Tess Heirwegh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6693771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tess Heirwegh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tess |
| FAMILY NAME | Heirwegh |
| SIGNATURE | HEIRWEGH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Human Rights Centre at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How human rights implementation by local authorities dealing with Traveller evictions could be improved – Exploring strategies through case study analysis in a Belgian municipality
This article aims to situate Traveller evictions within discussions on local authorities and their role in realising human rights. It focuses on the scenario where local authorities choose to merely tolerate rather than regularise Travellers' housing situation, leading to forced evictions without culturally appropriate alternative accommodation. Through a case study in a Belgian city, three aspects will be examined. First, the local authority's p…
The local swimming pool as a space of rights contestation – an analysis of ‘burkini’ policies in Belgian local public swimming pools
The authors aim to explore how human rights are implemented and interpreted in the context of ‘burkini’ policies in local public swimming pools. They will analyse four case studies in Flanders based on the involved actors, factors that influence the process, and the actors’ human rights understanding. It will be found that external actors mainly play a role in initiating discussions on the ‘burkini’. Occasionally, their requests seem to be inspir…
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The local swimming pool as a space of rights contestation – an analysis of ‘burkini’ policies in Belgian local public swimming pools
The authors aim to explore how human rights are implemented and interpreted in the context of ‘burkini’ policies in local public swimming pools. They will analyse four case studies in Flanders based on the involved actors, factors that influence the process, and the actors’ human rights understanding. It will be found that external actors mainly play a role in initiating discussions on the ‘burkini’. Occasionally, their requests seem to be inspir…
How human rights implementation by local authorities dealing with Traveller evictions could be improved – Exploring strategies through case study analysis in a Belgian municipality
This article aims to situate Traveller evictions within discussions on local authorities and their role in realising human rights. It focuses on the scenario where local authorities choose to merely tolerate rather than regularise Travellers' housing situation, leading to forced evictions without culturally appropriate alternative accommodation. Through a case study in a Belgian city, three aspects will be examined. First, the local authority's p…
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