Researchers SIM

The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) is the home base of a vibrant, interdisciplinary and international group of researchers, lecturers, and PhD students. SIM staff participates in key research programmes of the School of Law and of Utrecht University. Transitional justice, regional human rights mechanisms, human rights protection during and after conflict, and the interplay between human rights and international and EU law are some of our fields of expertise. SIM Fellows are researchers within the School of Law with whom SIM closely cooperates.

Director SIM

  • prof. dr. Antoine Buyse

  • European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights, Law in Post-Conflict Situations, Transitional Justice, Freedom of Speech, Democracy and Citizenship, Rule of Law

Senior Researchers

  • dr. Hadeel Abu Hussein

  • dr. Birte Böök

  • Public International Law, Human Rights, Gender Equality

  • dr. Marjolein van den Brink

  • International Human Rights Law, Gender and Law, Gender Diversity, Intersectional Discrimination, International Family Law, Empirical Legal Studies, Migration

  • prof. dr. Javier Couso Salas

  • Katharine Fortin

  • Armed Conflict, Armed Groups, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law, Interdisciplinary Education

  • dr. Julie Fraser

  • European Convention on Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Diversity, Climate Change

  • prof. mr. Jenny Goldschmidt

  • Disability and Law, Human Rights Vulnerable Groups , Legal Pluralism

  • dr. Kushtrim Istrefi

  • European Convention on Human Rights, International Security Law, International Human Rights Law, Interfaces between National and Internatinal Law, Public International Law

  • dr. Brianne Mc Gonigle

  • Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Victim Rights, International Criminal Law, International Criminal Procedure

  • dr. Lorena Sosa

  • Comparative Human Rights, Intersectional Discrimination, Gender-Based Violence, Gender Diversity, Empirical Legal Studies, Victim Rights

  • dr. Tina Stavrinaki

  • Racism, Discrimination, Intersectional Discrimination, Comparative Human Rights, Hate Crimes, Hate Speech, Health, United Nations, Institutions, European and International Law

  • prof. dr. Felisa Tibbitts

  • Critical Pedagogy and Methods of Learning, Educational Research, Human Rights in Higher Education and Preparation of Professionals, Human Rights-Based Approach to Education, Transitional Justice

  • dr. mr. Alexandra Timmer LLM

  • European Convention on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Discrimination, European Protection of Fundamental Rights

  • dr. Róisín Burke

  • International Criminal Law, International Security Law, Gender and Conflict, Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law

  • dr. Jérôme de Hemptinne

  • International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law

SIM Fellows

  • dr. Moritz Baumgärtel

  • European Law, Immigration and Migrant Integration, Public International Law, Human Rights, Refugees, Urban Governance, Mobility and Migration

  • mr. dr. Susanne Burri

  • European Law, Gender Equality, Social Law, Labour Market Flexibility and Self-Employment, Work and Health

  • dr. Diana Odier-Contreras Garduno

  • Inter-American System, Human Rights, Victim Rights, Comparative Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice

  • Jessica Dorsey LLM

  • International Humanitarian Law, Remote Warfare, Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Public International Law, Academic and Legal Skills

  • Elif Erken

  • European Convention on Human Rights

  • prof. mr. Janneke Gerards

  • Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Judicial Review, Law and technology, Discrimination, Inequality

  • dr. Machiko Kanetake

  • Interfaces between National and Internatinal Law, International Security Law, International Human Rights Law, International Institutional Law, Public International Law

  • Hye-Min Kim LLM

  • International Human Rights Law, Public International Law

  • mr. dr. B.A. (Anneloes) Kuiper

  • International Law, Liability Law, Human Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Private International Law

  • dr. Sara Miellet MSc, MA

  • Immigration and Migrant Integration, Migration, Refugees, Human Rights, Urban Geography, Local Politics, Political Philosophy

  • dr. Salvatore Nicolosi

  • Asylum, European Law, European Union, International Human Rights Law, International Organisations, Mobility and Migration, Public International Law, Refugees, Migration, Migration in/to Europe, Human Rights, Human Rights Vulnerable Groups , European Protection of Fundamental Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Enforcement of European Law

  • mr. Elmin Omičević

  • prof. dr. Barbara Oomen

  • Human Rights, Law and Cultural Diversity, Migration, Local Politics

  • mr. dr. H.M.A.E. (Hana) van Ooijen

  • Human Rights, Migration, Administrative Law, Moot Court, Academic and Legal Skills

  • mr. Naomi van de Pol

  • dr. L. (Lucas) Roorda

  • International Law, Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility, Access to Justice

  • prof. dr. Cedric Ryngaert

  • International Law

  • dr. Naema Tahir

  • mr. dr. Caia Vlieks

  • Citizenship, Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Human Rights, Migration, European and International Law

  • dr. Karin de Vries

  • prof. mr. dr. Sybe de Vries

  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, European Union Internal Market Law, Competition Law, European Substantive Law, Sustainability