Huiskes, Brechtje
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Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law
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Faculty of Law
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brechtje.huiskes@ua.aw
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Aruban Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Administrative Law
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Last updated October 29, 2025
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Brechtje Huiskes has been a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Aruba since 2021. Additionally, Brechtje is a member of our Educational Committee, as well as a member of the Tienda di Ley committee and the PR committee of the faculty. She also serves as Vice-President of the complaints committee of the General Practitioners Association Aruba (HAVA klachtencommissie) and Secretary of the Foundation for Post-Academic Education.
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Publication Open Access Werkvormen voor student centered learning (HNOC Caribbean 2025 - Aruba)(2025-10-28) Huiskes, BrechtjePublication Open Access The Functioning of Dualistic Rules in CAS Parliamentary Systems(2025-05-23) Huiskes, Brechtje; Meijer, HannahPresentation provided during the workshop “The Aruban elections of 2024 and their aftermath” on 23 May 2025 building on the article "De werking van dualistische spelregels in de Caribische landen: Over de vertrouwensrelaties tussen parlement en regering in het parlementair systeem" (DOI:10.5553/CJB/221132662025001).Publication Open Access Research seminar: The Aruban elections of 2024 and their aftermath(2025-05-23) Veenendaal, Wouter; Alofs, Luc; Huiskes, Brechtje; Meijer, Hannah; Milliard, Luciano; de Kort, Rendell; Vink, Helmut; Franken, Thaïs; Veenendaal, WouterPublication Open Access Juridisch Onderzoek met Impact(2025-04-29) Huiskes, Brechtje; Kummeling, HenkOp 29 april van 18:30 - 20:30 uur werd door de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid een follow-up bijeenkomst georganiseerd naar aanleiding van de eerdere onderzoeksavond op 13 maart 2025. De uitkomsten van deze avond hebben geleid tot waardevolle inzichten. Deze vervolgsessie is gericht op het verder nadenken over hoe kennis uit onderzoek effectiever benut kan worden om de maatschappelijke impact van onderzoeksbevindingen te vergroten en een maatschappelijke transformatie te bevorderen. Het doel was om, in overleg met stakeholders, zoals publieke diensten, professionals en organisaties uit het maatschappelijke middenveld, en andere gebruikers van onze onderzoeksresultaten, strategieën te identificeren en te ontwikkelen waarmee relevante maatschappelijke actoren effectiever betrokken worden bij onderzoek en onderzoeksbevindingen een bredere maatschappelijke impact kunnen hebben. Daardoor kunnen onderzoeksbevindingen uiteindelijk effectiever gebruikt worden door publieke, private en maatschappelijke stakeholders.Publication Metadata only Tienda di Ley di U.A ta bay haci sesion den bario tocante e tema di “Erfenis” riba diasabranan(Diario, 2025-03-10) Huiskes, Brechtjehttps://diario.aw/categories/noticia/general/tienda-di-ley-di-u-a-ta-bay-haci-sesion-den-bario-tocante-e-tema-di-erfenis-riba-diasabrananPublication Open Access De werking van dualistische spelregels in de Caribische landen(Boom Juridisch, 2025-02-28) Meijer, Hannah; Huiskes, BrechtjeDit artikel behandelt twee recente Arubaanse en Curaçaose voorvallen die te maken hebben met de vertrouwensrelaties tussen parlement en regering. De voorvallen worden in een breder perspectief van het parlementair systeem geplaatst. Er wordt ingegaan op de vertrouwensregel en het ontbindingsrecht, de invloed van politieke partijen en het vrij mandaat en de rol van de Statenvoorzitter. De auteurs concluderen dat zowel in Aruba als Curaçao blijkt dat de dualistische spelregels in het parlementair systeem niet optimaal functioneren.Publication Open Access "The Member's Tweets": does the use of social media by participants in the parliamentary debate necessitate a rethink of parliamentary immunity?(2024-07) Huiskes, Brechtje; Bröring, HermanThis paper discusses whether the use of social media by participants within the parliamentary deliberation should be occasion to rethink the legal design of parliamentary immunity. Parliamentary immunity, as laid down in each of the constitutions of the countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, provides that those who take part in the deliberations of parliament (either orally or in writing) do not face civil nor criminal liability for the communications expressed within this setting. Through social media, participants within the parliamentary deliberation can broadcast communications which are not primarily aimed at forming part of the parliamentary debate. This paper first examines through a doctrinal analysis of the applicable laws and case law whether such communications fall under the current scope of parliamentary immunity. Furthermore, through interviews with political stakeholders and anonymized online surveys of the voting public, it is explored whether there is a desire to include such communications under the ambit of parliamentary immunity in the digitized society of Aruba today.Publication Open Access Reassessing parliamentary immunity in the European and Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Does size matter?(2024-07) Huiskes, Brechtje; Bröring, HermanThis paper explores whether the parliamentary immunity as it pertains to the various representative democratic institutions within the Kingdom of the Netherlands should be modified to account for variations in size of the relevant community in which the public debate takes place. Parliamentary immunity, as laid down in each of the constitutions of the countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and also in assorted statutory laws, provides that the persons partaking in the parliamentary debate (either orally or in writing) do not face civil nor criminal liability for the communications expressed within this setting. This paper will first explore - through doctrinal research of laws and case law - the current regulation of immunity for democratic representatives on the municipal, provincial and national level of the country of the Netherlands as well as in the Caribbean countries and special municipalities within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This paper will further examine whether balancing parliamentary immunity and its legitimate aims against the fundamental right of access to justice (art. 6(1) ECHR; art. 47 CFR), along with the particular vulnerabilities involved with public debate in a small society, warrants a revision of parliamentary immunity in (certain parts of) the Kingdom or the introduction of alternative procedures.Publication Open Access De overheidsaansprakelijkheid van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden(Uitgeverij Paris, 2024) Huiskes, Brechtjehttps://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/101-493_Fruta-di-nos-HofiPublication Open Access Fruta di nos Hofi : het verleden, heden en de toekomst van het Arubaanse recht(Uitgeverij Paris, 2024) Luk, Ngo Chun; Bonnevalle-Kok, Ruth; Deogratias, Benedicta; Huiskes, Brechtje; luk, Ngo Chun; Bonnevalle-Kok, Ruth; Deogratias, Benedicta; Huiskes, Brechtje