Pieter van Dijk

Petrus "Pieter" van Dijk (born 21 February 1943) is a Dutch legal scholar and judge. After being a professor of law of international organizations at Utrecht University between 1976 and 1990 Van Dijk served in multiple judicial positions. He was member of the Dutch Council of State from 1990 until 2013, but also was judge at the European Court of Human Rights (1996–1998) and vice president of the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten (2010–2013).

Life Van Dijk was born on 21 February 1943 in De Lier. After attending the gymnasium he obtained a degree in Dutch law at Utrecht University. From 1967 to 1976 Van Dijk worked as a scientific employee at the Europa Institute of Utrecht University. He had to retire due to age restrictions and was succeeded by B. Vermeulen.

Van Dijk was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982. In 1989 he became a member of the Academia Europaea.

Van Dijk also served on the Venice Commission, he was a member and between 2003 and 2005 vice president. After Dutch member of parliament Pieter Omtzigt in 2021 proposed to have the Venice Commission look into Dutch administrative law Van Dijk called the request extraordinary, but laudible for the Netherlands to self-reflect.