dr. (Jeff) JD Handmaker

Senior Lecturer in Law, Human Rights and Development International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Academic Staff Unit

Location: Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
Room: I3-10
Telephone: 0704260585
Email: handmaker@iss.nl

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I joined the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in February 2007. Among my external academic appointments, I have been a senior research fellow in the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand since January 2007, an Editor (since 2013) of the South African Journal on Human Rights (from Feb 2017- Feb 2019 Editor-in-Chief) and a visiting research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University in 2017.

I studied law in England (1992: LLB, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and 1994: LLM, with Merit, School of Oriental and African Studies, London) and was called to the English bar in 1995. After fifteen years as a human rights practitioner in South Africa and The Netherlands, in 2009 I obtained a PhD in the sociology of law at Utrecht University with a thesis on "Advocating for Accountability: Civic-State Interactions to Protect Refugees in South Africa", published by Intersentia (Antwerp).

From the early 1990s, off and on until early 2000, which included short appointments as assistant to a British Member of Parliament and as legal advisor for the Dutch Refugee Council, I held various positions for the South African organisation Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR). For seven years following my time with LHR I completed numerous assignments as a freelance consultant, trainer and researcher, based in The Hague. I trained government officials, police officers, military personnel, lawyers, NGOs and journalists and advised governments, the United Nations and civil society organisations in the development sector on a wide range of human rights and legal issues, developing particular regional experience in Southern Africa and Palestine.

Since 1999, I have published scholarly work, in academic and other journals, as well as four books and one special issue of a journal.

My academic research has been in three, overlapping areas, all concerning the potential for legal mobilisation to lead to progressive structural change.

The first, long-standing area of research has theorized and evaluated the structural opportunities and constraints of civic-state interactions in the context of human rights advocacy and in particular public interest litigation, with a particular focus on refugees and migrants. While this area of research has focused primarily on South Africa, I have also written on legal mobilization in Latin America, Palestine and the Netherlands. This area of reseach has also critiqued the deleterious effects of evaluating legal doctrine without critically taking into account the social, historical and political context and the pedagogies of legal learning from crisis.

A second, related area of research has been to critically evaluate the content and implementation of laws and policies and the roles of civic actors in the framing and enforcement of these policies. In this area, I have focussed primarily on refugee laws and policies in South Africa, but I have also been examining the negative consequences of the social reproduction by migration experts of concepts such as ‘irregular migration’, and the uncritical application of legal-doctrinal concepts in legal-political analyses of armed conflict and international criminal justice.

A third research area has critically evaluated efforts by civic actors, states and international institutions, to enforce international criminal law, both through international tribunals and in national legal systems.

In 2005, I received a WOTRO award to support field research in South Africa from the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO). Since working at ISS, I have participated in various grants, including a two-year programme funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a two-year programme funded by Hivos and a teaching project in Suriname. At the end of 2014, together with colleagues from the Erasmus School of Law I was jointly awarded a five-year (2015-2020) matching grant from EUR, amounting to a combined institutional commitment of 1.6 million Euros.

