Pauline Malek is a Senior Legal Advisor at the Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC-NL) since October 2022. Previously, Pauline served as an Academy Fellow at The Clingendael Institute from July 2020 to July 2022 and as a Military Legal Advisor with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht from September 2017 to December 2019. Experience includes roles as a Research Supervisor at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law and as Coordinator for a Letter To EU Legislators regarding trade compliance, both from 2015 to 2017. Additional internships have included positions at Al-Haq Organisation, Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre, and the Netherlands Red Cross. Educational qualifications encompass a Master of Laws in Public International Law and a Post Academic Specialization in Cyber Crime and Cyber Security from Leiden University, supplemented by specialized training in International Humanitarian Law from ICRC and the Polish Red Cross.
Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law
The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law, associated with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, is a platform for research, teaching and dissemination of international humanitarian law. The Forum also offers Leiden University students the opportunity to participate in an international humanitarian law clinic to work on projects of partner institutions in the field. The Forum was established in 2011 and is named after Prof. Emeritus Frits Kalshoven, who was professor of public international law and international humanitarian law at Leiden Law School (1967-1989), and the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund. The Forum is directed by Dr. Robert Heinsch.