Paul Zoontjens was until his retirement in May 2019 professor in constitutional, administrative and education law at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Now he is a free consultant in educational and legal affairs.
Appeals Committee
The Appeals Committee considers potential appeals raised in case the Register Committee rejects an application for inclusion on the Register. An appeal can be lodged on procedural grounds or in cases of perversity of judgement.
The Appeals Committee consists of a chair, two further members, a deputy chair and two deputy members.
Members of the Appeals Committee are elected by the General Assembly for a mandate of four years. The members and deputy-members can be re-elected once. The Appeals Committee convenes as necessary.
The members and deputy members of the Appeals Committee may not hold any other posts within EQAR.
If the Appeals Committee allows an appeal the case is referred back to the Register Committee for a new decision taking due account of the grounds of the appeal.
The official rules are specified in the Appeals Procedure.
Composition
The following members currently serve on the Appeals Committee:

Carolyn Campbell (Member)
Carolyn Campbell is currently Senior Consultant at the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education where she is also a member of the Advisory Board.

Jiří Nantl (Deputy Chair)
Jiří Nantl is the director of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), the research centre of the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

Vanja Ivošević (Deputy Member)
Vanja Ivošević is Senior Expert on Skills and Mobility at the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), an all-inclusive, regionally-owned and led cooperation framework on subjects which are important and of interest to the the South East Europe (SEE).

Janja Komljenovič (Deputy Member)
Janja Komljenovic is Lecturer in Higher Education at the Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.