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Stephan Parmentier

 

Stephan Parmentier

Stephan Parmentier Professor
Tel: (+32) (0) 16/32.51.15
Fax: (+32) (0) 16/32.54.63
E-mail: Stephan.Parmentier@law.kuleuven.be
Office hours : Tuesday 14h - 16h

Address:
Herbert Hooverplein 10 - mailbox 3418
Office 02.60 - 3000 Leuven

Studies higher education Period Institute
PhD in Law "The Implementation of International Human Rights Norms. A Case Study of the Individual Complaint Procedure under the European Convention on Human Rights", under the supervision of Em. Prof. L. Huyse (promotor) and Prof. P. Lemmens (co-promotor) 1997 K.U.Leuven
Master of Arts in Sociology (1987) magna cum laude (4.00 G.P.A.); Minor: Sociology of Law 1985-1987 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Department of Sociology, U.S.A.
Licentiate in Sociology magna cum laude (sociology of law, sociology of labour) 1987 K.U.Leuven
Thesis in Sociology of Law summa cum laude (1987): "The Velvet Glove. Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States. A Critical Appraisal." (English) 1987 K.U.Leuven
Licentiate in Law magna cum laude (international law, criminal law, labour law) 1983 K.U.Leuven
Candidate in Political Science cum laude 1982 K.U.Leuven
Candidate in Law cum fructu 1980 State University of Ghent, Belgium
Career Period Institute
Board Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies 2007 - ... K.U.Leuven
Head, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology 2005 - ... K.U.Leuven
Associate Professor, teaching courses in the fields of Sociology of Crime, Law, and Human Rights in the second-third-fourth year of criminology, the fourth-fifth year of law, and in the post-graduate Master’s programme in European Criminology 1997 - ... K.U.Leuven
Academic Secretary, Faculty of Law 2000 - 2005 K.U.Leuven
Director, Law and Society Institute 2000 - 2005 K.U.Leuven
Assistant Professor, research under the supervision of Em. Prof. L. Huyse on the reform of the Belgian judicial system, and comparative research on the protection of human rights in regional systems 1996 - 1997 K.U.Leuven
Assistant Director in charge of international relations 1990 - 1996 K.U.Leuven
Assessor and Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1992 - 1993 Standing Refugee Appeals Board, Brussels
Researcher in project of the Research Council K.U.Leuven about "Deregulation as the Extension of Self-Regulation. A Sociological and Legal Analysis of the Tensions Between 'Private Order' and 'Legal Order'", under the supervision of Em. Prof. L. Huyse 1988 - 1990 K.U.Leuven
Research Assistant on "Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States" to the late Prof. J. Clark, Director Centre for Conflict and Change 1986 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, U.S.A
Research experience Period
Coordinator research line 1: Political Crimes, Human Rights and Human Security 2007 - ...
Implementing Peacemaking Circles in Europe 11/2011 - 08/2013
with extended research stays at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford (www.crim.ox.ac.uk) (February-May 2007) and the Centre for European Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney (www.law.unsw.edu.au) (July-August 2007) for research on “Mass Abuse and Victimisation in Post-Conflict Situations: A Victim’s Perspective” 2006 - 2007
Université de Montréal, Departement de Criminologie (Montreal, Canada) (www.cicc.umontreal.ca): collaborateur associé du Centre International pour la Criminologie Comparée (CICC) 2004 - ...
University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law (Sydney, Australia) (www.law.unsw.edu.au): visiting scholar at the Centre for European Law for research on “The Right to Reparation for Injustices against Aboriginals”; promotors: Prof. M. Krygier & Prof. A. Czarnota 2002
Dutch Research School on Human Rights, Utrecht: member of the jury for the Max Van der Stoel Prize of the Best Doctoral Dissertation and the Best Master Thesis in the Field of Human Rights, awarded at Tilburg University (www.uu.nl/uupublish/homerechtsgeleer/onderzoek/onderzoekscholen/rechtenvandemens) 2001 - ...
King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels (www.kbs-frb.be): scientific secretary to the Commission “Citizen, Law and Society”, entrusted with the task to undertake a future-oriented reflection about the relationship between citizens, law and society under the chairmanship of Em. Prof. J. Van Houtte, University of Antwerp 1997 - 2001
University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Law (South Africa): visiting scholar at the Department of Public Law for comparative research on “Regional Protection of Human Rights”; promotor: Prof. St. Van der Merwe 1997
