Prof. dr. Y.M. (Yvonne) Donders
International human rights and cultural diversity
Faculty of Law
Public International Law
Area of expertise: Human rights, cultural rights, right to science, United Nations, UNESCO,
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: 10.22
Postal address
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Postbus 15859
1001 NJ Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Profile
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Donders is Professor International Human Rights at the Department of International and European Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam. She is also elected member of the UN Human Rights Committee. She is one of the Principal Investigators (PI) of the UvA's Research Priority Area Shaping Interfaces Between Science and the Public.
Yvonne Donders graduated from Utrecht University in international relations and has done her PhD at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University on cultural human rights and the right to cultural identity. Her research interests include public international law; international human rights law, in particular economic, social and cultural rights and human rights and cultural diversity. Her current research focuses on the right to science. Her publications can be found below under "publications".
Yvonne Donders teaches courses on public international law and international and national human rights law and gives lectures on international human rights, the right to science, cultural rights and the work of the UN treaty bodies, in particular the Human Rights Committee. She also supervises MS theses and PhD dissertations on human rights.
Previously Yvonne Donders was Director of the Amsterdam Graduate School (2023-2025) and Head of the Department of International and European Law (2015-2022). She also worked as Commissioner at the Netherlands Human Rights Institute (2019-2022). From 2008 to 2015 she was the Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL). Prior to joining the University of Amsterdam, she worked as a Programme Specialist on human rights at UNESCO HQ in Paris (2003-2007).
Yvonne Donders is a regular consultant for UNESCO and for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is member (and former chair) of the Steering Committee of the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR), Member of the Editorial Board and Executive Editor of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR). Previous memberships include: chair of the Advisory Board of the “Shelter City” project for human rights defenders; member of the Human Rights Committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AIV), member of the Board of the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR), and Chair of the Dutch United Nations Association (Nederlandse Vereniging voor de Verenigde Naties, NVVN).
Research
Research interests include general public international law; international human rights law, in particular the advancement of economic, social and cultural rights; and human rights and cultural diversity. Her current research focuses on the right to science.
Key Publications (see full list under 'publications")
- “The Right to Science: Another Tool to Repair Gender Inequalities in Sciences and Research”, in: Andrea Broderick and Jennifer Sellin (eds.) Socio-economic Rights, Inequalities and Vulnerability in Times of Crises: Building Back Better, Edward Elgar Publishing, December 2024, pp. 169-192; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035306657.00017
- “Look before you leap: states’ prevention and anticipation duties under the right to science” (with Monika Plozza), The International Journal of Human Rights, October 2023 (open access), DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2023.2269096 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2023.2269096
- “The Flexibility Device in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights” in: M. den Heijer and H. van der Wilt (eds.), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2020, August 2022, pp. 283-309 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-527-0_10
- “Sleeping Beauty”: The Right to Science as a Global Ethical Discourse”, Human Rights Quarterly (with Sebastian Porsdam Mann and Helle Porsdam) Volume 42, Number 2, May 2020, pp. 332-356 DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2020.0020
- ‘Towards a Right to Cultural Identity? Yes, Indeed!’ Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale (Società editrice il Mulino, ISSN: 1971-7105) Vol. 12, 2018, n. 3, pp. 523-548.
- “Balancing Interests: Limitations to the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications”, European Journal of Human Rights No. 4, October 2015, pp. 486-503.
- The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information, Critical Perspectives (edited with Tarlach McGonagle) Cambridge University Press, June 2015, pp. 89-121.
- Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture: Legal Developments and Challenges (edited with V. Volodin) UNESCO/Ashgate, December 2007, pp. 231-271.
- Yvonne M. Donders, Towards a Right to Cultural Identity?, School of Human Rights Research Series No. 15, Intersentia/Hart, Antwerp/Oxford/ New York , 2002, 400 pp.
