Projects
Government support for individuals with disabilities in Belgium. Coverage, consistency and compliance with human rights. KU Leuven
MiPRiS: Multilingualism in Prisons and Reintegration into Society: an interdisciplinary evaluation of Belgian language legislation, policy and practice within a European human rights framework. KU Leuven
‘Decentring’ the EU’s human rights promotion via civil society in the South Caucasus. Ghent University
Situated at the intersection of critical international relations and political sociology, the dissertation examines the European Union’s human rights promotion policies in the South Caucasus, and civil society’s role therein. The focus is on how EU-sponsored paradigms are performed, negotiated, contested by domestic human rights NGOs and activists on the ground, and the outcomes these multiscalar processes produce.
Cosmopolitan citizenship under construction. A structural-cultural approach to the implementation process of human rights of Roma and Gypsy travellers. Ghent University
An analysis of the human rights practice for Roma and Gypsy travellers, aiming to understand the implementation process of human rights, using a multi-actor- and multilevel approach and discourse analysis. The findings will be framed within the debate on cosmopolitan citizenship, focusing on themes as inclusion vs. exclusion, and the tensions between global, national and local level.
Human rights and Chinese culture. A functional comparative law study of police interrogation in China and in Europe. Ghent University
Indigenous Legal Systems and their Compatibility with Internationally Recognised Human Rights Standards Ghent University
The project examines the accomodation of indifenous law within Ecuador's legal framework and international human rights law, focusing on pre-trial detention rights, due process of law, and traditional punishments, as well as clashes of jurisdiction between indigenous and national authorities. The project contributes to the debate regarding the necessity of a Coordination Act that allows the coexistence of several legal systems.
Public International Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. University of Antwerp
Public International Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. University of Antwerp
I cross the border and carry with me… Cross-border civil status: a private international law issue from a human rights perspective Ghent University
This research aims to study a new approach to cross-border civil status. Traditionally, this issue belongs to the field of private international law. The research envisages to examine whether the human rights approach of cross-border personal and family relations increases the cross-border portability of a certain civil status, and therefore the legal certainty and predictability for the citizens concerned.