FRC Researcher Presents at the European Group 47th Annual Conference
On 6 september 2019, FRC Member Sibel Top, together with defence lawyer Christophe Marchand, will present an analysis of the main trends in the evolution of the political offence exemption in European extradition law and discuss its restored relevance in light of the requests for sur...
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FRC Member Presents at the 4th International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots
On 2nd July 2019, FRC researcher Carlotta Rigotti gave a presentation during the 4th International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots.
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FRC Member Presents at Conference on Humanitarian Action and Cooperation for Development
On 17 June 2019, FRC researcher Júlia Zomignani Barboza gave two presentations during the 1st International Conference on Humanitarian Action and Cooperation for Development held at University Fernando Pessoa in Porto.
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New Project: LOCARD - Lawful Evidence Collecting and Continuity Platform Development
Starting from May 2019, prof. Paul Quinn and István Böröcz have started working on a new project co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon2020 Programme (2019-2022). LOCARD aims to provide a holistic platform for chain of custody assurance along the forensic...
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FRC Researcher is One of the Finalists of the VUB PhD Cup
On April 24, FRC researcher Júlia Zomignani Barboza, presented her PhD topic in three minutes during the pre-selections of the VUB’s PhD Cup.
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FRC Welcomes New Visiting Scientist
Since May 2019, FRC has welcome Elisabeth Koek as a visiting researcher. After 10 years of practical experience in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in human rights, humanitarian aid and protection, Elisabeth has started her PhD at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.
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New Monograph: Stigma, State Expressions and the Law
The latest book by FRC Member, Professor Paul Quinn, entitled "Stigma, State Expressions and the Law" starts with a deep insight into what constitutes state expressions, and how they can become stigmatizing, in particular for vulnerable groups and minorities; then it follows on to loo...
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FRC contributes to VUB Homo Roboticus Tour
On 6th May 2019, FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti, presented her ongoing research on sex robots and their legal implications at the Stadscchouwburg Brugge during the Homo Roboticus on Tour. Given the increasingly robotized society we live in, the Homo Roboticus project, run by VUB,
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New Blogpost: Sex Robots - a Human Rights Discourse
What are the human rights implications in the growing market for sex robots?
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New Project LIVE_FOR: Criminal Justice Access to Digital Evidences in the Cloud - LIVE_FOR
We are happy to announce the start of our latest European Commission project LIVE_FOR. The two-year project sets out to investigate the status of implementation of Directive 2014/14/EU within the respective member states.
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New Publication: Child Trafficking Victims and Legal Guardians: Exploring the Fulfilment of the EU Trafficking Directive in the Context of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 – Best Practice or not Fit for Purpose?
FRC Member, Amy Weatherburn has co-authored with Dr Yvonne Mellon (University of Liverpool) an article in the New Journal of European Criminal Law entitled Child trafficking victims and legal guardians: Exploring the fulfilment of the EU trafficking directive in the context of the UK...
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PhD Position in EU Criminal Law: Exchange of Digital Evidence
The Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism (FRC) Research Group, part of the Department of Metajuridica of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, is offering 3 years PhD funding to a doctoral student to examine the challenges presented by the exchange of digital evidence.
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