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Teaching and Visiting Professorships
Yvonne Donders teaches at the UvA Faculty of Law the courses on "International Human Rights Law" (MA level); "Processes and Procedures of International Law" (MA level), "Fundamentele Rechten [fundamental rights]" (BA level), and she gives lectures in the courses "Principles and Foundations of International Law" (LLM Level) and Internationaal Publiekrecht [Public International Law] (BA level). She regularly gives guest lectures at Utrecht University, Tilburg University and the Rooseveld Academy in Middelburg, as well as at the University of Blanquerna (Barcelona).
Yvonne Donders was Visiting Professor at Osaka University, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Japan (September-October 2017) and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris II (May 2008).
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Memberships
- Member of the International Law Association (ILA) International Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance (since May 2018)
- Member of the Editorial Board and Executive Editor of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR) (since May 2013)
- Chair of the Steering Committee of the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR) (January 2017-December 2022, ongoing member)
- Chair of the Advisory Board of the project “Shelter City” coordinated by Justice and Peace Netherlands (August 2012-August 2022)
- Member of the Human Rights Committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AIV) (June 2013-May 2022)
- Member of the Board of the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) (November 2012-October 2021)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (May 2016-June 2019)
- Member of the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO (August 2009-July 2017)
- Member of the U40 group on the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (July 2008-July 2017)
- Member of the European Expert Network on Culture EENC (January 2011 – December 2015)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Forum on Human Rights, Nantes (July 2007 – July 2014)
- President of the Dutch United Nations Association (NVVN) (May 2007 – May 2015)
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Publications
- refereed (32)
- academic (16)
- professional (21)
- popular scientific (2)
- recognitions (24)
- supervised theses (7)
- doctoral thesis (1)
- working papers / preprints (2)
2024
Donders, Y. (2024). The Right to Science: Another Tool to Repair Gender Inequalities in Sciences and Research. In A. Broderick, & J. Sellin (Eds.), Socio-economic Rights, Inequalities and Vulnerability in Times of Crises: Building Back Better (pp. 169-192). (The Association of Human Rights Institutes series). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035306657.00017 [details]- Donders, Y., & Plozza, M. (2024). Look before you leap: states’ prevention and anticipation duties under the right to science. The International Journal of Human Rights, 28(3), 354-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2023.2269096 [details]
2023
- Donders, Y. (2023). The Right to Science and Gender Inequalities. Frontiers in Sociology, 8, Article 1285641. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1285641 [details]
2022
- Donders, Y. (2022). The Flexibility Device in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In M. den Heijer, & H. van der Wilt (Eds.), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2020: Global Solidarity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (pp. 283-309). (Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; Vol. 51). Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-527-0_10 [details]
- Donders, Y., & Tararas, K. (2022). Mainstreaming Science and Human Rights in UNESCO. In H. Porsdam, & S. Porsdam Mann (Eds.), The Right to Science: Then and Now (pp. 124-139). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108776301.009 [details]
- Porsdam Mann, S., Donders, Y., & Porsdam, H. (2022). The Right to Science in Practice: A Proposed Test in Four Stages. In H. Porsdam, & S. Porsdam Mann (Eds.), The Right to Science: Then and Now (pp. 231-245). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108776301.015 [details]
2020
