• Lawyer at the Brussels Bar since 1989.• Specialised in 1. International, EU and Belgian criminal law 2. International humanitarian law• Has defended victims of various violations of fundamental rights in national and international courts:o Victims of genocide in Rwanda before the Belgian Assize courto Victims of war crimes committed by US troops in Bagdad during the second Iraq waro Belgian Trade unionist against criminalisation o Etc.• Prosecutor in the Second Session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on the Philippines held in The Hague Netherlands in March 2007.• Member of the International Legal Advisory Team to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. • Lead Council in the case of the Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP, Jose Maria Sison in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union against the inclusion in the EU terrorist listing.• Co-organiser of the International Inquiry commission into the case of the Cuban Five held in London, March 2014• Chief Prosecutor in the session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds held in Paris (France) in April 2018.• Active as lawyer of victims of industrial crimes especially victims of asbestos industry in Belgium, Europe and India. Member of Interforum, European network of lawyers active in cases of industrial crimes. Lawyer for several victims and consultant to the Italian lead lawyers in a criminal case by 3500 victims against former asbestos multinational Eternit CEO’s in Torino Italy.• Author of books on Political Defence and Class justice.

Secretary-General of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council ECOSOC) since April 2014 www.iadllaw.org. Member of the Bureau of IADL since June 2005.

Trial observations in Turkey, Kuwait ... in human rights related cases

Member of the International Legal Advisory Team to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the peace talks between the NDF and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.

Comparative Research on professional secrecy of lawyers in continental law system and lawyer-client privilege in common law systems (English)Taught courses on "Criminal procedure and Human Rights" and "Advanced studies of Criminal Procedure" (both in Dutch and English)