- - - J.D. Handmaker & T. Matthews (2019). Analysing legal mobilisation’s potential to secure equal access to socioeconomic justice in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 36 (6), 889-904. doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2019.1675496 [go to publisher's site]
    - J. Van Garderen & J.D. Handmaker (2018). Change will come in a barrel’: a tribute to Rudolph Jansen. South African Journal on Human Rights, 34 (1), 140-142. doi: 10.1080/02587203.2018.1438070
    - G. Bisharat, J.D. Handmaker, G. Karmi & A. Tartir (2018). Mobilizing International Law in the Palestinian Struggle for Justice. Global Jurist, 18 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.1515/gj-2018-0034 [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (2011). Facing Up to the ICC¿s Crisis of Legitimacy: A Critique of The Reckoning and Its Representation of International Criminal Justice. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 32 (3), 100-106.
    - D. Zarkov, J.D. Handmaker & H.M. Hintjens (2011). Rhonda Copelon: Activist, Lawyer, Feminist. Development and Change, 42 (1), 387-398. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01688.x
    - J.D. Handmaker (2011). Public Interest Litigation for Refugees in South Africa and the Potential for Structural Change. South African Journal of Human Rights, 27 (1), 65-81.
    - J.D. Handmaker, J. Klaaren & J. Dugard (2011). Public interest litigation in South Africa: special issue introduction. South African Journal of Human Rights, 27 (1), 1-7. [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (2011). Rejoinder to Tobias Arnoldussen. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 32 (3), 112-113.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Advocating Accountability: The forming of a Refugee Rights Discourse in South Africa. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 25 (1), 53-71.
    - J. DeGabriele & J.D. Handmaker (2005). Justice for the people: Strengthening primary justice in Malawi. African Human Rights Law Journal, 5 (1), 148-170.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2003). Seeking Justice, Guaranteeing Protection and Ensuring Due Process: Addressing the Tensions between Exclusion from Refugee Protection and the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 12 (4), 677-695.
    - J.D. Handmaker & J. Parsley (2001). Migration, Refugees, and Racism in South Africa. Refuge : Canada's Periodical on Refugees, 20 (1), 40-51.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2001). No Easy Walk: Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa. Africa Today, 48 (3), 91-113. doi: 10.2979/AFT.2001.48.3.90
    - J.D. Handmaker (1999). Who Determines Policy? Promoting The Right of Asylum in South Africa. International Journal of Refugee Law, 11 (2), 290-309. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/11.2.290
  - - J.D. Handmaker & M. Ndlovu (2017). Global implications of the Trump presidency - conversation between senior lecturer Jeff Handmaker and MA student Molefi Ndlovu. DevISSues, 19 (1), 17-18.
    - F.A. Haijer & J.D. Handmaker (2015). Addressing root causes of Europe's immigration crisis through extra-territorial measures. DevISSues, 17 (2), 7-9.
- - - J.D. Handmaker (2020). Lawfare against Academics and the Potential of Legal Mobilization as Counterpower. In David Landy, Ronit Lentin, and Conor McCarthy (Ed.), Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel (pp. 233-260). London: Zed Books
    - J.D. Handmaker & K. Arts (2019). Taking Seriously the Politics of International Law: A Few Concluding Remarks. In J.D. Handmaker & K. Arts (Eds.), Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice' (pp. 233-243). Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (2019). The Legitimacy Crisis Within International Criminal Justice and the Importance of Critical, Reflexive Learning. In B Jessop & K Knio (Eds.), The Pedagogy of Economic, Political and Social Crises: Dynamics, Construals and Lessons (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy, 250) (pp. 189-206). London: Routledge [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker & K. Arts (2019). Mobilising International Law as an Instrument of Global Justice: Introduction. In J.D. Handmaker & K. Arts (Eds.), Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice' (pp. 1-21). Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (2017). Refugees: Overview. In O. De Schutter (Ed.), Legal Issues Across the Globe (pp. 197-199). Detroit: Cengage
    - J.D. Handmaker (2015). Taking Academic Freedom Seriously: Exploring the Legal and Moral Underpinnings of BDS. In A. Imseis (Ed.), The Palestine Yearbook of International Law (pp. 101-114). Leiden: Brill [go to publisher's site]
    - T. Truong, D. Gasper & J.D. Handmaker (2014). Migration, gender, social justice, and human insecurity. In T-D. Truong, D. Gasper, J. Handmaker & S. Bergh (Eds.), Migration, gender and social justice: perspectives on human insecurity (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 9) (pp. 3-26). Heidelberg: Springer
