• 1/4/2016 - present: Councillor at the Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles
• 1/4/2013 - present: Honorary Judge at the district court of Amsterdam, criminal law division
• 1/1/2008 - present: member of Forum Levenslang (a Dutch Platform for a humane enforcement of life imprisonment)
• 1/1/2012 - present: member of stichting Mens en Strafrecht (MENS)

• Raad voor de Strafrechtstoepassing en Jeugdbescherming | Den Haag | Council | 2016-06-01 - present
• Rechtbank Amsterdam, sector straf | Amsterdam | Honorary judge | 2017-04-01 - present

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Sonja Meijer works as an assistant professor in criminal law at VU University Amsterdam. Prior to becoming an acedemic she worked at the Public Prosecution Service. Her research interests are rehabilitation, penitentiairy law, life imprisonment, criminal justice, and comparative law. She recently edited a book on 'Fundamental Rights and Legal Consequences of Criminal Conviction' (Meijer, S., Annison, H., and O'Loughlin, A., Hart Publishing 2019) which contains contributions from authors from various European countries and Australia and explores the legal consequences of criminal convictions and how these affect former offenders in several aspects of their lives and fundamental rights. 

As well as researching and teaching, Sonja is an member of the Dutch Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Protection of Juveniles (RSJ). She is also an honorary judge at the District Court of Amsterdam.