- Donders, Y. (2020). Cultural Heritage and Human Rights. In F. Francioni, & A. F. Vrdoljak (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook on International Cultural Heritage Law (pp. 379-406). (Oxford handbooks). Oxford University Press. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3636009 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2020). Diversity in Europe: From Pluralism to Populism? In J. Vidmar (Ed.), European Populism and Human Rights (pp. 52-71). (International Studies in Human Rights; Vol. 130). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004416017_004 [details]
- Porsdam Mann, S., Porsdam, H., & Donders, Y. (2020). 'Sleeping Beauty': The Right to Science as a Global Ethical Discourse. Human Rights Quarterly, 42(2), 332-356. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2020.0020 [details]
2019
- Donders, Y. (2019). Cultural Rights in International Human Rights Law: From Controversy to Celebration. Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 62, 61-84. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jpyintl62&i=75 [details]
2018
- Donders, Y. (2018). Protection and promotion of cultural heritage and human rights through international treaties: two worlds of difference? In C. Waelde, C. Cummings, M. Pavis, & H. Enright (Eds.), Research Handbook on Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage: Law and Heritage (pp. 54-77). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434012.00009 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2018). Towards a Right to Cultural Identity? Yes, Indeed! Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale, 12(3), 523-548. https://doi.org/10.12829/92188 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2018). UNESCO and Human Rights. In G. Oberleiter (Ed.), International Human Rights Institutions, Tribunals, and Courts (pp. 251-269). (International Human Rights Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5206-4_25 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2018). Yōroppa no tayō-sei: Tagen shugi kara popyurizumu e. Mirai kyōseigaku, 5, 87-106. https://doi.org/10.18910/68209 [details]
- Porsdam Mann, S., Donders, Y., Mitchell, C., Bradley, V. J., Chou, M. F., Church, G., & Porsdam, H. (2018). Advocating for science progress as a human right. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(43), 10820-10823. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816320115 [details]
2017
- Donders, Y. (2017). The Enjoyment of Cultural Rights by Women on an Equal Basis with Men: Report 2012 (A/67/287). In L. Belder, & H. Porsdam (Eds.), Negotiating Cultural Rights: Issues at Stake, Challenges and Recommendations (pp. 100-119). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786435422.00011 [details]
2016
- Donders, Y. (2016). Foundations of Collective Cultural Rights in International Human Rights Law. In A. Jakubowski (Ed.), Cultural rights as collective rights: an international law perspective (pp. 87-112). (Studies in intercultural human rights; Vol. 7). Brill Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004312029_006 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2016). Protecting the Home and Adequate Housing - Living in a Caravan or Trailer as a Human Right. International Human Rights Law Review, 5(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1163/22131035-00501002 [details]
- Donders, Y., & Vleugel, V. (2016). Universality, Diversity and Legal Certainty: Cultural Diversity in the Dialogue between the CEDAW and States Parties. In M. Kanetake, & A. Nollkaemper (Eds.), The Rule of Law at the national and international levels: contestations and deference (pp. 321-351). (Studies in International Law; Vol. 56). Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474202879.ch-013 [details]
2015
- Donders, Y. (2015). Balancing interests: limitations to the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications / Une balance des intérêts - Les restrictions au droit de bénéficier du progrès scientifique et de ses applications. Journal Européen des droits de l'homme, 2015(4), 486-503. [details]