    - C. Mora & J.D. Handmaker (2014). Migrants’ Citizenship and Rights: Limits and Potential for NGOs’ Advocacy in Chile. In T. Truong, D. Gasper, J. Handmaker & S. Bergh (Eds.), Migration, Gender and Social Justice: Perspectives on Human Insecurity (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 9) (pp. 281-290). Heidelberg: Springer [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker & C. Mora (2014). 'Experts': the mantra of irregular migration and the reproduction of hierarchies. In M. Ambrus, K. Arts, E. Hey & H. Raulus (Eds.), The Role of ‘Experts' in International and European Decision-Making Processes: Advisors, Decision Makers or Irrelevant Actors? (pp. 263-287) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (2013). In Search of a Human Face in the Middle East: Addressing Israeli Impunity for War Crimes. In M. Matthee, B. Toebes & M..M..T..A. Brus (Eds.), Armed Conflict and International Law: In Search of the Human Face - Liber Amicorum in Memory of Avril McDonald (pp. 155-168). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, Distributed by Springer
    - J.D. Handmaker (2011). Beyond Exclusion: Assessing Palestinian Refugees¿ Struggle for Protection and Recognition and their Potential Contribution to a Peace Settlement. In K. van der Borght, K. Byttebier & C. Mackenzie (Eds.), Imagining a Shared Future: Perspectives on Law, Conflict and Economic Development in the Middle East (pp. 197-222). London: Cameron May
    - R. Berkhout & J.D. Handmaker (2010). Unlocking the Potential for Civic Action and Structural Change: Reflections on Mobilising Social Justice. In J.D. Handmaker & R. Berkhout (Eds.), Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 177-191). Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
    - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Civic-State Interactions and the Potential for Structural Change. In J.D. Handmaker & R. Berkhout (Eds.), Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners (pp. 11-39). Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
    - K. Arts & J.D. Handmaker (2010). Cultures of Constitutionalism: An Introduction. In M. Frishman & S. Muller (Eds.), The Dynamics of Constitutionalism in the Age of Globalisation (From Peace to Justice Series) (pp. 49-55). The Hague: Hague Academic Press
    - R. Berkhout, J.D. Handmaker (2010). Introduction to Mobilising Social Justice: critical discussions on the potential for civic action and structural change. In J.D. Handmaker & R. Berkhout (Eds.), Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners (pp. 1-10). Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
    - R. Berkhout, J.D. Handmaker (2010). Introduction to Mobilising Social Justice: critical discussions on the potential for civic action and structural change. In J.D. Handmaker & R. Berkhout (Eds.), Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners (pp. 1-10). Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
    - J.D. Handmaker, L. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (2008). Introduction. In J.D. Handmaker, L. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (Eds.), Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 1-10). Oxford/New York: Berghahn Books
    - J.D. Handmaker, L. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (2008). Conclusion. In J.D. Handmaker, L. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (Eds.), Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 278-290). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Starting with a Clean Slate? Efforts to Deal with Asylum Application Backlogs in South Africa. In Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 117-135). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - D. Ndssomin, J.D. Handmaker (2008). Solucao Duravel: Implementing a Durable Solution for Angolan Refugees in South Africa. In Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (pp. 136-166). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - D. Ndssomin, J.D. Handmaker (2008). Solucao Duravel: Implementing a Durable Solution for Angolan Refugees in South Africa. In Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (pp. 136-166). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - V. Mayer, J. van Garderen, J.D. Handmaker & L. Anne de la Hunt (2008). Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Using the Existing Policy Framework to Strengthen Protection for Refugee Children. In Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 186-213). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - F. Belvedere, P. Pigou & J.D. Handmaker (2008). Realising Rights: The Development of Health and Welfare Policies for Asylum-seekers and Refugees in South Africa. In Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, 2) (pp. 242-277). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
    - J.D. Handmaker & A. Nieuwhof (2006). 'No man's land: Government mistreatment of Palestinian asylum seekers. In K. Musalo, J. Moore & R. Boswell (Eds.), Refugee Law and Policy: A Comparative and International Approach (Third Edition) (pp. 41-43). Durham: Carolina Academic Press
