FRC Member joins The IMISCOE Annual Conference 2023 “Migration and Inequalities. In search for answers and Solutions”
On the 5th of July 2023, FRC member, Nadine El-Dekmak presented her forthcoming paper “Trauma bonding in human trafficking and child sexual abuse online” during the penal “Technology facilitated trafficking and other forms of online exploitation – Analysis from a legal, social and governance pe...
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FRC co-director Prof. Paul De Hert is appointed to the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
FRC co-director, Prof. Dr. Paul De Hert has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) based in Vienna.
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FRC member presents her work at ULB's migration, asylum and multiculturalism seminar
This morning, FRC member Júlia Zomignani Barboza presented some of the findings of her PhD research during a migration, asylum and multiculturalism seminar at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels. During her presentation, she discussed how Australia,
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New vacancy: PhD researcher on Criminal Procedure in the Digital Era
The Fundamental Rights Research Centre (FRC) is seeking to fill one full-time PhD researcher position as part of FRC’s team working on human rights and data protection reform of the Codes of Criminal Procedures in the Digital Era.
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New publication: FRC members discuss our work as FRANET national contractor
Dr. Amy Weatherburn, Júlia Zomignani Barboza and Prof.
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FRC Director Stefaan Smis appointed ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Professor Stefaan Smis has been appointed ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights. His first case to deal with was Mortier v Belgium. Now he is handling the cases RTBF v Belgium and Test-Achats v Belgium.
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New publication: Towards an EU criminal law on violence against women: The ambitions and limitations of the Commission’s proposal to criminalise image-based sexual abuse
Carlotta Rigotti (FRC member) and prof.
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PhD defence: The political offence exception clause to extradition in Europe
FRC member, Sibel Top, will publicly discuss her PhD thesis on Monday 21 November 2022 at 10 AM in the VUB Promotion Room D2.01.
Title: The political offence exception clause to extradition in Europe: An analysis of its evolution and application with a sp...
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FRC member presents her book "The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights
On 15 November 2022, FRC member, Aleydis Nissen, will present her forthcoming book "The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights" at the Brussels School of Governance. Emerging and developing states are home to powerful corporations capable of...
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New publication: Between a rock and a hard place: A human rights assessment of the fate of excluded asylum-seekers and criminal refugees in Australia
FRC member, Júlia Zomignani Barboza, has just published a new article on the Refugee Survey Quaterly, based on her PhD research. The article, which is available at the following link, is entitled: "Between a rock and a hard place: A human rights assessment of the fate of exclude...
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FRC member presents her PhD research at Durham Law School
On 27 June 2020, FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti will present her PhD research "Criminal law at the intersection between technology and sexuality: A case study on the possible criminalisation of sex robotics" during the monthly seminar Gender and Law at Durham, at Durham Law School. &n...
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New publication: Trustworthy migrant-centric apps and other ICT tools: Data protection as the last line of defence
FRC members Bianca-Ioana Marcu, Júlia Zomignani Barboza and Prof.
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