2024 OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice

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Martha Meinema

Ministry of Justice and Security, The Netherlands

Deputy Director of the Department for the Legal System

Biography

Martha Meinema is the Deputy Director of the Department for the Legal System and Head of the Judiciary and Dispute Resolution Division of the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands. In this capacity, she is responsible for the maintenance and development of the legal system, with a particular strategic focus on access to justice and the overall quality of legal services. Her work encompasses various policy areas, including access to court and alternative dispute resolution. Between 2009 and 2020, Martha Meinema was (coordinating) legal counsel for the private law sector of the Department for Legislation and Legal Affairs. Prior to that, she was a policy advisor on company law and corporate governance at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Martha Meinema holds degrees in Dutch law and international law from the University of Groningen and obtained a PhD in company law from Maastricht University.
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