    - J.D. Handmaker (2005). 'Responsibility to Protect When International Authorities Fail'. In S. Asfaw, P. Weiderud & G. Kerber (Eds.), The Responsibility to Protect: Ethical and Theological Reflections (pp. 70-82). Geneva: World Council of Churches
  - - J.D. Handmaker (2015). Foreword. In N. al-Azza & A. al-Orzza (Eds.), Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2013-2015, Vol. VIII (pp. xxv). Bethlehem: BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker (1998). Asylum Determination Process. In P. Bouckaert (Ed.), Prohibited Persons: Undocumented Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa (pp. 170-176). New York: Human Rights Watch
- - J.D. Handmaker & K. Arts (Ed.). (2019). Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice'. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press [go to publisher's site]
  - T. Truong, D. Gasper, J.D. Handmaker & S. Bergh (Ed.). (2014). Migration, Gender and Social Justice: Perspectives on Human Insecurity (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 9). Heidelberg: Springer
  - K. Arts & J.D. Handmaker (Ed.). (2010). Cultures of Constitutionalism [subsection]. The Hague: Hague Academic Press
  - R. Berkhout & J.D. Handmaker (Ed.). (2010). Mobilising social justice in South Africa: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press
  - J.D. Handmaker (Ed.). (2009). Advocating for Accountability: Civic-State Interactions to Protect Refugees in South Africa. Antwerpen: Intersentia
  - J.D. Handmaker, L.A. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (Ed.). (2008). Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa (Human Rights in Context Series, No. 2) (Human Rights in Context Series, 2). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books
  - J.D. Handmaker, L.A. De la Hunt & J. Klaaren (Ed.). (2001). Perspectives on Refugee Protection in South Africa. Pretoria: Lawyers for Human Rights
- - J.D. Handmaker (2016). Socio-economic rights in South Africa: symbols or substance? [Bespreking van het boek Socio-economic rights in South Africa: symbols or substance?]. South African Journal on Human Rights, 32(2), 400-401.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Looking Beyond the Law. [Bespreking van het boek What Constitutes Occupation? Israel as the Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip after Disengagement]. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 28(2), 279-282.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Book Review "Academic Freedom is the Issue" Review of 'Why Boycott Israeli Universities?, BRICUP [Bespreking van het boek Book Review "Academic Freedom is the Issue" Review of 'Why Boycott Israeli Universities?, BRICUP]. Holy Land Studies, 6, 218-220.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2005). Forced Migrants in the New Johannesburg: Towards a Local Government Response. [Bespreking van het boek Forced Migrants in the New Johannesburg: Towards a Local Government Response]. International Journal of Refugee Law, 17(4), 827-830.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2001). Arguing and Justifying: Assessing the Convention refugees¿ choice of moment, motive and host country. [Bespreking van het boek Arguing and Justifying: Assessing the Convention refugees’ choice of moment, motive and host country]. Ethinc Conflict Research Digest, 4(2), 30-31.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2001). Managing Migration: Time for a New International Regime? [Bespreking van het boek Managing Migration: Time for a New International Regime?]. International Journal of Refugee Law, 13(3), 482-484.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2000). The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces. [Bespreking van het boek The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces]. Ethnic Conflict Research Digest, 3(2), 30-31.
- - - J.D. Handmaker (Ed.). (2017-2018) South African Journal on Human Rights.
    - G. Bisharat, J.D. Handmaker, G. Karmi & A. Tartir (Eds.). (2018-2018) Global Jurist, 18(3).
  - - J.D. Handmaker (Ed.). (2011-2011) DevISSues, 13(1).
  - - J.D. Handmaker, J. Klaaren & J. Dugard (Eds.). (2011-2011) South African Journal on Human Rights, 27(1).
- - - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Researching legal mobilisation and lawfare. (Preprints, ISS working papers. General series, no 641). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
    - J.D. Handmaker & P. van den Biesen (2014). Opinion Paper: International law and government responsibilities in relation to the activities of Veolia Corporation in the occupied Palestinian Territories. (Extern rapport). Helsinki: ICAHD Finland [go to publisher's site]
  - - L. Zegveld & J.D. Handmaker (2012). Universal jurisdiction: state of affairs and ways ahead. A policy paper. (Preprints, ISS working papers series. General series, no 532). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
    - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Independent Observation Mission to the Trial of President Desiré Delano Bouterse and Others in Relation to Extrajudicial Executions that Took Place in December 1982 at Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, Suriname. (Extern rapport). Geneva: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
