Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
Professor International Sustainable Development Law
- Name
- Prof.mr.dr. D.A. Dam-de Jong
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7944
- d.a.dam@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6288-6818
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong is Professor of International Sustainable Development Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. She is also the director of the management board of the Grotius Centre, a member of the Dutch Advisory Committee on Public International Law (CAVV), Deputy Chair of the IUCN WCEL Specialist Group on Environmental Security and Conflict Law and one of the Editors-in-Chief of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law. She is a Visiting Professor at Vermont Law School (U.S.) and Nagasaki University (Japan). She also supervises the doctoral network sessions at The Hague Academy of International Law (Winter courses).
Education
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong holds a Certificat (mention bien) in French language of the University of Lausanne, an MA in French language and culture from the VU University Amsterdam, an LL.M. from the VU University Amsterdam, and a PhD from Leiden University.
Career
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong joined Leiden University in 2005 as a policy officer at Campus The Hague and a research assistant at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. She obtained an NWO grant for her PhD in 2007. After completing her PhD in 2013, she worked as assistant professor and associate professor respectively at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.
Research areas and interests
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong is a general international lawyer, with special expertise in the field of sustainable development. Her research focuses on natural resources governance with an emphasis on questions relating to intragenerational and intergenerational equity. She has a special interest in connections between sustainable development and international peace & security, including in a multidisciplinary setting (environmental peacebuilding).
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong has written and advised extensively on sustainable development and on its connections with international peace and security. Her publications include a monograph on International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations with Cambridge University Press in 2015 and a Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding (co-edited with dr. Britta Sjöstedt from Lund University, 2023).
Educational activities
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong teaches the courses ‘Public International Law’ and ‘Contemporary Issues of Public International Law’ in the Master Program in Public International Law (Reg.), which she also co-directs.
Professor International Sustainable Development Law
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Publiekrecht
- Grotius Centre for Intern Legal Studies
- Dam-de Jong D.A. & Amtenbrink F. (2023), A greener international law: international legal responses to the global environmental crisis. In: Dam-de Jong D.A. & Amtenbrink F. (Eds.), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2021: A Greener International Law—International Legal Responses to the Global Environmental Crisis. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law no. 52. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press-Springer. 3-17.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. & Amtenbrink F. (Eds.) (2023), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2021: A Greener International Law—International Legal Responses to the Global Environmental Crisis. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law no. 52. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press-Springer.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (8 May 2023), Large-scale combat operations symposium: environmental protection in the context of LSCOS. Articles of War. Westpoint: Lieber Institute for Law & Warfare. [blog entry].
- Handel-Mazzetti L., Ramlakhan V., Dam-de Jong D. & Ryngaert C. (2023), CAVV Symposium on Independent Advice on Public International Law, Netherlands International Law Review 70(1): 121-136.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2023), Tegen de stroom in: een kritische reflectie op de mensenrechtelijke benadering van klimaatverandering. In: Erkens Y., Groot C. de & Oostrum C. van (Eds.), Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid. Den Haag: Boom juridisch. 65-80.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (Eds.) (2023), Research handbook on international law and environmental peacebuilding. Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Dam D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (2023), The international legal dimensions of environmental peacebuilding. In: Dam- D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (Eds.), Research handbook on international law and environmental peacebuilding. Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 1-15.
- Dam D.A. (2023), The contribution of the UN Security Council to environmental peacebuilding. In: Dam D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (Eds.), Research handbook on international law and environmental peacebuilding. Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 183-199.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2023), Addressing land inequality, rehabilitation and competing uses. In: Dam-de Jong D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (Eds.), Research handbook on international law and environmental peacebuilding. Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 304-327.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2023), A matter of life and death: the impact of power-sharing on the legal position of armed groups. In: Fortin K. & Heffes E. (Eds.), Armed groups and international law: in the shadowland of legality and illegality. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 288-309.
- Dam D.A. (2023), La Cour internationale de Justice et le droit de l'environnement. In: Thouvenin J.-M. & Joly Hébert J. (Eds.), La Cour internationale de Justice à 75 ans. Cahiers internationaux / Centre de droit international no. 36. Paris: Éditions Pedone. 285-310.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2023), ‘Botsende’ mensenrechten in klimaatbeleid: een pleidooi voor een inclusieve energietransitie, Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis 184(1): 26-37.
- Rose C.E., Blokker N.M., Dam-de Jong D.A., Driest S. van den, Heinsch R.W., Koppe E. & Schrijver N.J. (2022), An introduction to public international law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Blokker N.M. & Dam-de Jong D.A. (2022), Law on the use of force. In: Rose C. (Ed.), An introduction to public international law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 208-229.
- Dam D.A. (2022), International environmental law. In: Rose C. (Ed.), An introduction to public international law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 322-343.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. & Bugaighis H. (2022), Gender mainstreaming in the economic track for Libya. New York: UN Women.
- Hoogh A.J.J. de, Dam-de Jong D.A. & Herik L.J. van den (2022), Rechtsgevolgen van een ernstige schending van een regel van dwingend recht: de internationale rechten en plichten van staten bij schending van het agressieverbod. Advies / Commissie van Advies inzake Volkenrechtelijke Vraagstukken (CAVV) no. 41. The Hague: Commissie van Advies inzake Volkenrechtelijke Vraagstukken (CAVV).
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2021), Balancing national ownership with international intervention: combating illegal exploitation of natural resources through peace processes. In: Weller M., Retter M. & Varga A. (Eds.), International Law and Peace Settlements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 474-498.
