Mr. I. Westendorp (Docent Internationaal en Europees Recht Vrouw en Recht)
Bouillonstraat 1-3
Room B3.110
Maastricht
P.O. Box 616
NL-6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 43 3882701
Fax: + 31 43 3884907
E-mail: i.westendorp@maastrichtuniversity.nl
List of publications: Metis
Curriculum vitae
While reading law at the Open University of the Netherlands, Ingrid Westendorp has worked as the coordinator of the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law of the University of Maastricht. After she graduated in 1998, she was appointed lecturer in law with the International and European Law Department. She has almost finished her Ph.D. thesis on the right to housing for women.
Expertise
- Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular the right to adequate housing
- Human Rights of Women
- International law
Publications and courses
‘If home is no haven; women’s right to adequate housing in cases of domestic violence’, in: I. Westendorp, R. Wolleswinkel (eds), Violence in the domestic sphere, Intersentia, Antwerpen, Oxford, 2005, pp. 123-142.
‘Haven or hell? The effect of domestic violence on women’s housing rights’, in: AFLA Quarterly, March 2005, pp. 8-14.
‘Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’, Background paper submitted for day of general discussion on the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 21 July 2004.
‘Women’s right to adequate housing’, Background paper submitted for day of general discussion of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN doc. E/C.12/2002/4, 4 February 2002.
‘Housing Rights and Related Facilities for Female Refugees and Internally Displaced Women’, in: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 403-415.
‘Double Discrimination; Racism and Sexism Combined’, in: F. Coomans, F. Grünfeld, I. Westendorp, J. Willems (eds), Rendering Justice to the Vulnerable; Liber Amicorum in Honour of Theo van Boven, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2000, pp. 299-310.
‘The Feasibility of a Violations Approach of Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, in: Th. van Boven, C. Flinterman, I. Westendorp (eds), The Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, SIM Special No. 20, Utrecht, 1998, pp. 147-163.
‘Internationale Implementatie van het Recht op Behoorlijke Huisvesting’, in: A. Coomans, A. Heringa, I. Westendorp (red.), De toenemende betekenis van economische, sociale en culturele mensenrechten, St. NJCM-Boekerij, Leiden, 1994, pp. 100-115.
She teaches the bachelor course ‘Internationaal en Europees Recht’ (International and European Law), the optional bachelor courses in ‘Human Rights of Women’ at the faculty of law, and ‘International Law’ at the University College Maastricht, and the master course ‘Advanced International Law’.
Curriculum vitae
Tijdens haar studie Nederlands recht aan de Open Universiteit Nederland heeft Ingrid Westendorp gewerkt als coördinator van het Maastricht Centrum voor de Rechten van de Mens verbonden aan de Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid van de UM. Nadat zij was afgestudeerd in 1998 werd zij aangesteld als docent Vrouw en Recht bij de capaciteitsgroep Internationaal en Europees recht. Zij is bezig met de afronding van haar dissertatie over het recht op huisvesting voor vrouwen.
Publicaties en onderwijs
‘If home is no haven; women’s right to adequate housing in cases of domestic violence’, in: I. Westendorp, R. Wolleswinkel (eds), Violence in the domestic sphere, Intersentia, Antwerpen, Oxford, 2005, pp. 123-142.
‘Haven or hell? The effect of domestic violence on women’s housing rights’, in: AFLA Quarterly, March 2005, pp. 8-14.
‘Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’, Background paper submitted for day of general discussion on the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, 21 July 2004.
‘Women’s right to adequate housing’, Background paper submitted for day of general discussion of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN doc. E/C.12/2002/4, 4 February 2002.
‘Housing Rights and Related Facilities for Female Refugees and Internally Displaced Women’, in: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 403-415.
‘Double Discrimination; Racism and Sexism Combined’, in: F. Coomans, F. Grünfeld, I. Westendorp, J. Willems (eds), Rendering Justice to the Vulnerable; Liber Amicorum in Honour of Theo van Boven, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2000, pp. 299-310.
‘The Feasibility of a Violations Approach of Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, in: Th. van Boven, C. Flinterman, I. Westendorp (eds), The Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, SIM Special No. 20, Utrecht, 1998, pp. 147-163.
‘Internationale Implementatie van het Recht op Behoorlijke Huisvesting’, in: A. Coomans, A. Heringa, I. Westendorp (red.), De toenemende betekenis van economische, sociale en culturele mensenrechten, St. NJCM-Boekerij, Leiden, 1994, pp. 100-115.
Zij geeft het bachelor blok ‘Internationaal en Europees Recht’ (International and European Law), de bachelor keuzevakken ‘Human Rights of Women’ aan de Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid en ‘International Law’ aan het University College Maastricht, en het master blok ‘Advanced International Law’.
Expertise
- Economische, Sociale en Culturele Mensenrechten, in het bijzonder het recht op behoorlijke huisvesting
- Mensenrechten van vrouwen
- Internationaal recht