    - I.J. Gassner, S. Akram, J. Dugard, V. Gowlland-Debbas, J.D. Handmaker, A.F. Kassim, M. Kearney, J. Klaaren & P. de Waart (2012). State Responsibility in Relation to Israel's Illegal Settlement Enterprise [legal memorandum]. (Extern rapport, no Ref. No.: 151/2012). Ramallah: Al-Haq, Palestinian affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists [go to publisher's site]
    - J.D. Handmaker, K. Arts, M. Brus & H. Verrijn Stuart (2009). `Delegation of Dutch international law experts to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, with a special focus on Palestinian refugees: Report of the delegation¿s mission¿. (Extern rapport). Utrecht: ICCO Foundation
- - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Noot bij: The Hague Court of Appeal. (2009, oktober 26), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts 2010-, (Al Shami v Ayalon, Appeal judgment, No K08/0386 Rechtspraak.nl: BK7374 (translation of BK1478), ILDC 673 (NL 2009), 26th October 2009, CA (The Hague)). [go to publisher's site]
  - M. van Eik & J.D. Handmaker (2007). Noot bij: Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak Raad van State. (2005, juni 27), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts 2007-ILDC 543, (Case Report and Commentary of Minister for Immigration Affairs and Integration v. A and B, Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak Raad van State, 22 February 2006, 200507814/1 (JV 2006/132)).
  - M. van Eik & J.D. Handmaker (2007). Noot bij: Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak Raad van State. (2006, februari 22), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts 2007-ILDC 546, (Case Report and Commentary of Minister for Immigration Affairs and Integration v. A and B, 200507814/1 (JV 2006/132)).
  - J.D. Handmaker & I. Magnee (2006). Noot bij: Netherlands, Council of State (Raad van State). (2004, juli 23), Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts 2006-ILDC 144, (), ‘Case Report and Commentary of Kesbir v. Minister of Justice’ Appeal Judgment, LJN: AQ5615, 200402639/1 and 200402651/1).
- - - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Getting beyond the conflict: Understanding the impasse between Israel & the Palestinians. Presentation for the module 'Palestina-Israël Conflict' organised by Studievereniging Sirius, Utrecht Law College: Utrecht (2012, juni 7).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Normative pluralism and legal consciousness in international criminal law: Lawfare and the struggle against impunity. Annual Meeting of the Dutch-Flemish Socio-Legal Studies Association = Jaarvergadering van de Vereniging voor de Sociaalwetenschappelijke Bestudering van het Recht: Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands (2012, januari 12 - 2012, januari 13).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Theorizing Civic-State Interactions to Protect Migrants and Refugees. LASA 2012: Toward a Third Century of Independence in Latin America: XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association: San Francisco, CA (2012, mei 23 - 2012, mei 26).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Introduction to the conference theme: 'The Politics of Justice: from a human rights revolution to global justice?'. Ninth Annual Conference From Peace to Justice: The Hague (2012, oktober 12 - 2012, oktober 13).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Demystifying the Wall: Dispossession and Impunity in the Ongoing Impasse Between Israel and the Palestinians.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Internationaal Recht en Mensenrechten. Congress en Debaat: Impasse Tussen Israël en Palestijnen: Rotterdam (2009, februari 19).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Understanding Nationalism in the Search for a Just Peace. Studium Generale Lecture Series: Wageningen (2009, maart 9).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Naar een op rechten gebaseerde oplossing in Palestina/Israel.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). 'Holding States and Companies Accountable in International Law'. Symposium on The International Court of Justice and Israel’s Wall: 5 years on Civil society in search of accountability: The Hague (2009, juli 9).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Swallowing the Bitter Pill: A Socio-Legal Approach to Resolving the Impasse Between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel/Palestine: Mapping Models of Statehood and Paths to Peace: Toronto (2009, juni 22 - 2009, juni 24).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A critical dialogue on human rights (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 10 December 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Dutch bank must disinvest from rights abuses (Online article in Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, London, United Kingdom).