prof.mr.dr. Elies van Sliedregt

Bio

Before she came to Tilburg, Elies van Sliedregt was Professor of International & Comparative Criminal Law at the University of Leeds and Director of its Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS). Previously, she was Professor of Criminal Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Dean of the Faculty from 2011-2015.

Van Sliedregt has held visiting fellowships in Cambridge, Oxford, Bologna, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney. In 2015, she was Holding Redlich Fellow at the Castan Center for Human Rights at Monash University Melbourne and, in 2018, she was appointed fellow of McLaughlin College, York University, Canada. 

She is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and of the Governing Board of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Expertise

Research interests include: comparative research into principles of criminal law (presumption of innocence, personal culpability), legal pluralism, European Arrest Warrant, terrorism, refugee exclusion.

Teaching

(Dutch) criminal law, criminal procedure, international criminal law, and comparative criminal law

Courses

• Criminal Liability (6 EC)
• Criminal Liability (6 EC)
• European Criminal Law
• Criminal Law in Context

Recent publications

1. Advies over de consequenties op de lange termijn van het oprichten va…

   van Sliedregt, E. (2024). Advies over de consequenties op de lange termijn van het oprichten van een alternatief tribunaal om het misdrijf agressie te berechten en andere mogelijkheid om de Russische president Poetin te berechten.

2. An introduction to international criminal law and procedure

   van Sliedregt, E., Robinson, D., Oosterveld, V., & Vasiliev, S. (2023). An introduction to international criminal law and procedure. (5th ed.) Cambridge University Press.

3. Internationaalrechtelijke vraagstukken rond de kwalificatie van de Ho…

   van Sliedregt, E. (2023). Internationaalrechtelijke vraagstukken rond de kwalificatie van de Holodomor als genocide.

4. Internationaalrechtelijke vraagstukken rond de kwalificatie van de Ho…

   van Sliedregt, E. (2023). Internationaalrechtelijke vraagstukken rond de kwalificatie van de Holodomor als genocide: Advies 42, 28 juni 2023.

5. Noot bij HvJ EU, 23 november 2021, NJ 2023/69

   van Sliedregt, E. (2023). Noot bij HvJ EU, 23 november 2021, NJ 2023/69. NJ 2023/69. Case note on: Hof van Justitie EU, 23/11/21, C-564/19, ECLI:EU:C:2021:949 Nederlandse Jurisprudentie, 2023(7).