mr. Jelle Klaas

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December 14, 2023
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mr. Jelle Klaas is executive director and human rights lawyer at PILP. He is one of the founders of PILP and has years of experience in strategic litigation for human rights in the Netherlands.

Mr. Klaas provides legal advice to clients and allies, acts as an advocate in various proceedings and is partly responsible for PILP’s spokesmanship and external representation.

Within PILP, Mr. Klaas specializes particularly in civil procedural law, demonstration law, housing policy, anti-discrimination cases and strategic litigation in general.

Mr. Klaas previously worked for 15 years as a social lawyer for the Fischer Group, where, among other things, he collaborated on proceedings concerning the right to “bed, bath and bread” for undocumented persons.

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