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). From Jerusalem to The Hague: Reflections on the ICJ Wall Decision (Paper presented at the conference on The Wall and the Law, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 9 May 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Discussant: Refugee & Policy in US / Canada from legal / historical perspective (Paper presented at Joint Annual Meeting of the LSA and CLSA, Montreal, Canada, 29 May - 1 June 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Realising Palestinian Rights: Socio-legal critiques (Paper presented at Course on Law and Society, Roosevelt Academy (Utrecht University), Middelburg, 29 September 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Litigating Refugee Rights in South Africa (Paper presented at Research in Progress Seminar, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 20 November 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). Socio-legal analysis of civic interventions to protect refugees in South Africa (Paper presented at The State of International Migration Studies in Southern Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 - 19 March 2008).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2008). (Re)defining the agenda (published in Haq-Al-Awda journal, Bethelehem, Occupied Palestine).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Challenging Apartheid, Claming Humanity (Guest editorial in an NGO journal entitled Haq-Al-Awda published by Badil Bethlehem).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Een situatie van straffeloosheid (transl. A Situation of Impunity) (Paper presented in a workshop on "Make My Day" organised by the University of Leiden Studentenvereniging Ontwikkelingssamenwerking The Netherlands on 30 March 2007).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Refugee Act - 10 Years On: What legislative changes are needed for a more effective asylum system?' (Panel presentation at the international conference organised by Mandela Institute of the School of Law and Forced Migration Studies Programme Johannesburg, South Africa on 12 September).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Litigating Refugee Rights in South Africa (Paper presented at the international conference on "Law and Society in the 21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures" organised by Humboldt University Law and Society Association and Research Committee on Sociology of Law in Berlin on 25-28 July 2007).
  - - J.D. Handmaker (2012). Jury report, Awarding of the 2012 Visions of Peace Thesis Prize. Visies of Vrede / Visions of Peace Symposium: The Hague (2012, november 16).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Public Interest Litigation in South Africa and the Potential for Structural Change. Law and Society Association Conference: Chicago, Illinois (2010, mei 27 - 2010, mei 30).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Refugee Rights: Advocacy and Outreach. Helsinki Citizens Assembly: Istanbul, Turkey (2010, juli 5 - 2010, juli 6).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Workshop Paper on International Law and Human Rights. Expert Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East: Rotterdam (2009, januari 26).
  - - J.D. Handmaker (2010). `Ending the impasse: Should one agree to disagree? Studium Generale: Tilburg (2010, maart 9).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2010). Het recht op terugkeer? Doorbreken van de impasse.
    - J.D. Handmaker (2009). Gaza en verkiezingen in Israël.
- - - J.D. Handmaker (Interview) (2020, jan 15). Rechtstaat dient gerespecteerd te worden. [radio-uitzending]. In Actueel. Paramaribo, Suriname: http://www.abcsuriname.com. http://www.abcsuriname.com/nieuws/1-lokaal-nieuws/6432-rechtstaat-dient-gerespecteerd-te-worden
  - - J.D. Handmaker (Interview) (2018, jan 31). Trumps State of the Union: open hand en gesloten vuist. [podcast]. In Hemmen. Amsterdam: BNR Nieuwsradio. https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/internationaal/10339099/trumps-state-of-the-union-open-hand-en-gesloten-vuist
    - J.D. Handmaker (bijdrage) (2016, apr 01). Israel voelt zichzelf steeds meer in de nauw gedreven door de zogehete boycot beweging. [radio-uitzending]. In NOS Radio 1 Journaal. Hilversum: NPO Radio 1. http://www.radio1.nl/popup/terugluisteren-uren/2016-04-01/07:00
    - J.D. Handmaker (Panelist) (2016, okt 26). Africa Today on Withdrawal from ICC with Achike Chiude and Jeff Handmaker. [televisie-uitzending]. In Africa Today. Lagos, Nigeria: TVC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srSP_9uBcMo
    - J.D. Handmaker (Rapportage) (2012, mei 11). Juristen Bezorgd over Suriname. [televisie-uitzending]. In NOS Nieuws. Paramaribo: http://nos.nl/artikel/372261-juristen-bezorgd-over-suriname.html. http://nos.nl/artikel/372261-juristen-bezorgd-over-suriname.html
    - J.D. Handmaker (Panellist) (2015, jan 17). Were war crimes commited in Palestine? [televisie-uitzending]. In Inside Story. Doha: Al-Jazeera television. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2015/01/were-war-crimes-committed-palestine-2015117183741325180.html
    - J.D. Handmaker (Extended interview) (2013, jan 28). Interview of Dr. Jeff Handmaker, senior lecturer, ISS on the military trial in Suriname. [radio-uitzending]. In Actueel. Paramaribo, Suriname: ABC Radio Paramaribo. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/51008
