Rick Lawson

Prof. Dr. Rick Lawson has a chair in European human rights law at Leiden University. He served as Dean of Leiden Law School (2011-2016), was nominated by the Dutch Government for the position of judge in the European Court of Human Rights (2017), and is vice-chair of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna.

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Oasis or Mirage?

30.05.2024
Rick Lawson
Into the Desert Paradoxically, the longest chapter in Vladislava Stoyanova’s book on positive obligations is devoted to the desert: the grim and arid lands extra muros. Where States operate beyond...
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