Larissa van den Herik
Biographic Data
| ID | 5699536 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larissa van den Herik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larissa van den |
| FAMILY NAME | Herik |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN HERIK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2301-1322 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Enhancing the Legitimacy of UN Security Council Sanctions by Strengthening Fair and Clear Procedures
The UN Security Council addressed the issue of due process protection for individuals designated for counter-terrorism sanctions when it created the Office of the Ombudsperson in 2009. However, fundamental rights to due process continued to be denied for those designated for individual UN sanctions for other (non-terrorism) activities, which account for the majority of the individuals and entities currently designated for sanctions by the Securit…
Introduction to the Symposium on Non-State Actors and New Technologies in Atrocity Prevention
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International Commissions of Inquiry in a Networked World
International Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) have become important components of the human rights fact-finding, accountability and transitional justice architecture. The core task of COIs is to investigate international crises and construe what happened on the ground. The increasing tendency of states under scrutiny to refuse territorial access frustrates COI performance. It leaves COIs with no option but to operate from outside the state. COIs ha…
International Criminal Law as a Spotlight and Black Holes as Constituents of Legacy
This contribution engages with Sara Kendall’s and Sarah Nouwen’s article on the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and their call for an ethos of institutional modesty. I much support the nuanced approach that underlies their call and I see it as a prerequisite to properly and adequately appreciate the ICTR’s past existence and operation. I would even be open to moving one step further in the direction of an ethos of …
Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations
Journal Article Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations? Adjudicating Dutch Atrocities Committed in Indonesia Get access Larissa van den Herik Larissa van den Herik * * Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University. The author thanks Dana Burns for her excellent and efficient research assistance as well as Carsten Stahn, Liesbeth Zegveld, Jens Iverson, and the anonymous rev…
Introduction
In 2012, the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL) celebrates its silver jubilee. Such a milestone calls for a brief sketch of LJIL's life and development over the past quarter of a century. This editorial accordingly narrates how LJIL grew from a modest student-run journal to establishing itself as a respected participant in the international academic arena. It is premised on the idea that LJIL's professionalization process and the gradual …
The Public Good of Academic Publishing in International Law
This piece has been written as an editorial of the Leiden Journal of International Law. It seeks to entice (self-) reflection on the public good at the heart of academic publishing. It argues that, in the intricate social process from information to knowledge, law journals constitute an essential medium and that the public good of law journals like LJIL primarily boils down to their contribution to the crystallization of information and opinions …
Introduction
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Regulating Corporations under International Law
The discussion on corporate human rights obligations has been ongoing for some time. More recently, the potential for corporate accountability under a new domain of international law, namely international criminal law, is being explored. This raises questions as to the interrelationship between and the intersection of the two fields of international law. This article argues that the intricacies of accepting corporations as duty-bearers of human r…
Removing or Reincarnating the Policy Requirement of Crimes against Humanity
Of the three existing core crimes in international criminal law, crimes against humanity is the most elusive one, a chameleonic crime that can change colour over time, since it does not possess an unambiguous conceptual character. The characterizing element of genocide obviously is the specific intent to destroy. War crimes must have a nexus with an armed conflict. The identifying element of crimes against humanity is more difficult to pin down a…
The Difficulties of Exercising Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction
Reports of the NGO Global Witness in which the implication of the Dutchman Kouwenhoven in the civil war in Liberia was exposed served as the lead for the Dutch Prosecution Office to start a criminal case against this national. In June 2006, the Dutch businessman Guus Kouwenhoven was convicted in first instance for the violation of an arms embargo, but acquitted of the count on war crimes. On appeal, Kouwenhoven was fully acquitted of all charges.…
A Quest for Jurisdiction and an Appropriate Definition of Crime
