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On November 11th, Lorena Sosa and Alexandra Timmer co-organized the Closing Seminar ‘Structural gender inequalities in EU and human rights law’ at Utrecht University, concluding their NWO VENI projects. The seminar consisted of three inspiring ‘Dialogues’ with experts reflecting on the central issues identified across both VENI projects. Judge Sacha Prechal (European Court of Justice) and Prof. Linda Senden (UU) discussed with Dr. Timmer the different concepts, practices and challenges found in EU gender equality law, followed by Dr. Marjolein’s van den Brink dialogue with Dr. Tina Stavrinaki (SIM, UN CERD) and Prof. Rosa Celorio (George Washington University, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights) the different violence regimes addressed in human rights law. Lastly, Prof. Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko (University of Galway), Dr. Dolores Morondo (Deusto University) and Dr. Sosa delved further into legal theory, discussing the emergence of transformative concepts, their potential and the challenges they bring to human rights law. Prof. Antoine Buyse closed this day of joint celebration with some final reflections.| Period | 11 Nov 2022 |
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| Held at | RENFORCE / Regulering en handhaving |
| Degree of Recognition | International |