Short bio
Post-doctoral researcher working at the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (Ghent University) and assistsant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Designing, implementing and coordinating research projects with a focus on human rights and punishment, from a legal, policy and practical point of view, with major attention for international and European developments.
Work details
- EMAIL: vincent.eechaudt@ugent.be
- TELEPHONE: +32 9 264 69 48
- TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
- ADRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5520-8456
Selected societal impact activities
- Vice-president of the Monitoring Board of Ghent Prison
- Member of the Correctional Research Symposium program committee
Lecturing prisoners and students together in Beveren Prison, as part of the Samen Leren in Detentie project.
Selected media
- 16/05/2017 – VRT NWS – België veroordeeld voor onmenselijke en vernederende behandeling gevangenen
Selected events
Expertise
- Prisons
- EU-cooperation
- Fundamental rights
Selected projects
- 2017-2019 – Improving protection of fundamental rights and access to legal aid for remand prisoners in the European Union (EU Action Grant)
- 2016-2019 – The role of national preventive mechanisms against torture and ill-treatment in prisons in Europe (BOF)
- 2012-2016 – Disciplinary procedures in detention settings – a comparative and European study (FWO)
Selected publications
- Eechaudt, V., Vander Laenen, F., & Vander Beken, T. (2017). Het recht op een kwaliteitsvolle gezondheidszorg in gevangenissen. TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GEZONDHEIDSRECHT, 22(5), 290–298.
- Eechaudt, V. (2014). Penitentiair tuchtrecht. Brugge: Die Keure.
- Eechaudt, V. (2016). Tucht achter de tralies: de gebrekkige naleving van art. 6 EVRM tijdens de Franse tuchtprocedure. PANOPTICON, 37(1), 9–24.