On 23 March 2009, Joseph Mpambara was convicted by the district court of The Hague for criminal acts committed in Rwanda in 1994. Interestingly, for lack of jurisdiction, Mpambara was not tried for genocide, which features as the central charge in most judgments of the Rwanda Tribunal. Moreover, Mpambara was acquitted of war crimes because of a lack of sufficient nexus between the crimes he had committed and the armed conflict. Eventually, Mpamba…
The Security Council's Targeted Sanctions Regimes
This contribution examines the problem of review of targeted sanctions imposed by the Security Council in the light of recent developments occurring in the EU context. Some recent judgments of the European Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) are analysed, as rendered in the cases of Yusuf and Kadi and also in the more recent cases of the Mujaheddeen and Sison . These last two judgments show that flaws in the targeted sanctio…
Ten Years Later, the Rwanda Tribunal still Faces Legal Complexities
2004 marks the tenth anniversary of both the start of the genocide in Rwanda and the establishment of the ICTR by the UN Security Council. In the past decade the ICTR has operated slowly but progressively, and it has delivered some insightful case law. Legal issues continue to arise, however, in the practice of the ICTR. This article considers some of these issues, namely the vagueness of the indictment, complicity in genocide, and the nexus requ…
Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations
Journal Article Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations? Adjudicating Dutch Atrocities Committed in Indonesia Get access Larissa van den Herik Larissa van den Herik * * Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University. The author thanks Dana Burns for her excellent and efficient research assistance as well as Carsten Stahn, Liesbeth Zegveld, Jens Iverson, and the anonymous rev…
Introduction
In 2012, the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL) celebrates its silver jubilee. Such a milestone calls for a brief sketch of LJIL's life and development over the past quarter of a century. This editorial accordingly narrates how LJIL grew from a modest student-run journal to establishing itself as a respected participant in the international academic arena. It is premised on the idea that LJIL's professionalization process and the gradual …
The Security Council's Targeted Sanctions Regimes
This contribution examines the problem of review of targeted sanctions imposed by the Security Council in the light of recent developments occurring in the EU context. Some recent judgments of the European Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) are analysed, as rendered in the cases of Yusuf and Kadi and also in the more recent cases of the Mujaheddeen and Sison . These last two judgments show that flaws in the targeted sanctio…
The Public Good of Academic Publishing in International Law
This piece has been written as an editorial of the Leiden Journal of International Law. It seeks to entice (self-) reflection on the public good at the heart of academic publishing. It argues that, in the intricate social process from information to knowledge, law journals constitute an essential medium and that the public good of law journals like LJIL primarily boils down to their contribution to the crystallization of information and opinions …
Regulating Corporations under International Law
The discussion on corporate human rights obligations has been ongoing for some time. More recently, the potential for corporate accountability under a new domain of international law, namely international criminal law, is being explored. This raises questions as to the interrelationship between and the intersection of the two fields of international law. This article argues that the intricacies of accepting corporations as duty-bearers of human r…
Ten Years Later, the Rwanda Tribunal still Faces Legal Complexities
2004 marks the tenth anniversary of both the start of the genocide in Rwanda and the establishment of the ICTR by the UN Security Council. In the past decade the ICTR has operated slowly but progressively, and it has delivered some insightful case law. Legal issues continue to arise, however, in the practice of the ICTR. This article considers some of these issues, namely the vagueness of the indictment, complicity in genocide, and the nexus requ…
Ten Years Later, the Rwanda Tribunal still Faces Legal Complexities
2004 marks the tenth anniversary of both the start of the genocide in Rwanda and the establishment of the ICTR by the UN Security Council. In the past decade the ICTR has operated slowly but progressively, and it has delivered some insightful case law. Legal issues continue to arise, however, in the practice of the ICTR. This article considers some of these issues, namely the vagueness of the indictment, complicity in genocide, and the nexus requ…
The Security Council's Targeted Sanctions Regimes
This contribution examines the problem of review of targeted sanctions imposed by the Security Council in the light of recent developments occurring in the EU context. Some recent judgments of the European Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) are analysed, as rendered in the cases of Yusuf and Kadi and also in the more recent cases of the Mujaheddeen and Sison . These last two judgments show that flaws in the targeted sanctio…
The Difficulties of Exercising Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction
