Meet Tine Destrooper
Short Bio
Tine Destrooper is the coordinator of Justice Visions and an associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University. She is also a member of the Human Rights Centre at Ghent University.
Her research focuses on victim participation in transitional justice. She currently carries out a cross-case analysis of the long term and unforeseen effects of victim participation on victims and their communities. She is also the coordinator of a cross-institutional project on future-proofing human rights accountability, and is engaged in various case studies regarding transitional justice in aparadigmatic contexts.
Previously, she held positions at various European and American institutions, including New York University, the European University Institute, Leiden University, Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin and the Universities of Antwerp and Leuven. Here she conducted research on the consequences of violent conflict and the role of the international community in dealing with the aftermath of violent conflict. Her publications and lectures at various international forums have highlighted the often unforeseen consequences that international interventions can have for local (groups of) rights-holders.
She was previously director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice in New York, where she gained experience in managing and publishing policy-oriented research, and where she worked together with researchers, civil society organisations and policymakers at various levels.
Education
University Degrees
- PhD Social and Political Science (European University Institute)
- MRes Social and Political Sciences (European University Institute)
- MA Politics, Security and Integration (University College London)
- BA Political Science (Leuven University)
Past and current professional positions
- Associate Professor Transitional Justice, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University (since October 2018)
- Director Flemish Peace Institute (Jan 2018 – March 2019)
- Research Fellow, Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice, Law School, New York University, United States (Jan 2015 – Aug 2017)
- Research Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany (Sep 2016 – Jul 2017)
- Director, Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice, Law School, New York University, United States (Jul 2015 – Jun 2016)
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Leuven Institute for Criminology, Law Faculty, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium (2015, part time)
- University Lecturer, Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Sep 2013 – Aug 2015, part time)
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Law and Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium (2014, part time)
- University Lecturer School for Governance and Global Affairs, Campus Den Haag, Leiden University, the Netherlands (Sep 2013 – Aug 2014, part time)
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, School for Governance and Global Affairs, Campus Den Haag, Leiden University, the Netherlands (Dec 2012 – Dec 2013)
- Intern Legal Unit, United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees, Belgium (Feb 2008 – Aug 2008, internship)
Publications
- Performative justice? The role of theatre and performance in facilitating transitional justice Subject: journal Article
- The performance of justice? Scenic anthropology and the role of victims in courtrooms Subject: journal Article
- Accountability for human rights violations in Cambodia : mapping the indirect effects of transitional justice mechanisms Subject: journal Article
- Localization ‘Light’ : the travel and transformation of non-empowering human rights norms Subject: book Chapter
- Gender-aware and place-based transitional justice in Guatemala : altering the opportunity structures for post-conflict women’s mobilizationSubject: journal Article
- Neglecting social and economic rights violations in transitional justice: long-term effects on accountability Subject: journal Article
- A praxis-based understanding of new duty bearers examining contextual realities in the DRCSubject: journalArticle
- Belgium Subject: book Chapter
- Uprooting the curious grapevine? The transformative potential of reverse standard-setting in the field of human rights Subject: journal Article
- Responsive planning in development interventions: consulting rights-holders in the Sanitized Villages programme in Kongo Central Subject: journal Article
- Using the human rights framework as a mobilizing tool : the case of indigenous women’s movements in post-conflict Guatemala Subject: book Chapter
- Karen Kampwirth: Latin America’s New Left and the Politics of Gender: Lessons from Nicaragua Subject: journalArticle
- Reconciling Discourses on Women’s Rights: Learning from Guatemalan Indigenous Women’s Groups Subject: journal Article
- Interest organizations across economic sectors: explaining interest group density in the European Union Subject: journal Article
- An analysis of the human rights-based approach to development. UNICEF’s role in the Village Assainis program in the Bas-Congo Subject: book
- ‘De giftige persoonlijke vijand van president Ortega’ : nieuw links en autonome feministiche activistes in Nicaragua Subject: journal Article
- Everyday revolutionaries : gender, violence and disillusionment in postwar El Salvador Subject: misc
Contact Information
Visiting AddressPaddenhoek 5, 1st floor, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Postal AddressGhent University, Campus Aula, Human Rights Centre, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Direct Contact Future eventsActive Research
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Introduction to the Justice Visions Project
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Understanding the effects and impact of victim participation and reparations at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
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Participation (in)justice: Towards a context-specific replicable methodology for measuring effects of participation in justice processes
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Countering erasure: can the arts contribute to restoring justice in Syria?
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Victim participation in Tunisia’s transitional justice reparations program: Mechanisms and impact
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Assessing participation in transitional justice: a case study on Maya Ixil trajectories for redress in the aftermath of the internal armed conflict in Guatemala