- Blokker N.M., Dam-de Jong D. & Prislan V. (Eds.) (2021), Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development: Liber Amicorum Nico Schrijver no. 9. Leiden / Boston: Brill Nijhoff.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2021), Sovereignty as Responsibility: Exercising Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources in the Interest of Current and Future Generations. In: Blokker N., Dam-de Jong D. & Prislan V. (Eds.), Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development - Liber Amicorum Nico Schrijver no. 9. Leiden / Boston: Brill Nijhoff. 21-36.
- Dam D.A. & Sjöstedt B. (2021), Enhancing Environmental Protection in Relation to Armed Conflict: An Assessment of the ILC Draft Principles, Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review 44(2): 129-156.
- Dam D.A. (2021), Greening the Economy of Armed Conflict: Natural Resource Exploitation by Armed Groups and Their Engagement with Environmental Protection, Hague Yearbook of International Law = Annuaire de La Haye de droit international 32(for 2019): 175–207.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2020), ‘A Rough Trade’? Towards a More Sustainable Minerals Supply Chain, Brill Open Law 2: 8-39.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2020), Building a sustainable peace: How peace processes shape and are shaped by the international legal framework for the governance of natural resources, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 29(1): 21-32.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2020), Elected Members and Agenda-Setting: The Security Council as Peace Broker. In: Schrijver N.J. & Blokker N.M. (Eds.), Elected Members of the Security Council: Lame Ducks or Key Players?. Nijhoff Law Specials no. 99. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff. 197-216.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. de & Wolters S. (2020), Through the Looking Glass: Corporate Actors and Environmental Harm Beyond the ILC, Göttingen Journal of International Law 10(1): 111-149.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2020), Who Is Targeted by the Council’s Sanctions? The UN Security Council and the Principle of Proportionality, Nordic Journal of International Law 89(3-4): 383-398.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. & Stewart J. (2019), Illicit Exploitation of Natural Resources. In: Jalloh C.C., Clarke K.M. & Nmehielle V.O. (Eds.), The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context: Development and Challenges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 590-618.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (18 June 2019), Between paradox and panacea: legalizing exploitation of natural resources by armed groups in the fight against conflict resources. Armed Groups and International Law. [blog entry].
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2019), Ignorantia facti excusat? The Viability of Due Diligence as a Model to Establish International Criminal Accountability for Corporate Actors Purchasing Natural Resources from Conflict Zones. In: Enneking L., Giesen I., Schaap A.-J., Ryngaert C., Kristen F. & Roorda L. (Eds.), Accountability, International Business Operations, and the Law: Providing Justice for Corporate Human Rights Violations in Global Value Chains. Globalization: Law and Policy. London-New York: Routledge. 126-144.
- Dam D.A. (2017), Internationale instellingen en de aanpak van conflictgrondstoffen. In: Coninck H. de, Hurenkamp M., Melsen L. & Opschoor H. (Eds.), Rood-groene politiek voor de 21e eeuw: een pact tussen generaties. Amsterdam: Van Gennep. 167-184.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2017), UN natural resources sanctions regimes: incorporating market-based responses to address market-driven problems. In: Herik L.J. van den (Ed.), Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law. Research Handbooks in International Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 147-174.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2017), Standard-setting practices for the management of natural resources in conflict-torn States: Constitutive Elements of Jus Post Bellum. In: Stahn C., Iverson J.M. & Easterday J.S. (Eds.), Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace: Clarifying Norms, Principles, and Practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 169-191.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2017), From Engines for Conflict into Engines for Sustainable Development: The Potential of International Law to Address Predatory Exploitation of Natural Resources in Situations of Internal Armed Conflict. In: Hulme K. (Ed.), Law of the Environment and Armed Conflict. The international library of law and the environment no. 8. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. chapter 38.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2016), De volkenrechtelijke basis voor optreden tegen IS op Syrisch grondgebied: een juridisch mijnenveld, Ars Aequi 65(9): 601-605.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2015), The role of informal normative processes in improving governance over natural resources in conflict-torn States, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 7(2): 219-241.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2015), International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations. Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law no. 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2015), Armed Opposition Groups and the Right to Exercise Control over Public Natural Resources: A Legal Analysis of the Cases of Libya and Syria, Netherlands International Law Review 62(1): 3-24.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2014), From Engines for Conflict into Engines for Sustainable Development: The Potential of International Law to Address Predatory Exploitation of Natural Resources in Situations of Internal Armed Conflict. In: Rayfuse R. (Ed.), War and the Environment: New Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library no. 45. Leiden, Boston: Brill Nijhoff. 205-227.
- Dam-De Jong D.A. (12 December 2013), International law and governance of natural resources in conflict and post-conflict situations (Dissertatie, Faculty of Law, Leiden University) Meijers-reeks no. 222. Leiden: Meijers. Supervisor(s): Schrijver N.J. & Herik L.J. van den.
- Dam D.A. (2013), From Engines for Conflict into Engines for Sustainable Development: The Potential of International Law to Address Predatory Exploitation of Natural Resources in Situations of Internal Armed Conflict, Nordic Journal of International Law 82(1): 155-177.
- Herik L.J. van den & Dam-de Jong D.A. (2011), Revitalizing the Antique War Crime of Pillage: The Potential and Pitfalls of Using International Criminal Law to Address Illegal Resource Exploitation During Armed Conflict, Criminal Law Forum 22(3): 237-273.
- Dam-de Jong D.A. (2009), International Law and Resource Plunder: The Protection of Natural Resources during Armed Conflict. In: Fauchald O.K., Hunter D. & Xi W. (Eds.), Yearbook of International Environmental Law no. 19. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 27-57.
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- Editor-in-chief