Human Rights of Irregular Migrants
This project examines how irregular migrants engage with international human rights law through grassroots activism and litigation in Europe and the United States. By examining court cases and related media …
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Thomas Spijkerboer and Jordan Dez receive NWO grant
Thomas Spijkerboer and Jordan Dez have received a NWO Open Competition research grant with their proposal ‘Claim Making as Rights Making: Irregular Migrants Reshaping International Human Rights Law’. On the …
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Thomas Spijkerboer receives grant in Horizon 2020 application
A large Horizon 2020 application in which Thomas participated together with other European and African universities has received funding. The project is entitled The Global Asylum Governance and European Union’s …
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EUROMIX Research Project
The Euromix research team at the Vrije Universiteit Faculty of Law study the regulation of ‘mixture’ (‘inter-racialized’ sex, relationships and marriage) in Europe’s past and present. The project challenges the common assumption that Europe never …
Ceaseval: Baseline Study Common European Asylum
In the framework of the Horizon 2020 project, CEASEVAL, Hans van Oort finalized in May 2018 the Baseline Study on the Common European Asylum Study on behalf of the ACMRL, …
NWO Veni grant for Lieneke Slingenberg
Lieneke Slingenberg has been awarded a NWO Veni grant for research on human rights and refugees. This grant allows highly promising researchers to conduct research for a period of three years.
EUROMIX: Regulating Mixed Intimacies in Europe
Professor Betty de Hart is the recipient of a 2016 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to establish an independent research team for her research project entitled EUROMIX: Regulating Mixed …