The centre facilitates and supports research in the field of human rights at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights encompasses the research activities in the field of human rights by the staff members of Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. The large majority of the members of the Centre either belong to the International and European Law Department or to the Criminal Law and Criminology Department of the Faculty of Law.
The Centre was formally established in 1993 by professors Theo van Boven and Cees Flinterman. Although they are now retired the two founders still actively participate in the activities of the centre. The Centre’s current director is Professor Menno T. Kamminga. Professor Fons Coomans is in charge of the day-to-day running of the Centre. Chantal Kuijpers is the Centre’s administrator.
The Centre has two research programs: Globalisation and Human Rights and Criminal Law and Criminology in an International Context. The Centre organises conferences, seminars and lectures, sponsors publications and assists in grant applications. The Centre also maintains a modest Documentation Centre containing key books, and reports by intergovernmental organizations and NGOs in the field of human rights.
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