- Donders, Y. (2015). Cultural Human Rights and the UNESCO Convention: More than Meets the Eye? In C. De Beukelaer, M. Pyykkönen, & J. P. Singh (Eds.), Globalization, Culture, and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity (pp. 117-131). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137397638_9 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2015). International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: accessibility and the right to information. In T. McGonagle, & Y. Donders (Eds.), The United Nations and freedom of expression and information: critical perspectives (pp. 89-120). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316018552.004 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2015). The cultural dimension of economic activities in international human right jurisprudence. In V. Vadi, & B. de Witte (Eds.), Culture and international economic law (pp. 33-49). (Routledge research in international economic law). Routledge. [details]
2014
- Donders, Y., & Vleugel, V. (2014). The Receptor Approach: A New Human Rights Kid on the Block or Old Wine in New Bags? A Commentary on Professor Zwart's Article in HRQ. Human Rights Quarterly, 36(3), 653-662. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2014.0036 [details]
2013
- Donders, Y. (2013). Cultural pluralism in international human rights law: the role of reservations. In A. F. Vrdoljak (Ed.), The cultural dimension of human rights (pp. 205-239). (Collected courses of the Academy of European Law; No. 22/1). Oxford University Press. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2230276 [details]
- Donders, Y. (2013). Mesurer le droit de participer à la vie culturelle: le développement des indicateurs. In J. Bouchard, S. Gandolfi, & P. Meyer-Bisch (Eds.), Les droits de l'homme: une grammaire du développement (pp. 229-245). L'Harmattan. [details]
- Donders, Y., & Olde Monnikhof, M. (2013). The Newly Established Netherlands Institute for Human Rights: Integrating Human Rights and Equal Treatment. In J. Wouters, & K. Meuwissen (Eds.), National human rights institutions in Europe: comparative, European and international perspectives (pp. 83-103). (International law; No. 10). Intersentia. [details]
2012
- Donders, Y. M. (2012). Cultural rights in the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: included or ignored? In T. Kono, & S. Van Uytsel (Eds.), The UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: a tale of fragmentation of international law? (pp. 165-182). (International law series). Intersentia. [details]
- Donders, Y. M. (2012). Human rights and cultural diversity: too hot to handle? Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 30(4), 377-381. http://www.nqhr.net/pdf_file/ITS/NQHR_30_04_0377.pdf [details]
2011
- Donders, Y. (2011). The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress: in search of state obligations in relation to health. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 14(4), 371-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-011-9327-y [details]
2008
- Donders, Y. (2008). A right to cultural identity in UNESCO. In F. Francioni, & M. Scheinin (Eds.), Cultural human rights (pp. 317-340). (International studies in human rights; No. 95). Nijhoff. [details]
- Donders, Y. (2008). The history of the UNESCO convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. In H. Schneider, & P. van den Bossche (Eds.), Protection of cultural diversity from an international and European perspective (pp. 1-30). Intersentia. [details]
2022
- Jakubowski, A., Lixinski, L., Donders, Y., Campfens, E., Vrdoljak, A. F., & ILA Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance (2022). International Law Association Lisbon Conferene (2022) : Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance: Final Report. International Law Association. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4220401 [details]
2019
- Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken, & Gecombineerde Commissie Sustainable Development Goals en Mensenrechten (2019). Duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelen en mensenrechten: Een noodzakelijk verbond. (Advies - AIV; No. 110). Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken. https://www.adviesraadinternationalevraagstukken.nl/documenten/publicaties/2019/05/10/duurzame-ontwikkelingsdoelen-en-mensenrechten [details]
2017
- Porsdam Mann, S., Mitchell, C., Porsdam, H., & Donders, Y. (2017). The Human Right to Enjoy the Benefits of the Progress of Science and its Applications. The American Journal of Bioethics, 17(10), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2017.1365194 [details]
2015