- - - J.D. Handmaker (2020). Countering attempts to undermine the rule of law through lawfare in Suriname. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 13 Jan 2020).
    - J.D. Handmaker & A. Tartir (2020). ICC and Palestine Symposium: The (Non) Effects of Oslo on Rights and Status. (blog). OpinioJuris. (available: 6 Feb 2020).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Learning from the crisis in international criminal justice. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 8 Feb 2019).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Distorted anti-Semitism allegations in UK’s Labour Party are a cover for Israeli apartheid. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 4 Mar 2019).
    - A.M. Arbeláez Trujillo & J.D. Handmaker (2019). Confronting Apartheid Through Critical Discussion. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 17 Jun 2019).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Legal mobilization to end impunity for international crimes. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 16 Sep 2019).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2018). Trump’s ‘doublespeak’ - why academics should speak out. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 16 Mar 2018).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2018). Toward greater tolerance? Ethno-nationalist lawfare and resistance through legal mobilisation. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 26 Jan 2018).
    - J.D. Handmaker & C.J.M. Arts (2018). Globalisation, international law and the elusive concept of ‘global justice’. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 29 Nov 2018).
    - L. Houwing & J.D. Handmaker (2018). Legal mobilisation in the court of public opinion. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 12 Sep 2018).
    - J.D. Handmaker & F.A. Haijer (2015). Will joining the ICC finally lead to justice? (blog). London: al-Araby English. (available: 2 Feb 2015).
    - J.D. Handmaker, K. Arts & I.P. van Staveren (2014). Dutch firm’s settlement investments violate the law and must end. (blog). The Electronic Intifada. (available: 18 Feb 2014).
  - - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Unfounded allegations of anti-Semitism cover up Israeli apartheid. (blog). Mondoweiss. (available: 4 Mar 2019).
    - N.T. Ali, K.I. Bhatt, J.D. Handmaker & H.S. Taekema (2018). Human Rights Inside and Outside: Introducing the 2018 INFAR Conference. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 24 May 2018).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2016). Skepticism about the ICC (GLSJ Blog). (blog). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies. (available: 10 Nov 2016). [go to publisher's site]
    - A. Nieuwhof, J.D. Handmaker & D. Machover (2013). Disappointing French ruling on Veolia still paves way for suing occupation profiteers. (blog). The Electronic Intifada. (available: 7 May 2013).
  - - J.D. Handmaker (2019). Sometimes you have to pressure a state or a multinational company if you want them to comply with human rights. (blog). Erasmus University Rotterdam. (available: 26 Nov 2019).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2018). Liberal Israeli human rights organizations need to learn how to listen. (blog). Mondoweiss. (available: 7 Jun 2018).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2016). Airbnb heeft een vergissing gemaakt. (blog). Metronieuws. (available: 3 Oct 2016).
    - J.D. Handmaker (2013). Why do charities want to "normalize" Israeli apartheid? (blog). The Electronic Intifada. (available: 5 Jul 2013).
- - - J.D. Handmaker & A. Nieuwhof (2009, maart 19). Travel bans violate freedom of movement. The Electronic Intifada
    - J.D. Handmaker & G. Zyberi (2007, april 13). Israël's recht op bestaan: een issue? [transl.: Israel's right to exist: an issue?]. Nederlands Juristenblad (portal), pp. 932-933.
  - - K. Arts & J.D. Handmaker (2014, maart 13). Opinie: Kijk kritisch naar banden met Israël. Mare: Leids Universitair Weekblad, pp. 8-8.
    - J.D. Handmaker, K. Arts & I.P. van Staveren (2014, maart 7). ABP en Nederzettingen. Financieele Dagblad, pp. 10-10.
    - J.D. Handmaker, K. Arts, T. van Boven & H. Verrijn Stuart (2009, januari 14). Spreek Israël aan op geweld in Gaza. Trouw
- - J.D. Handmaker (2011). Mobilizing Social Justice: A Narrow But Significant Space. In Vol. 13. DevISSues (pp. 2-3)
  - J.D. Handmaker (2007). Responsibility to protect Palestinian refugees when international authorities fail (Article published by Badil, in an NGO journal "Al Majdal" based in Bethlehem). In Vol. 35. Almajdal (pp. 36-42)
  - J.D. Handmaker (2005). Civil society and international law: protecting and promoting human rights in the light of the July 2004 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice. In United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine. Implementing the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - the role of Governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society (pp. 75-82). Geneva: United Nations