Research Committee on Sociology of Law: chairman of the International Working Group on Sociology of Human Rights 1991 - ...
Member of the Board of the Research Committee 1993 - 2001
Supervisor of several doctoral dissertations in the fields of human rights, criminology, and sociology of law 1997 - ...
Supervisor of some 100 theses at the K.U.Leuven for the degrees of licentiate in criminology, licentiate in sociology, Master of Arts in European Criminology, European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, and Master in Conflict and Sustainable Peace 1997 - ...
3 theses awarded with the prize for the best thesis by the Flemish-Dutch Association for the Sociology of Law 2000 - 2006
Promotor and co-promotor of several research projects in the fields of human rights, sociology of law, and criminology; received funding, i.a., from the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO), the Belgian Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC), the Research Council of the K.U.Leuven, the Belgian Ministry of Justice, the King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels, the Dutch Fund for Scientific Research (NWO) and the European Commission 1990 - ...
Teaching experience Period
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (www.law.unsw.edu.au): invitation as visiting professor for the course on “Human Rights in Europe” 2008
Inleiding in de sociologie en criminologische sociologie 2007 - 2008
Criminologie en mensenrechten 2007 - 2008
Political crimes and transitional justice 2007 - 2008
International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain (www.iisj.es): visiting professor for the course on “Transitional Justice and Human Rights” in the programme of Master's in the Sociology of Law 2007
Member of the Organising Committee for the organisation of the “Essentials Course on Transitional Justice” and the “Essentials Course on Transitional Justice – II”, three-to-four-day intensive courses covering the themes, mechanisms, and case studies on transitional justice, in close collaboration with the International Centre for Transitional Justice (www.ictj.org) 2006 - ...
Sociology of law (4th and 5th year of law, and 4th year of criminology) 2000 - ...
University of Ghent & Free University of Brussels, Faculties of Law: representative of the K.U. Leuven in the Interuniversity Contact Group for the exchange project “The Rule of Law and South Africa: Human Rights For and By South Africa” (Prof. J. Vande Lanotte & Prof. L. Vény), in collaboration with the University of the Western Cape, funded by the Ministry of the Flemish Community, Department of Education 1999 - 2001
European Cooperation in the Field of Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention (with Prof. D. Van Daele) (Master's in European Criminology) 1999 - 2007
K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law: responsible for the international student and teacher exchanges in criminology under the SOCRATES programme of the European Union (October 2001–December 2006); member of the Council for International Relations of the Faculty of Law (October 2001–December 2006); member of the Steering Committee for the “Master’s in European Criminology” 1998 - 2007
Foundations of sociology of crime (2nd year of criminology) 1997 - ...
Organisational methods of criminological intervention (3rd year of criminology) 1997 - 2005
Change management (3rd year of criminology) 1997 - 2005
Recent developments in criminal policy (with Prof. E. Weitekamp) 1997 - 2007
European Cooperation in the Field of Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention (with Prof. D. Van Daele) (Master's in European Criminology) 1999 - 2007
Political Crimes and State Violations of Human Rights (with Prof. E. Weitekamp) (Master's in European Criminology) 1997 - ...
K.U.Leuven, Service for University Education: diploma “Training Course for University Teachers” 1997 - 1998
K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law: co-organisor (with Prof. P. Lemmens, K.U.Leuven) of the “Summer Course in Human Rights”, in collaboration with the Dutch Research School in Human Rights, Utrecht 1997 - ...
International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain: visiting professor for course “Sociology of Human Rights” in the programme of Master's in The Sociology of Law 1994 - 1995
Forum functions
Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Criminology in Oxford
Relevant websites
http://www.transitionaljustice.be
http://www.ggs.kuleuven.be
http://www.globus-socialjustice.org
http://www.ipra2008.org
http://www.guatebelga.be