- Donders, Y. M. (2015). Exploring the cultural dimensions of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 18(2), 179-222. https://doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v18i2.05 [details]
2014
- Donders, Y. M. (2014). Europa's voorvechter van economische en sociale rechten: het Europees Comité voor Sociale Rechten. Ars Aequi, 63(4), 253-261. https://arsaequi.nl/product/europas-voorvechter-van-economische-en-sociale-rechten/ [details]
- van Eijk, N., Roessler, B., Zuiderveen Borgesius, F., Oostveen, M., et al., U., van Son, R., Verkade, F., Vliek, M., Alberdingk Thijm, C., Apt, K., Böhler, B., den Boon, A., Breemen, K., Breemen, V., de Goede, M., van Gompel, S., Guibault, L., Helberger, N., Hins, A. W., ... Taylor, L. (2014). Academics Against Mass Surveillance. Web publication or website, Academics Against Mass Surveillance. http://www.academicsagainstsurveillance.org/ [details]
2013
- Donders, Y. (2013). International human rights and cultural diversity: a balancing act. Romanian Journal of Comparative Law, 2013(2), 123-138. http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=83ab64ec-18d6-4d28-a020-28076aa4e84a [details]
2012
- Donders, Y. M. (2012). Old cultures never die? Cultural genocide in international law. In I. Boerefijn, L. Henderson, R. Janse, & R. Weaver (Eds.), Human rights and conflicts: essays in honour of Bas de Gaay Fortman (pp. 287-303). Intersentia. [details]
- Donders, Y. M., & Olde Monnikhof, M. (2012). Het College voor de Rechten van de Mens belicht, bewaakt, beschermt en bevordert mensenrechten in Nederland. NJCM-Bulletin, 37(6), 693-713. [details]
2011
- Donders, Y. (2011). Cinderella encontra seu príncipe: a especialista independente no campo dos direitos culturais. Revista Observatório Itaú Cultural, 11, 73-88. http://novo.itaucultural.org.br/revista/revista-observatorio-ic-n-11/ [details]
- Donders, Y., & Laaksonen, A. (2011). Encontrando manieras de medir a dimensão cultural nos direitos humanos e no desenvolvimento. Revista Observatório Itaú Cultural, 11, 89-114. http://novo.itaucultural.org.br/revista/revista-observatorio-ic-n-11/ [details]
2010
- Donders, Y. (2010). Do cultural diversity and human rights make a good match? International Social Science Journal, 61(199), 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01746.x [details]
2009
- Donders, Y. M. (2009). Assepoester vindt haar prins: de Onafhankelijke Deskundige Culturele Rechten. NJCM-Bulletin, 34(7), 811-828. [details]
2008
- Donders, Y. (2008). The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a victory for cultural autonomy? In I. Boerefijn, & J. Goldschmidt (Eds.), Changing perceptions of sovereignty and human rights: essays in honour of Cees Flinterman (pp. 99-122). Intersentia. [details]
2007
- Donders, Y. M. (2007). Study on the legal framework of the right to take part in cultural life. In Y. M. Donders, & V. Volodin (Eds.), Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture: Legal Developments and Challenges (pp. 231-271). Unesco publishing. [details]
- Donders, Y. M., & Volodin, V. (Eds.) (2007). Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture. Legal Developments and Challenges. Unesco publishing. [details]
2022
- Buyse, A., Donders, Y., & Jägers, N. (2022). Mensenrechten als leidraad voor ons buitenlands beleid? Clingendael Spectator. https://spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicatie/mensenrechten-als-leidraad-voor-ons-buitenlandbeleid [details]
2019
- Donders, Y. M. (2019). Ahunbay e.a. t. Turkije. 119. Case note on: EHRM, 29/01/19, ECLI:CE:ECHR:2019:0129DEC000608006 (Ahunbay e.a. t. Turkije). EHRC. European Human Right Cases, 20(6), 341-345. [details]
2018
- Donders, Y., & Vleugel, V. (2018). Filantropie en Mensenrechten: Vrijwillig maar niet Vrijblijvend. In P. de Goede, E. Schrijvers, & M. de Visser (Eds.), Filantropie op de grens van overheid en markt (pp. 205-229). (WRR Verkenningen; No. 40). Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid. https://www.wrr.nl/publicaties/verkenningen/2018/10/31/verkenning-filantropie-op-de-grens-van-overheid-en-markt [details]
2016
- Arnbak, A., Bos, H., van Buuren, J., Dommering, E., Donders, Y., van Eeten, M., van Eijk, N., Eijkman, Q., Etalle, S., Gerards, J., de Goede, M., de Graaf, B., Hijzen, C., Hildebrandt, M., Hoepman, J.-H., van der Hof, S., van den Hoven, J., van den Hoven van Genderen, R., Jacobs, B., ... Zwenne, G.-J. (2016). Open brief aan Tweede Kamer: Onvoldoende waarborgen in nieuwe nationale veiligheidswet. https://www.ivir.nl/nl/open-brief-aan-tweede-kamer-onvoldoende-waarborgen-nieuwe-nationale-veiligheidswet/ [details]
