Larissa van den Herik is Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University.

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Larissa van den Herik is Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University.

Her areas of research and expertise include international peace and security law with a focus on UN sanctions (see e.g. contribution to legal parts of the Watson reports on sanctions and due process of 2006, 2009, and 2012) and terrorism, international criminal law and particularly the law on genocide and crimes against humanity, fact-finding in international law, specifically in conflict situations, and the role of commissions of inquiry. Her current research focuses on diasporas and international law.

She is General Editor of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law. She also serves as general editor of the Leiden Journal of International Law (former Editor-in-Chief 2005-2013).

Professor Van den Herik is chair of the Advisory Committee on Public International Law Issues to the Netherlands Government and has advised the government in that capacity, inter alia, on drones, cyber warfare, humanitarian assistance, and autonomous weapons systems, as well as the work of the ILC (e.g. on crimes against humanity.) 

Professor Van den Herik is also member of the independent commission that will evaluate the Law on Intelligence and Security Agencies (WIV 2017).

Supervised PhD theses

• Mrs. Hannah Bosdriesz ('The contributions of the Inter-American Human Rights system to the international fight against impunity for grave human rights violations') - 3 December 2019
• Mr. Huw Llewellyn ('Oversight of international criminal tribunals in light of requirements of independence and impartiality') - September 18th 2019
• Mrs. Marieke Wierda ('Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Court in Situation Countries') - 9 January 2019
• Mrs. Catherine Harwood ('International Fact-Finding as a Means to Strengthen Accountability') - 7 November 2018
• Mr. Matthew Gillet ('Protecting the environment through ICL') - 19 June 2018
• Mr Jens Iverson ('The function of Jus Post Bellum') - 21 September 2017
• Mrs. Miriam Cohen ('Universal civil jurisdiction and reparations for international crimes') - 28 June 2017
• Mrs Jasmina Mackic ('How to prove the discriminatory nature of violence in cases before the ECtHR; assessing the ECtHR's evidentiary system') - 23 May 2017
• Mr. Farouk El-Hosseny ('The role of civil society in investment treaty arbitration: status and prospects') - 26 May 2016.
• Mr. Christian de Vos ('A catalyst for Justice: the ICC in Uganda, Kenya and the DRC') – 16 March 2016.
• Ms. Helen Beckmann-Hamzei (“The child in ICC proceedings”) – 3 September 2015.
• Ms. Daniella Dam ('International law and governance of natural resources in conflict and post-conflict situations') - 12 December 2013.
• Mr. Kevin Heller ('The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the origins of international criminal law') – 16 June 2011.
• Mr. Michael Vagias ('The territorial jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court') – 25 May 2011.

Ongoing PhD supervision

• Mrs. Diane Amann ('Women at Nuremberg and International Criminal Law')
• Mrs. Paula Baldini Miranda Da Cruz ('Investment Arbitration and State-Owned Entities')
• Mrs. Paula Cortés Gonzalez ('Human Rights counterclaims in international investment law')
• Mrs. Saeko Kawashima ('The Inherent powers of international criminal tribunals')
• Mrs. Daniela Kravetz ('Implementing the international criminal law framework to address gender-based violations in the Latin America region')
• Mr. Loukas Mistelis ('The Status of Arbitrator: An Evolutionary Approach')
• Mr. Ghanem Nuseibeh ('Islamist theoterrorism in international law: Some implications of the Rushdie Affair for public international law')
• Mr. Andres Sarmiento ('The Role of Dissenting Opinions in International Law')
• Mr. Alpha Sesay ('Regionalization of International Criminal Law in Africa')
• Mr. Jacco Snoeijer ('Stern Justice? The Netherlands Indies' Trials of Japanese War Criminal (1946-1949))'

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