Janneke Gerards
Utrecht University School of Law - Institute of Constitution
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
The research conducted by Janneke Gerards focuses on fundamental rights, equal treatment law, judicial review and comparative public law. The interrelation of the European Convention on Human Rights, EU law and national law plays a central role in her research. She also publishes on the future effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights, the development of fundamental rights by the Court of Justice of the European Union, and general notions and principles of fundamental rights law. Janneke Gerards is also Dean of the Legal Research Master of Utrecht University. Janneke Gerards has worked previously at the universities of Maastricht, Leiden and Nijmegen. Since 2015 she is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her activities outside the university include being a deputy Judge in the Appeals Court of The Hague and a membership of the Human Rights Commission of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs.
Research Interest
Fundamental Rights.
Publications
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E. Brems & J.H. Gerards (eds.), Shaping Rights in the ECHR: The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in Determining the Scope of Human Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014), 378 pp.
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J.H. Gerards and E. Brems, Procedural review in European fundamental rights cases (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
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S. Greer, J.H. Gerards and R. Slowe, Human rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union: Achievements, Trends and Challenges (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