- Donders, Y. (2016). Cultural Diversity and Cultural Identity in Human Rights. In A. J. Wiesand, K. Chainoglou, & A. Śledzińska-Simon (Eds.), Culture and Human Rights: The Wroclaw Commentaries (pp. 23-32). (De Gruyter Handbook). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432251-008 [details]
- Wiesand, A. J., Chainoglou, K., Śledzińska-Simon, A., & Donders, Y. (Eds.) (2016). Culture and Human Rights: The Wroclaw Commentaries. (De Gruyter Handbook). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432251 [details]
2015
- den Heijer, M., & Donders, Y. M. (2015). ECSR (rolnr. 90/2013: Recht op huisvesting; recht op sociale en geneeskundige bijstand; dakloosheid; onrechtmatig verblijf). 24. Case note on: ECSR, 1/07/14 EHRC. European Human Right Cases, 2015(2), 75-79. [details]
2014
2012
- Donders, Y. (2012). Mensenrechten: Oog voor Culturele Diversiteit. VN forum, 2012(3-4), 26-30. http://www.nvvn.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/VN-Forum-2012-3-4.pdf [details]
- Donders, Y. M. (2012). Human rights: eye for cultural diversity. (Oratiereeks). Universiteit van Amsterdam. http://www.oratiereeks.nl/upload/pdf/PDF-6449weboratie_Donders.pdf [details]
2010
- Donders, Y. (2010). Geef de VN maar weer de schuld. VN forum, 2010(1), 9-11. http://www.nvvn.nl/nl/nvvn/site/over-de-vn/vn-forum [details]
- Donders, Y., & Brouwer, R. (2010). Europees Comité voor Sociale Rechten (rolnr. nr. 47/2008: [Defence for Children International tegen Nederland]). 55. Case note on: Europees Comité voor Sociale Rechten, 20/10/09 EHRC. European Human Right Cases, 2010(5), 659-672. [details]
2009
- Donders, Y. M. (2009). The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress: in search of state obligations. European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation.
- Donders, Y. M. (2009). Culture and human rights. In D. P. Forsythe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human rights. - Vol. 1 (pp. 441-450). Oxford University Press. [details]
- Donders, Y., & Laaksonen, A. (2009). Finding ways to measure the cultural dimension in human rights and development. Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1657837 [details]
- Donders, Y., & Laaksonen, A. (2009). Policy guidelines. In Policy guidelines: Civil Society Platform on Access to Culture: structured dialogue EU-Cultural Sector (pp. 1-15). Civil Society Platform on Access to Culture. http://ec.europa.eu/culture/documents/platform_access_culture_july09.pdf
2008
- Donders, Y. (2008). Social responsibility in a human rights context: the right to health and the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress. UNESCO, International Bioethics Committee. http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/files/12282/12220755291Report__WG-SR_July2008_en.pdf/Report%2B%2BWG-SR%2BJuly2008_en.pdf [details]
- Donders, Y. (2008). Kaderverdrag Nationale Minderheden: Nuttig of nutteloos? [Bespreking van: A. Verstichel, A. Alen (2008) The framework convention for the protection of national minorities: A useful pan-European instrument?]. Internationale Spectator, 62(7/8), 438-439. http://www.internationalespectator.nl/signalementen/20080700_is_boekbesprekingen.pdf [details]
- Donders, Y. (2008). [Review of: J. Almqvist (2005) Human rights, culture and the rule of law]. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 26(1), 151-155. [details]
- Donders, Y. M. (2008). A forgotten human right in the UDHR: The right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Newsletter - School of Human Rights Research, 12(4), 3-4. [details]
2007
- Donders, Y. M. (2007). Cultural Diversity and Human Rights: a Good Match? Study for the preparation of the UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity. UNESCO. [details]
2017
- Donders, Y. M. (2017, Dec). Het mensenrecht om deel te hebben aan wetenschappelijke vooruitgang. Teldersstichting.
2016
- Donders, Y. (2016). Defending the Human Rights Defenders. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 34(4), 282-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/016934411603400402 [details]
Membership / relevant position
- Donders, Y. (2023-2027). Member of the UN Human Rights Committee (ICCPR), United Nations.