Reports of the NGO Global Witness in which the implication of the Dutchman Kouwenhoven in the civil war in Liberia was exposed served as the lead for the Dutch Prosecution Office to start a criminal case against this national. In June 2006, the Dutch businessman Guus Kouwenhoven was convicted in first instance for the violation of an arms embargo, but acquitted of the count on war crimes. On appeal, Kouwenhoven was fully acquitted of all charges.…
A Quest for Jurisdiction and an Appropriate Definition of Crime
On 23 March 2009, Joseph Mpambara was convicted by the district court of The Hague for criminal acts committed in Rwanda in 1994. Interestingly, for lack of jurisdiction, Mpambara was not tried for genocide, which features as the central charge in most judgments of the Rwanda Tribunal. Moreover, Mpambara was acquitted of war crimes because of a lack of sufficient nexus between the crimes he had committed and the armed conflict. Eventually, Mpamba…
Regulating Corporations under International Law
The discussion on corporate human rights obligations has been ongoing for some time. More recently, the potential for corporate accountability under a new domain of international law, namely international criminal law, is being explored. This raises questions as to the interrelationship between and the intersection of the two fields of international law. This article argues that the intricacies of accepting corporations as duty-bearers of human r…
Removing or Reincarnating the Policy Requirement of Crimes against Humanity
Of the three existing core crimes in international criminal law, crimes against humanity is the most elusive one, a chameleonic crime that can change colour over time, since it does not possess an unambiguous conceptual character. The characterizing element of genocide obviously is the specific intent to destroy. War crimes must have a nexus with an armed conflict. The identifying element of crimes against humanity is more difficult to pin down a…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations
Journal Article Addressing 'Colonial Crimes' through Reparations? Adjudicating Dutch Atrocities Committed in Indonesia Get access Larissa van den Herik Larissa van den Herik * * Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University. The author thanks Dana Burns for her excellent and efficient research assistance as well as Carsten Stahn, Liesbeth Zegveld, Jens Iverson, and the anonymous rev…
Introduction
In 2012, the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL) celebrates its silver jubilee. Such a milestone calls for a brief sketch of LJIL's life and development over the past quarter of a century. This editorial accordingly narrates how LJIL grew from a modest student-run journal to establishing itself as a respected participant in the international academic arena. It is premised on the idea that LJIL's professionalization process and the gradual …
The Public Good of Academic Publishing in International Law
This piece has been written as an editorial of the Leiden Journal of International Law. It seeks to entice (self-) reflection on the public good at the heart of academic publishing. It argues that, in the intricate social process from information to knowledge, law journals constitute an essential medium and that the public good of law journals like LJIL primarily boils down to their contribution to the crystallization of information and opinions …
International Criminal Law as a Spotlight and Black Holes as Constituents of Legacy
This contribution engages with Sara Kendall’s and Sarah Nouwen’s article on the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and their call for an ethos of institutional modesty. I much support the nuanced approach that underlies their call and I see it as a prerequisite to properly and adequately appreciate the ICTR’s past existence and operation. I would even be open to moving one step further in the direction of an ethos of …
Introduction to the Symposium on Non-State Actors and New Technologies in Atrocity Prevention
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
International Commissions of Inquiry in a Networked World
International Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) have become important components of the human rights fact-finding, accountability and transitional justice architecture. The core task of COIs is to investigate international crises and construe what happened on the ground. The increasing tendency of states under scrutiny to refuse territorial access frustrates COI performance. It leaves COIs with no option but to operate from outside the state. COIs ha…
Enhancing the Legitimacy of UN Security Council Sanctions by Strengthening Fair and Clear Procedures
The UN Security Council addressed the issue of due process protection for individuals designated for counter-terrorism sanctions when it created the Office of the Ombudsperson in 2009. However, fundamental rights to due process continued to be denied for those designated for individual UN sanctions for other (non-terrorism) activities, which account for the majority of the individuals and entities currently designated for sanctions by the Securit…
Political science (13 works) · International Law and Human Rights (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (7 works) · International law (7 works) · Criminal law (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works)