Talk:Abiodun Williams

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Adding Controversies Section?

I feel that the information of Williams' alleged mismanagement of the The Hague Institute should perhaps be added to a specific "controversies" section, rather than putting the emphasis on this at the start of the "career" section. I feel that this may be a bit more fair towards Williams. Kwataswagri (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2018

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Article has been protected on request of someone who wants to keep this out of the public. Articles in Volkskrant and De Groene Amsterdammer are reliable and high quality (reputable investigative journalism sources, based on various sources for example employees, factual observations, political discussions and a critical report from PwC). Case has been in the Dutch news extensively. (the one barring the page from being updated does not speak or read Dutch) Case has even been discussed in Dutch national parliament. -Undo removal of section 'Alleged mismanagement at The Hague Institute for Global Justice' -alternatively rewrite to 'controversies' section 87.214.59.214 (talk) 22:00, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Simplexity22 (talk) 02:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove this entire section until reports editors are using as sources can be verified.

Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alleged mismanagement at The Hague Institute for Global Justice

On January 1, 2013 Abiodun Williams was appointed as the Institute's first president. He was preceded by Professor Willem van Genugten who served as Interim Dean of the Institute from September 2011 to December 2012. In an article by Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer (4th April 2018), sources argue Williams was interested in the position but stipulated that the title 'international dean' will be replaced by the more authoritative title 'president', this in addition to a high financial compensation for a primarily tax funded organisation.^[1] The Dutch government granted up to 20 million euro's in subsidies to the project. According to staff members, Williams did not prioritize fund raising, accounting firms confirmed this claim. Furthermore, according to a reconstruction by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant^[2], Williams spent thousands of euros on expensive lunches at the nearby Carlton Ambassador hotel and first class flights since 'cattle class' was not good enough for him. A senior researcher quoted in the article indicates that there were many clashes between employees and Williams. According to the researcher citied, Williams was distancing himself from employees: 'Like it was beneath his dignity to talk to me directly. There was a culture clash. We academics are egalitarian. Though he was very focused on hierarchy and quickly felt criticized.'^[1]

Reports claim his financial mismanagement eventually led to his departure in December 2016. Shortly thereafter, another organization based in The Hague, the Center for International Legal Cooperation, considered a 'structural cooperation' out of a sense of responsibility for the loss of the subsidized funds. After viewing the financial documents, the CILC was startled by the 'deplorable situation'. Allegedly, Williams was seen behind the paper shredder for hours before his departure, which documents in question were destroyed is unclear.^[3]Anton Nijssen, Williams' close associate for a long time, has been appointed by the Supervisory Board as' liquidator 'who has to take care of' the (financial) handling of cases'. There are numerous creditors, including the former landlord VNG and the Indisch Herinneringscentrum, which last year already moved into the spacious building in The Hague where the last researcher of the Hague Institute for Global Justice left just before Easter. Williams’ mismanagement is said to have been the main reason for the subsequent failure of the institute.^[3] Jhanscom (talk) 14:30, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hoe het Haagse Institute for Global Justice 20 miljoen subsidie verspeelde". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^ "de Volkskrant Krant Online". krant.volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^ ^a ^b Koelé, Theo. "Geldnood nekt prestigieuze Haagse denktank, toezichthouder greep te laat in". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-04.

References?

All references are gone, and editing is locked. All material that was sourced by news outlets that easily qualify for WP:RS are accused for delivering "false information" by an anonymous user, whose IP-address links to Tufts University (see [1]), which happens to be Williams's new working-place. And the anonymous user's version is the one that is protected. What is happening here?Jeff5102 (talk) 13:44, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jeff5102, I requested a full page protect because the edit war here has been gone on for far too long. You can see the reason why the admin didn't restore the info here. During this full page protection you can request the information to be restored by using the {{Edit fully-protected}} template. It is concerning that a Tuft University IP is editing this article. Best, Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 17:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[groene-1] "Hoe het Haagse Institute for Global Justice 20 miljoen subsidie verspeelde". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[2] "de Volkskrant Krant Online". krant.volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[vk1-3] Koelé, Theo. "Geldnood nekt prestigieuze Haagse denktank, toezichthouder greep te laat in". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-04.

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