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A.K. Meijknecht


Universitair docent

Tilburg Law School
Department European and International Public Law

 

Expertise

Public International Law , The Protection of minorities and indigenous peoples. South-Eastern and Central Europe, Roma Rights. Landrights of indigenous peoples.

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Publications

Most recent publications

  • Genugten, W.J.M. van, & Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). Synthesis, concluding remarks and recommandations. In W.J.M. Genugten & A.K. Meijknecht (Eds.), Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives (pp. 391-424). Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. Further information
  • Genugten, W.J.M. van, & Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives. Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). The cultural diversity convention: What is its added value for minorities and indigenous peoples? In T. Kono, J. Wouters, & S. Van Uytsel (Eds.), The Unesco Convention for the promotion and protection of diversity of cultural expressions. Antwerp: Intersentia. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K. (2010). The minority protection system between World War I and World War II. In R. Wolfrum (Ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K., & Vries, B.S. de (2010). Is there a place for minorities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights within ASEAN? Asian values, ASEAN values, and the protection of Southeast Asian minorities and indigenous peoples. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 2010(17), 75-110. Further information

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

 

Education

University of Leiden: 1989-1995.

Main subject: Dutch and International Law. Supervisor: Prof. P.H. Kooijmans

Master's thesis: ?Erkenning en veiligstelling van het recht van minderheden op eigen identiteit?

Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, 1993-1994, Erasmus exchange student

Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, USA, 1997-1998, visiting researcher

Tilburg University: 1996-2008

Doctorate May 2001: Supervisor: Prof. dr. E.M.H. Hirsch Ballin: Title of thesis: Towards International Personality: The Position of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in International Law.

Career

July 2003 - present: Senior researcher at the Centre for Transboundary Legal Development and assistant professor Public International Law, Human Rights Law and Minority Rights Law, Law Faculty, Tilburg University.

July 2000 - June 2003: Post-doc researcher ( SARO?project) , Centre for Transboundary Legal Development, Tilburg University.

February 1996 - June 2000: Junior researcher (AIO), Schoordijk Institute, Tilburg University.

Publications

Most recent publications

  • Genugten, W.J.M. van, & Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). Synthesis, concluding remarks and recommandations. In W.J.M. Genugten & A.K. Meijknecht (Eds.), Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives (pp. 391-424). Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. Further information
  • Genugten, W.J.M. van, & Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). Harnessing intellectual property rights for development objectives. Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K. (2011). The cultural diversity convention: What is its added value for minorities and indigenous peoples? In T. Kono, J. Wouters, & S. Van Uytsel (Eds.), The Unesco Convention for the promotion and protection of diversity of cultural expressions. Antwerp: Intersentia. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K. (2010). The minority protection system between World War I and World War II. In R. Wolfrum (Ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Further information
  • Meijknecht, A.K., & Vries, B.S. de (2010). Is there a place for minorities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights within ASEAN? Asian values, ASEAN values, and the protection of Southeast Asian minorities and indigenous peoples. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 2010(17), 75-110. Further information

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

External accreditation

In 2001 and 2002, my dissertation ?Towards International Personality: The Position of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in International Law? received two prizes

2001: Max van der Stoel/School of Human Rights Research Award for the best dissertation in the field of Human Rights Law in the Netherlands

2002: Mr. J.C. Baak Award for the best book in the field of Public International Law

In 1997 my Master?s thesis titled ?Erkenning en veiligstelling van het recht van minderheden op eigen identiteit? has received an honourable mention of the François Award for publications in the field of Public International Law.

 

Teaching


A.K. Meijknecht teaches the following subjects:

Contact details
Room M 506
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg 
Phone+31 13 466 8376
Secretary+31 13 466 8033
Fax +31 13 466 8047
Email a.k.meijknecht@tilburguniversity.edu

Universitair docent
Tilburg Law School
Department European and International Public Law

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