Dr. L. van den Herik

Functie:
  • Associate Professor of Public International Law
  • Editor in Chief Leiden Journal of International Law
Expertise:
  • Public International Law
  • Law of International Organizations
  • International Criminal Law
  • Peace and Security
  • International Humanitarian Law

Telefoon:+31 (0)71 527 7533
E-Mail:l.van.den.herik@law.leidenuniv.nl
Faculteit / Onderdeel:Departement Publiekrecht, Rechtsgeleerdheid, Universiteit Leiden
Werkadres:Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
B131

Dr Larissa van den Herik is Associate Professor of Public International Law and Editor in Chief of the Leiden Journal of International Law. She has previously worked at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she defended her PhD thesis on The Contribution of the Rwanda Tribunal to the Development of International Law (Martinus Nijhoff) in 2005. She was awarded the Bulthuis Van Oosternieland Prize for this academic work. In 2007, Larissa received a three-year grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to do research on illegal trade during times of armed conflict: the responsibility of corporations and individual businessmen Dr. Van den Herik is a member of the Editorial Board of De Internationale Spectator and a commentator of the Dutch International Crimes Act (Militair Straf- en Tuchtrecht, losbladige editie, Kluwer) and annotator for the International Law in Domestic Courts Project (OUP, University of Amsterdam). She is the author of several articles and case notes in the field of public international law, international criminal law and the law on peace and security, as well as co-editor of collections of essays in the field of international criminal law (Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, T.M.C. Asser Press – Cambridge University Press, 2009). She coordinates the Marie Curie Research Course and Top Summer School on International Criminal Law (together with Dr. Carsten Stahn).
Selected Publications
 
Books
  • Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, TMC Asser Press/CUP, 2009 (co-edited with Dr. Carsten Stahn)
  •  The Contribution of the Rwanda Tribunal to the Development of International Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005
Book Chapters and Commentaries
  • Commentary on the Dutch International Crimes Act, Militair Straf- en Tuchtrechtbundel, M.M. Dolman e.a. (eds.), Kluwer
  • The Schism between the Legal and the Social Concept of Genocide in light of the Responsibility to Protect, in The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative and Contextual Aspects, P. Kim and R. Henham (eds.), Ashgate Publishers, 2007, pp. 75-97
  • War Crimes in Rwanda? The answer of the ICTR so far (1998-2001), in K. Koufa (ed.), Thesaurus Acroasium, Volume XXXII, The New International Criminal Law: 2001 International Law Session, Athens-Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications, 2003, pp. 1153-1166
Articles
  • The Security Council’s Targeted Sanctions Regimes: In Need of Better Protection of the Individual, Leiden Journal of International Law, 20-4 (2007), pp. 797-807 
  • Ten years later: The Rwanda Tribunal still faces legal complexities. Some comments on the vagueness of the indictment, complicity in genocide and the nexus requirement for war crimes, in 17 Leiden Journal of International Law 3 (2004), pp. 537-557 (co-author: E. van Sliedregt)
  • Het Rwanda Tribunaal: uitdagingen en verworvenheden (The Rwanda Tribunal: challenges and results) in 56 International Spectator 5 (2002), pp. 246-251  
 
Reports
  • Counter-Terrorism Strategies, Human Rights and International Law: Meeting the Challenges. Final Report International Expert Seminar, Netherlands International Law review 54-3 (2007, pp. 571-587 (co-author: N.J. Schrijver)
  •  Strengthening UN targeted sanctions through clear and fair procedures, chapter 2, Watson Institute, Brown University, UN Doc. A/60/887 (co-author: N.J. Schrijver)
Annotations
  • De Hollandse Koopmansgeest in den vreemde: de berechting van Guus Kouwenhoven, Annotation to the Kouwenhoven Judgement of the Court of Appeal The Hague, 8 March 2008, NJCM-Bulletin (2008, forthcoming)
  •  Annotation to the Judgement of the European Court of First Instance in the Sison case, 11 July 2007, Rechtspraak Vreemdelingen 2007, Ars Aequi Libri, 468-490
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