Projects
National Human Rights Institutions as Bridge Builders between the State and the Multi-Layered Human Rights System? An International Legal Analysis from a European Perspective. KU Leuven
‘What does the international legal examination of international (UN, European and network) regulatory frameworks concerning (European) NHRIs tell us about the position of NHRIs towards the state in the multi-layered human rights system?’ This is the overarching research question this dissertation aims to answer.
Accordingly, two common threads run throughout the dissertation:
1. the international legal approach to the study of ...
Games at school KU Leuven
Research on administrative enforcement in the environmental planning Hasselt University
Organisation and coordination of a Network on the European Co-ordination of social security schemes within the European Union. University of Antwerp
Transitional justice in practice : truth commissions and policies of victim reparations KU Leuven
Over the years, truth commissions have become an appealing mechnism for dealing with large scale human rights violations. One of the reasons for this is that they avail more opportunities for dealing with the many shades of grey that characterise most conflicts. The mandates have also evolved beyond establishing the truth. It is now common for truth commissions to propose measures or reparations programmes for victims as ...
The ecology of competition law. University of Antwerp
Maxing out in prison. A study of pre-release long-term prisoners. KU Leuven
This dissertation provides a first provisional answer to the following central research question:
Why do some long-term prisoners max out from prison, rather than obtain a modality of early release?
The dissertation includes a brief introduction, four substantive chapters and a discussion and conclusion.
The first chapter provides a sketch of the available empirical evidence about maxing out from ...
Doing restorative justice in intercultural contexts: An alternative discourse of justice and security KU Leuven
The dissertation explores critically the potential and the limits of the restorative justice discourse in addressing conflicts in intercultural contexts in Europe, as an alternative discourse on both justice and security. The exploration revolves around two main questions: 1. How can we conceptualise the application of restorative justice at a range of community-based and social conflicts?; 2. How can ...