Projects
Sincere cooperation and European integration: a study of the pluriformity of loyalty in EU law. KU Leuven
The principle of sincere cooperation (also called loyalty or loyal cooperation), laid down in Article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union, requires that EU Member States facilitate the Union’s tasks, adopt all necessary measures to fulfil their obligations under the Treaties and refrain from any actions that could jeopardize the realization of EU objectives. In the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, this general duty has ...
Non-Incrimination principle in administrative and OLAF investigations KU Leuven
As the border between administrative and criminal has faded, European Courts have increasingly extended criminal law's fair trial guarantees to administrative proceedings which present certain punitive traits. In this process, the adaptation of the privilege against self-incrimination has proven particularly challenging. While it is uncontested that no one can be forced (directly or indirectly) to admit their guilt, the extent of the ...
Changeability of working conditions in international organisations. Hasselt University
The Interplay between International Environmental Law and Rights of Nature: Somewhere between Obstacle and Facilitator for an Ecocentric Paradigm Shift? Ghent University
Instead of treating nature as an object, Rights of Nature presupposes the express bestowal of rights upon nature. On the surface, this novel legal approach stands at odds with the anthropocentric foundations of the international legal system. Even more recently emerged sustainability principles and environmental treaties reflect a predominantly instrumentalist approach towards nature. This research aims to delve deeper into the ambivalent ...
Sparkle (tackling Security, Privacy and Autonomy risKs through Legal Engineering). KU Leuven
The digital transformation affects all sectors, both within the government and within the private industry. While digital technologies have a strongly positive impact on our society and our economy, the lack of adequate (cyber)security in our systems, platforms and services can lead to major dangers, risks and problems. More and more information is being collected and analyzed, leading to significant efficiency gains and new applications, but ...
Disruptive innovation in healthcare requires disruptive innovation in medical ethics Ghent University
Several recent medical innovations do not conform with the way medicine traditionally operates, but rather blur the boundaries of medicine and/or side-line the doctor-patient relationship as an essential aspect of healthcare. Examples of this are healthcare apps, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, disease surveillance, electronic patient records, telehealth and certain types of clinical decision support systems. I postulate that several of ...
STAR II: SupporT small And medium enterprises onthe data protection Reform II Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Respect for national identity and essential State functions in EU migration and free movement law. University of Antwerp
Legal Protection against Legislative Inaction KU Leuven
It is apparant that citizens are increasingly turning towards courts when they feel that their government is failing in its policies and duties. We see this, for example, in particular in so-called 'climate cases', which are sprouting up all over the world and so too in Belgium. These 'public interest cases' raise a number of fundamental questions, including the question of the redress that judges can grant to citizens. Can they impose an ...