Professor Koen De Feyter

Professor Koen De Feyter is an internationally recognized authority on human rights and development law. He is a full-time Professor of International Law at the University of Antwerp and part-time Professor at PILC and the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. He was previously attached to the Human Rights Centre of the University of Maastricht, the Institute of Development Policy and Management of the University of Antwerp, and served as the Academic Coordinator of the European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation (Venice, Italy). He is a former Chair of Amnesty International Belgium (1998-1999).

He is the author the following works:

• World Development Law (Antwerp, Intersentia, 2001)
• Human Rights. Social Justice in the Age of the Market (2005)
• Privatisation and Human Rights (2005, co-ed.)
• Out of the Ashes. Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights (2006, co-ed.)
• Economic Globalisation and Human Rights (2007, co-ed.)

Professor Koen De Feyter has also published numerous book chapters and articles in journals such as the Loyola University of New Orleans Human Rights Review, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Africa Legal Aid Quarterly and many more.

Education:

Ph.D., Law, University of Antwerp

LL,M, Programme in International and European Law (PILC) at the Institute for European Studies, VUB.

Certificate in International Humanitarian Law ICRC – Polish Red Cross