- Donders, Y. (2019-2025). Commissioner National Human Rights Institute / Lid College voor de Rechten van de Mens, National Human Rights Institute / College voor de Rechten van de Mens. http://www.mensenechten.nl
- Donders, Y. (2018-2022). Member of the International Law Association (ILA) International Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance, International Law Association. http://www.ila-hq.org/
- Donders, Y. (2017-2021). Chair of the Steering Committee of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research, Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR). https://www.asser.nl/nnhrr
- Donders, Y. (2016-). Member and chair of the Steering Committee of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research, Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research. https://www.asser.nl/media/4977/university-of-amsterdam-members-nnhrr.pdf
- Donders, Y. (2013-2022). Human Rights Committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights Committee of the Advisory Council on International Affairs. https://aiv-advies.nl/63l/home
- Donders, Y. (2012-2022). Lid Algemeen Bestuur Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht / Member of the Board of the Royal Netherlands Society of (…), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht. https://www.knvir.org/
Journal editor
- Donders, Y. (editor) (2013-2021). Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (Journal). https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nqh
- Donders, Y. (editor) (2013-). Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (Journal). https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nqh
Others
- Donders, Y. (participant) (15-12-2021). Experts Meeting to elaborate a UNESCO Report on Scientific Freedom, Paris (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Donders, Y. (participant) (9-12-2021). UNESCO-AAAS seminar “Making the connections: The right to science, the Sustainable Development Goals and the COVID-19 pandemic", Paris (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (9-2018 - 9-2022). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) & den Heijer, M. (examiner) (9-2018 - 9-2022). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) & Sluiter, G. (examiner) (8-2018 - 8-2022). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (31-5-2018). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (17-12-2017). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (visiting researcher) (9-2017 - 10-2017). Osaka University (visiting an external institution).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (8-3-2017). PhD (examination). https://dare.uva.nl/search?field1=keyword;value1=van%20der%20have;docsPerPage=1;startDoc=1
- Donders, Y. (examiner) & van der Wilt, H. (examiner) (2017 - 2020). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (28-5-2015). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (11-6-2013). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) & van Alebeek, R. (examiner) (1-2013 - 12-2019). PhD (examination).
- Donders, Y. (examiner) (12-10-2012). PhD (examination).
- Kjos, Dr. . (consultant), Donders, Y. (consultant) & de Wet, E. (consultant) (4-2007). The Judicial Independence of the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal: Potential for Reform, Staff Union of the European Patent Office (consultancy). https://www.suepo.org/documents/42586/53723.pdf
2023
- Oldfield, J. (2023). Smuggling in international law. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
- Teshome, R. G. (2023). The human cost of development: Situating development-induced displacement in international human rights law. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2020
- Vleugel, V. W. (2020). Culture in the state reporting procedure of the UN human rights treaty bodies: How the HRC, the CESCR and the CEDAWCee use human rights as a sword to protect and promote culture, and as a shield to protect against harmful culture. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2017
2015
2013
2002
- Donders, Y. M. (2002). Towards a Right to Cultural Identity?. Intersentia/Hart.
2013
- Donders, Y. (2013). Cultural Pluralism in International Human Rights Law: The Role of Reservations. (Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies Research Paper; No. 2013-16). Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2230276 [details]
- Donders, Y. M., & Vleugel, V. (2013). The Receptor Approach: A New Human Rights Kid on the Block or Old Wine in New Bags? A Commentary on Professor Zwart's Article in HRQ. (Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies Research Paper; No. 2013-64). Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2348660 [details]
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Wolters Kluwer Nederland
Lidmaatschap redactieraad Kluwer collegebundel
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
Donders, Y. (2024). The Right to Science: Another Tool to Repair Gender Inequalities in Sciences and Research. In A. Broderick, & J. Sellin (Eds.), Socio-economic Rights, Inequalities and Vulnerability in Times of Crises: Building Back Better (pp. 169-192). (The Association of Human Rights Institutes series). Edward Elgar Publishing.