human and Public Affairs, Tilburg 1996
Doomed to passivity? An exploration of origins of intra-state violence and possibilities for constructive intervention, in Bas de Gaay Fortman and Marijke Veldhuis (eds)Internal conflicts, security and development, RAWOO (Advisory Council for Scientific Research in Development Problems), Publication No. 14, The Hague 1997
De dialectiek van verrijking, in J. van Workum (ed.), De rijke kant van Nederland, Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 1997
Human Rights Human Efforts. An Inquiry into the Dialectics of Idea and Project, in E. Denters and N. Schrijver (eds), International Law in the Lowlands.Liber amicorum for Paul de Waart, Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, pp. 116-135
Regulering en deregulering in economisch-juridisch perspectief, in K. Martens and M. van Stiphout, (eds), Regulering en deregulering in het kerkelijk recht, Leuven: Peeters, 1998, pp. 5-17
Collective Violence within States from a Political Economy Perspective (with Chris Kortekaas), in J. Rotblat (ed.), Security, Cooperation and Disarmament: the Unfinished Agenda for the 1990s, Singapore/New Jersey/London/Hongkong: World Scientific, 1998, pp. 362-385
Elections and Civil Strife: Some Implications for International Election Observation, in J. Abbing and G. Hesseling (eds), Chasing a Mirage? Election Observation and Democratisation in Africa, Macmillan 1999, pp. 76-99
Beyond Income Distribution. An Entitlement Systems Approach to the Acquirement Problem, in J. van der Linden et al. (eds), The Economics of Income Distribution: Heterodox Approaches, Edward Elgar, Brookfield (UK)/Cheltenham (US),), 1999, pp. 29-75
Political Economy of Environmental Security: a Civilizational Perspective, in J. Rotblat (ed.), Remember Your Humanity. Proceedings of the forty-seventh Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Singapore: World Scientific, 1999, pp. 683-70411
Upholding Humanity: Challenges of Peace in the 21st Century, in Bas de Gaay Fortman & Jacques Paul Klein, Peace in the 21st Century: Between the Supranational and the Grassroots, Wageningen: Educatief Centrum ‘Hotel De Wereld’, 2000, pp 5-17
Dilemmas of Transition: The Case of Albania, in Fatos Tarifa and Max Spoor (eds), The First Decade and After. Albania’s Democratic Transition and Consolidation in the Context of Southeast Europe, The Hague: Cestrad/ISS, 2000, pp 79-97
Vulnerable Democracies: Legitimation Challenges to Postcommunist States, in Fatos Tarifa (ed), The Breakdown of Staste Socialism and the Emerging Post- Socialist Order, The Hague: CESTRAD, Institute of Social Studies, 2001, pp 211-229 (with Fatos Tarifa)
Racism and Poverty in a Human Rights Perspective, in Rik Pinxter, Europe's New Racism, Oxford/New York: Berghahn, 2001
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: From Rhetoric to Reality, in Ineke Boerefijn et al. (eds.), Linking and Learning in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Utrecht: SIM Special No. 27, 2001, pp. 47-55
From Needs to Rights: The Challenge of Implementing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in Joseph Rotblat (ed.), The Long Roads to Peace. Proceedings of the Forty-eighth Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Singapore: 2001, pp.228-254 (with Berma Klein Goldewijk)
The Regulae Iuris and Human Rights as Bridges Between Church and State, in Hildegard Warnink, Legal Position of Churches and Church Autonomy, Leuven: Peters, 2001, pp. 223-237
Conference Papers and Expert Reports
The Human Rights Resources Office Latin America; an Evaluation of the WCC Channel for supporting human rights activities, ISSAS, The Hague, 1989 (53 p.)
Towards a Political Economy of Nature - Rethinking Economics from an Ethical Perspective of Sustainability, World Council of Churches, Seminar Paper, Kuala Lumpur, May 1990,(22 pp).
