Esther Kentin
Lecturer
- Name
- Mr. E. Kentin
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5358
- e.kentin@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6364-3957
Esther Kentin is lecturer at the Department Moot Court and Advocacy of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies since 2004. She also runs the Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic.
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Esther Kentin studied at the University of Amsterdam with a specialization in international environmental law. She has worked for the VU University Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University of Amsterdam teaching courses on international law in general as well as more specialized courses such as international environmental law and economic and investment law. At the University of Amsterdam she was the coordinator of the Amsterdam International Law Clinic. Her interests focus on the application of international law, in particular international environmental law.
At the Moot Court Department, Esther Kentin teaches Moot Court courses on public international law for Dutch as well as for international students. Furthermore, she leads the Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic (LAPP). LAPP is a pro bono initiative in which students work on legal questions of NGO's concerning plastic. Clients include the Plastic Soup Foundation and The Ocean Cleanup.
Lecturer
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Metajuridica
- Moot Court
- Kentin E. (2023), Plastic in de ban: van Europese regelgeving naar Nederlandse wetgeving tegen plasticvervuiling. In: Erkens M.Y.H.G., Groot C. de & Oostrum C.H.A. van (Eds.), Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid. Den Haag: Boom juridisch. 211-230.
- Abdolahpur Monikh F., Hansen S.F., Vijver M.G., Kentin E., Nielsen M.B., Baun A., Syberg K., Lynch I., Valsami-Jones E. & Peijnenburg W.J.G.M. (2022), Can current regulations account for intentionally produced nanoplastics?, Environmental Science and Technology 56(7): 3836-3839.
- Kentin E. & Battaglia G. (2022), Policies and Perspectives on Regulating Microplastic Fibre Pollution. In: Weis J.S., De Falco F. & Cocca M. (Eds.), Polluting Textiles: The Problem with Microfibres. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies. London: Routledge. 265-289.
- Kentin E. (2018), Banning Microplastics in Cosmetic Products in Europe: Legal Challenges. In: Cocca M., Di Pace E., Errico M.E., Gentile G., Montarsolo A. & Mossotti R. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water. Cham: Springer. 245-250.
- Kentin E. (30 January 2018), Recycling as panacea for plastic pollution: the EU Plastics Strategy. Leiden Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Kentin E. (2018), Restricting microplastics in the European Union: Process and criteria under REACH, European Physical Journal Plus 133(10): 425.
- Kentin E. & Kaarto H. (2018), An EU ban on microplastics in cosmetic products and the right to regulate, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 27(3): 254-266.
- Kentin E. (5 December 2017), For further reflection: international students on the Dutch Sinterklaas tradition. Leiden Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Kentin E. (28 June 2016), Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic: law students at The Ocean Cleanup. Leiden Law Blog. [blog entry].
- Kentin E. & Amsterdam International Law Clinic (2013), Monetary Payments for Civilian Harm in International and National Practice, commissioned by Center for Civilians in Conflict. Amsterdam & Washington: CIVIC.
- Breedveld-de Voogd C.G., Esch C.M. van, Heide G.J. van der, Kentin E., Koot R.M.C.M., Kuilenburg T. van, Nijland J., Poutsma E.C. & Sikkema T.H. (2011), Signora Senatrice: Over Recht, Onderwijs en Politiek: Opstellen aangeboden aan Ankie Broekers-Knol bij haar afscheid van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit Leiden. Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers.
- Kentin E. (2011), De Eerste Kamer na Lissabon: de SWIFT-overeenkomst als testcase. In: Breedveld-de Voogd C.G., Esch C.M. van, Heide G.J. van der, Kentin E., Koot R.M.C.M., Kuilenburg T. van, Nijland J., Poutsma E.C. & Sikkema T.H. (Eds.), Signora Senatrice: Over Recht, Onderwijs en Politiek: Opstellen aangeboden aan Ankie Broekers-Knol bij haar afscheid van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit Leiden. Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers. 177-184.
- Kentin E. (2009), Bilateral Investment Treaty Overview - Netherlands. In: Duggal K. & Sabahi B. (Ed.), Investment Claims (IC). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kentin E. (2007), Economic Crisis and Investment Arbitration: the Argentine Cases. In: Kahn Ph. & Wälde T.W. (Eds.), Les aspects nouveaux du droit des investissements internationaux = New Aspects of International Investment Law. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 629-667.
- Kentin E. (2004), Sustainable Development in International Investment Dispute Settlement: the ICSID and NAFTA Experience. In: Schrijver N.J. Weiss F. (Ed.), International Law and Sustainable Development: Principle and Practice. Developments in International Law no. 51. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 309-338.
- Kentin E. (2002), Prospects for Rules on Investment in the new WTO Round, Legal Issues of Economic Integration 29(1): 61-71.
- Kentin E. (2000), Op naar Rio+10: drie NGO-initiatieven inzake duurzame ontwikkeling, VN Forum 13(3): 47-52.