- - J.D. Handmaker (2016, januari 14). Legal mobilisation als analytisch kader voor de betrokkenheid van bedrijven bij mensenrechtenschendingen in de Palestijnse gebieden. Den Haag, Jaarvergadering Vereniging voor de Sociaalwetenschappelijke bestudering van het Recht.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2015, november 2). Legal mobilisation as a lens for law and development studies. International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, ISS-IDLO Symposium: Current research on legal mobilisation.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2015, januari 28). Legal Mobilization and the Potential for Transformative Change Through the South African Judiciary. School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 30 Years SAJHR Conference: Transformation and the Courts.
  - J.D. Handmaker (2015, mei 28). The ‘Promise and Pathos’ of Legal Mobilization: Perspectives on Palestine. Seattle, WA, USA, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association.
3105 Research Paper Preparation
Title
3105 Research Paper Preparation
Year
2019
3201 Mixed Methods for S.D. Research
Title
3201 Mixed Methods for S.D. Research
Year
2019
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
Title
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
Year
2019
4216 Human Rights, Law and Society
Title
4216 Human Rights, Law and Society
Year
2019
4240 Politics of Agrarian Transformation
Title
4240 Politics of Agrarian Transformation
Year
2019
4270 Migration and Development
Title
4270 Migration and Development
Year
2019
4352 Mobilizing Rights, Social Justice
Title
4352 Mobilizing Rights, Social Justice
Year
2019
4353 Global Food Politics
Title
4353 Global Food Politics
Year
2019
Board of Examiners
Title
Board of Examiners
Year
2019
Master track MIG
Title
Master track MIG
Year
2019
Major SJP
Title
Major SJP
Year
2019
General Information
Title
General Information
Year
2019
The Rule of Law in the Global Legal Cont
Title
The Rule of Law in the Global Legal Cont
Year
2019
Year level
(master)
Development and Change
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Law & Society Review
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
International Migration
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Africa Today
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Law and Social Inquiry. Journal of the American Bar Foundation
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Utrecht Law Review
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Refuge : Canada's Periodical on Refugees
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
South African Journal of Human Rights
Role
Editor
Start date approval
Aug/2013
Journal of Refugee Studies
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
South African Journal on Human Rights
Role
Editor in Chief
Start date approval
Feb/2017
End date approval
Feb/2019
International Journal of Refugee Law
Role
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Start date approval
Jan/2019
Senior Lecturer in Law, Human Rights and Development
University
Erasmus University
School
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department
Academic Staff Unit
Telephone
0704260585
Wits School of Law, Johannesburg
Role
Honorary Research Fellow
Obtained Wage
no
Start date approval
Feb/2009
End date approval
Jan/2012
3R Foundation (Netherlands)
Additional Information
Member of the Board from 2010
Role
Chair
Obtained Wage
no
Start date approval
Apr/2011
End date approval
Jul/2013
Stichting Vredeswetenschappen
Additional Information
Dutch Foundation for Peace Sciences (Member of the Advisory Council)
Role
Lid van het Raad van Advies
Obtained Wage
no
Start date approval
Apr/2011
Collaborative Research Network, Citizenship & Migration of the Law and Society Association
Role
Co-organiser
Obtained Wage
no
End date approval
Jun/2012
Wits School of Law, Johannesburg
Role
Senior Research Fellow
Obtained Wage
no
Start date approval
Feb/2012
Africa Studies Centre, University of Leiden
Role
Fellow
Obtained Wage
no
Start date approval
May/2012
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law
Additional Information
http://www.utrechtjournal.org/
Role
Member of the Permanent Board of Referees 2014-15
Start date approval
May/2014
End date approval
May/2015
Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (NJCM)
Role
Member Advisory Board, Public Interest Litigation Project
Start date approval
Sep/2014
Tadamun Foundation
Additional Information
Foundation registered in The Netherlands, with strong links to Defence for Children International.
Role
Board member
Start date approval
Apr/2015
Princeton University, Department of Sociology
Additional Information
On sabbatical, conducting research on Legal Mobilization with Professor Kim Lane Scheppele.
Role
Departmental Guest Researcher
Start date approval
Mar/2017
End date approval
Jun/2017
International Lawyers
Role
Member of the General Assembly
Start date approval
Jan/2020

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Wits School of Law, Johannesburg

Africa Studies Centre, University of Leiden

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