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Sabbatical 2018-2019 Prof. Christiane Stallaert. University of Antwerp

Christiane Stallaert
Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TricS)
My research as a hispanist and anthropologist focuses on social and political themes (nationalism, interethnic and interreligious society, migration, human rights, historical memory), and its interrelations. The cultural border is central to my work, which is inter- and transdisciplinary, at the intersection of Anthropology, Translation Studies and History. Geographically, my research domain is in Spain and Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Andean ...

Human rights accountability implications of mobilizing private actors for public objectives: a study of multi-stakeholder partnerships in education in the post-2015 development era. University of Antwerp

Wouter Vandenhole
Law and Development
The research seeks to explore the human rights accountability implications of mobilizing private actors in the post-2015 development era by inspecting multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in education. Private actors are increasingly infused into global policy-making and implementation as a proposed panacea to governance gaps through hybrid public-private engagements. In this vein, being formalized and supported under the 2030 Agenda and the ...

Popular Culture on Trial: European Human Rights as Agents of Cultural Change or Preservation? KU Leuven

Koen Lemmens
Research Unit Public Law

Cultural traditions (such as Zwarte Piet, Epiphany) and elements of popular culture ( Tintin, the Smurfs, public advertising) are growingly contested on account of the discriminatory stereotypes (in terms of racism, sexism, ...) they may spread and possibly confirm. The research will critically assess how complaints about these traditions and cultural elements are dealt with in various European States, both in courts and in the societal ...

Examining Factors and Dynamics of Shifting European Human RightsStandards: the Case of Same-Sex Marriage Ghent University

Eva Brems
Department of European, Public and International Law

Human rights have been interpreted to allow them to remain current and practical U+2013dynamic

interpretation U+2013in a world that differs greatly from when they were first drafted in treaties. The

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has developed its own dynamic approach to interpreting

the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The concern with this dynamic approach and the ECHR is that the ECtHR has set no ...

Defining and Designing Executive Discretion in Urban Planning Law: 'Aesthetic value' as a Material Consideration. University of Antwerp

Ingrid Opdebeek
Government and Law
It is a truth universally acknowledged that 'beauty is in the eyes of the beholder'. If this is true, can governments legitimately regulate the aesthetics of the built environment? Research in psychology has revealed that the way in which we perceive the beauty of our environment has important effects on our well-being as individuals and as a society. If an aesthetically pleasing environment indeed serves the public interest, it seems legitimate ...

Competing Corporations, Brokering Rules: Marine Insurance in France and Belgium (1815-1860) Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dave De Ruysscher
Historical Research into urban transformation processes, Metajuridica
The project aims at assessing competing marine insurance corporations in regard of the crafting and formulation of standardized terms of contract. It focuses on Belgium and France in the nineteenth century until around 1860. The novelty of the project lies in its actor-orientated approach and in its empirical focus on competition as underpinning legal convergence. For the nineteenth century, legal history of commerce in the mentioned states is ...

International Coordination for the Community of Practice (CoP) on Human Rights and Development. Normal 0 21 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE KU Leuven

Jan Wouters
Institute for International Law, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
The relationship between human rights and development has been the focus of debate for over two decades. A number of recent developments have put renewed emphasis on this interface, with academics, NGOs, governmental and multilateral actors increasingly addressing the human rights aspects of international cooperation, trade, and investment. The aim of the Community of Practice is to foster dialogue and innovative thinking among development and ...

The state's obligation tot protect economic and social rights against violations by transnational corporations: health litigation in a context of resource extraction. University of Antwerp

Koen De Feyter
Law and Development
In principle, human rights law does not impose obligations directly upon private actors, such as transnational corporations (TNCs). States are obliged, though, to protect their citizens against violations by TNCs. They should thus adopt legislative or other measures regulating the activities of TNCs in accordance with human rights standards. Consequently, TNCs are indirectly bound by human rights norms, via domestic legislation. Many developing ...

Innovationplatform for Business and Human Rights. University of Antwerp

Wouter Vandenhole
Law and Development
In June 2011, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council 'endorsed' the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The UNGPs have attracted considerable academic interest, yet research has tended to travel along distinct tracks addressing the topic from either a human rights law or management perspective. The purpose of this Network is to promote collaboration between scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to ...

A Risk for a Right? Exploring a new notion in data protection law Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Serge Gutwirth
Faculty of Law and Criminology, Law Science Technology and Society, Fundamental rights centre, Contextual Research in Law, Metajuridica
Art. 33 of the current proposal for a new European Data Protection Regulation obliges controllers of personal data processing systems to perform a “data protection impact assessment”. This means that “risks to the rights and freedoms of data subjects” will have to be proactively assessed. This idea of assessing risks to rights is novel in data protection, and deserves particular attention. It epitomises the shift from classical legal practice to ...