Lecture and Seminar by Dr Sarah Nouwen

On 3 March 2020, Dr. Sarah Nouwen will visit the Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute for a public lecture and an interactive seminar with (post-)doctoral researchers.

First, Dr. Nouwen's lecture will be on What's Missing in the Proposed Convention on Crimes against Humanity? The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes. Appropriately, it takes place in the context of Prof. Ruys' eponymous course from 9.30 until 11 AM in the Pleading Room (Pleitlokaal), Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent.

Second, the seminar will discuss Best Research Practices, using as a starting point her award-winning article for the Leiden Journal of International Law - entitled "As you set out for Ithaka": Practical, Epistemological, Ethical and Existential Questions about Socio-legal Empirical Research in Conflict. The seminar will take place from 12 until 1.30 PM in the Liberty Meeting Room, Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent.

Attendance to both events is free of charge, yet prior registration is required with Ms. Kristien Ballegeer.

Dr. Nouwen is a Reader in Public International Law, a Fellow of Pembroke College and Co-Deputy Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at Cambridge University. She is also an Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of International Law. Dr. Nouwen received a 2-in-1 LLB and LLM from Utrecht University, doing part of her degree at the University of the Western Cape and the University of Cape Town. She then obtained an MPhil in International Relations and a PhD in Law at the University of Cambridge, where she subsequently became a Junior Research Fellow. Prior to assuming her lectureship at Cambridge in 2012, Dr. Nouwen worked in international diplomacy: at the Dutch mission to the United Nations, at the Netherlands Embassy in Khartoum, and as a Senior Legal Advisor to the African Union High Level Implementation Panel in Sudan. She also served as a consultant for the UK Department of International Development in Darfur and worked with an NGO in Senegal on microfinance.