Antoine Buyse

Antoine Christian Buyse (born June 16, 1977 in The Hague ) is a Dutch law scholar and professor at the University of Utrecht .

Life

From 1995 on, Buyse studied history at the University of Leiden , majoring in the history of modern times and the history of science. In 2001 he finished his studies with a master’s degree and went on to study law . Here his focus was on international law and human rights law. After completing this course, Buyse received his doctorate in law in 2008 under the supervision of Rick Lawson , whose research assistant he was, with a thesis on the human rights situation in Europe, with a particular focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina. Buyse has been teaching at the University of Utrecht since 2007, initially as a lecturer, from 2007 as a junior professor and from 2010 as an associate professor. Since 2014 he has been a full professor at the Utrecht Chair for Human Rights and Director of the Dutch Institute for Human Rights (SIM).

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Buyse's research area is human rights, in particular the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights . He also examines the human rights situation in (post) conflict situations and in transitional justice . Recently his research area has expanded to include the human rights situation with refugees and asylum seekers.

Web links

• Buyse at his chair at Utrecht University
• Buyse in the Catalogus Professorum of the University of Utrecht