prof.mr.dr. (Karin) CJM Arts

Biography

**Profile Chair in International Law and Development** Law is a major factor in processes of development and/or transition, either as an instrument of change or as a vehicle for guarding the status quo. In recent decades, various developments have brought about a situation where national legal orders and processes for tackling development, equity and human rights issues are increasingly exposed to the sphere, if not the rule, of international law. These developments include a relatively widespread intensification of international cooperation (e.g. through international organizations such as the United Nations or through regional organizations such as the European Union, the African Union or the Organization of American States); economic and social globalization; and growing (and renewed) ideas about interdependence and common responsibility for overcoming major global challenges, such as climate change or pandemics, as well as massive and/or flagrant violations of human rights. This Chair focuses on the following, interrelated and mutually reinforcing academic fields: * the role of international law as an instrument of change and/or constraint for realizing, wordl-wide, equitable development, human rights and climate justice; * the role of global and regional international organizations for realizing the right to development; * the contents and implications of (human) rights-based approaches to development; * the role of global human rights instruments in supporting the institutionalization of specific national action for realizing development, equity and human rights on the ground, with a special emphasis on the track record of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

International Institute of Social Studies

Full professor | Academic staff unit
Email
arts@iss.nl

Work

  • Karin Arts & Jeff Handmaker (8 February 2023) - EUR Alumni gathering in Johannesburg

  • Karin Arts (2016) - E-module: The Right to Development and Children
  • Karin Arts (2014) - Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (Journal)
  • Karin Arts (2014) - Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (Journal)

East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
KAMPALA, UGANDA
Description
member International Advisory Board

Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
Description
Executive Editor

UNICEF Nederland

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Vice-Chair Supervisory Board

Universiteit Leiden

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
LEIDEN
Description
member Advisory Board MA Human Rights Law

Universiteit Leiden

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
LEIDEN
Description
Lid Jury Kinderrechten Scriptieprijs

Board of Examiners

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-BOE-24-25

Major SJP

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-SJP-24-25

General Information

Year
2024
Course Code
ISSGENERAL-24-25

3105 Research Paper Preparation

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-3105-24-25

4311 Children, Youth and Development

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-4311-24-25

5401 Research Paper

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-5401-24-25

News regarding prof.mr.dr. (Karin) CJM Arts

ISS MA students visited the Dutch National UNICEF Committee  

Students paid a study visit to the Dutch National UNICEF Committee office in The Hague
In this photo, a group of ISS students stand in front of the Dutch UNICEF headquarters based in The Hague

KidsRights Index: celebrating 10 years of making an impact on children’s lives worldwide

The annual KidsRights Index has become impossible for governments to ignore. Why is it that the league table has such an impact on children’s lives worldwide?
Children playing in a playground.

KidsRights Index - lives of 1 billion children are at stake due to climate change

Kids Rights Index identifies climate change as the biggest global threat to children’s futures
Smiling children sitting on the ground - KidsRights

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