An Economic Blueprint for Peace, in Supplement Economie, NRC Handelsblad, May 16, 1990 (together with J. Tinbergen).
Entitlement and Development; an Institutional Approach to the Acquirement =Problem, ISS Working Paper no. 87, August 1990.
Political Economy of Security Revisited Paper for the International Conference of Economists for Peace, The Hague, Peace Palace, May 1992, ISS Working Paper 1937, November 1992
Economic Justice as a Component of Reconciliation, Reconciliation and Democratisation, Conference Report Windhoek, Namibia, 28 -31 October 1992, African-European Institute, Amsterdam 1993, pp21-25
Towards a Theory of Transition under Poor Conditions: Some Lessons from Russia (with A. Busigin), Paper for the General Conference of EADI, Berlin, September 1993 (pp: 29)
Conflict Susceptibility in a Socio-economic Context (with Chris Kortekaas), Paper for the Academic Council of the United Nations, The Hague, June 1994
Political Legitimacy in Communist and Post-Communist States (with Fatos Tarifa), Paper for CERES research day on Governance and Reconstruction, The Hague, June 1994
Transformatie in Oost-Europa vanuit sociaal-economisch perspectief, Paper for First Chamber of the States-General, The Hague, 28 September 1994
Sitting Back in Horror: Intra-State Conflict in a Global Context, Dies Natalis Address, ISS, The Hague, 10 October 1994
Tot onmacht veroordeeld? Een verkenning van oorzaken en interventiemogelijkheden bij binnen-statelijke conflicten RAWOO-luncheon address, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, 28 March 1995
Collective Violence within States. Towards a Political Economy of Entitlement, Distastes, Anxiety and Human Security (with Chris Kortekaas), Paper for Research Seminar State-society, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 13 February 1996
Good Governance in an African Perspective: an Essay on Actors and Actions, paper presented to the 49th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs “Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Rustenburg, South Africa, 7-13 September 1999 (Commissioned Paper to be published in Pugwash Annual Proceedings)
Pro-Poor Growth, the State and the Rights of the Poor, Rawoo/Foreign Affairs Lecture, 26 April, 2001
Poverty as Entitlement Failure: Do Rights-based approaches make sense? Paper for "Law and Poverty IV: Moving towards International Poverty Law?" CROP & IISL workshop, Oñati, Spain, 3-4 May, 2001
Laborious Law, Inaugural Address on accepting the hair in Political Economy of Human Rights, Utrecht University, 21 May, 2001
Expert rapport aangaande het Masters programma Governance and Development (GOD) van het Institute of Development Policy and Management, Universiteit Antwerpen, July 2001, pp. 10
Poverty as Human Rights Deficit. Implications for the International Financial Institutions, paper for the Conference World Bank, IMF and Human Rights, Tilburg University, 11-13 October 2001
Persistent Poverty and Inequality in an era of globalisation. Implications of a Rights Approach, 51st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs: Challenges for Peace in the New Millennium, Agra, India, 12-16 March 2002
Book Reviews
Joseph Wronka, Human Rights and Social Policy in the 21st Century, Lanham/New York: University Press of America, 1992 in Development and Change, Vol. 26 No 2, April 1995, pp 392-393
Avishai Margalit, The Decent Society, Harvard University Press: Cambridge Massachusetts, 1996 in Filosofie en Praktijk 1998
De geschiedenis van GroenLinks, review of Paul Lucardie, Wijbrandt van Schuur en Gerrit Voerman, Verloren illusie, geslaagde fusie. Groen links in historisch en politicologisch perspectief, in Parlementair Jaarboek 1999, The Hague: SDU, 1999, pp. 181-183
Parliamentary Speech Topics
- General Political Debate
- Foreign Policy
- Justice and Legal Affairs
- Finance
- Economic Affairs
- Development Cooperation
- Culture
- Education
- Netherlands Antilles
- Home Affairs
- Agriculture
- Transport & Works
References
Staff Information Page, Utrecht University
Dutch Language Wikipedia Article