Dr. J.A. (Joëlle) Trampert
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law
Public International Law
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
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Profile
Joëlle Trampert works as an Assistant Professor at the department of International and European Law at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include the law of State responsibility, especially responsibility for complicity; international human rights law; and international obligations regarding export controls. Joëlle teaches various international law courses at Bachelor and Master level and supervises theses.
Joëlle successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled ‘State Responsibility for Complicity in and Other Contributions to International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations’ on 9 October 2024. A link to the thesis is included under ‘publications’ below.
Before starting her PhD in September 2018, Joëlle worked at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, where she undertook comparative legal research for the Court’s ongoing legal terminology projects. After obtaining her Master’s in International and European Law from the UvA in March 2015, she completed internships with the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and several law firms in the Netherlands.
Joëlle’s PhD is part of the NWO-funded project ‘Rethinking Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations’, which she is still affiliated with. She has also been an active member of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research.
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Publications
2023
Trampert, J. (2023). The Export of Goods Used for Torture and the Applicability of Article 3 ECHR. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 4(3), 267–305. https://doi.org/10.1163/26663236-bja10074 [details]
2022
- Trampert, J. (2022). Possible Implications of the Dutch MH17 Judgment for the Netherlands’ Inter-State Case before the ECtHR. Web publication or website, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/possible-implications-of-the-dutch-mh17-judgment-for-the-netherlands-inter-state-case-before-the-ecthr/ [details]
2021
- Trampert, J. (2021). A clear risk of what? The Egyptian navy, the Dutch arms export policy and linguistic inconsistencies in the EU Common Position. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://www.rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/101-a-clear-risk-of-what-the-egyptian-navy-the-dutch-arms-export-policy-and-linguistic-inconsistencies-in-the-eu-common-position [details]
- Trampert, J. (2021). Recasting the Dual-Use Regulation – Digital Surveillance Technology, Human Rights, Due Diligence and Transparency. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/80-recasting-the-dual-use-regulation-digital-surveillance-technology-human-rights-due-diligence-and-transparency [details]
- Trampert, J. A. (2021). Closing the gap on the torture trade. Web publication or website, Human Rights Here. https://www.humanrightshere.com/post/doctoral-research-forum-blog-series-part-v [details]
- Trampert, J., & Al Zien, A. (2021). Litigating Syria in Strasbourg – on the (im)possibility of individual applications against Turkey and Russia. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://www.rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/90-litigating-syria-in-strasbourg-on-the-im-possibility-of-individual-applications-against-turkey-and-russia [details]
2020
- Trampert, J. (2020). Death Penalty Assurances and the Data Protection Act – Fixing a Hole? The case of Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://www.rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/65-death-penalty-assurances-and-the-data-protection-act-fixing-a-hole-the-case-of-elgizouli-appellant-v-secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-respondent [details]
- Trampert, J., & Sluiter, G. (2020). Geheime detentiecentra in Oost-Europa. De aansprakelijkheid van staten voor medeplichtigheid bij ernstige mensenrechtenschendingen in de strijd tegen terrorisme. In M. Malsch, & J. W. Sap (Eds.), Orde en verwarring in de stad (pp. 223-252). (De veilige stad; Vol. 2). Boom criminologie. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3656327 [details]
2019
- Sluiter, G., Polm, S., & Trampert, J. (2019). CIA Black Sites and Extraordinary Rendition Before the European Court of Human Rights – Some Thoughts from a Secondary Liability Perspective. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/50-cia-black-sites-and-extraordinary-rendition-before-the-european-court-of-human-rights-some-thoughts-from-a-secondary-liability-perspective [details]
- Trampert, J. (2019). Dutch Ships in Libya: Export Licencing and State Liability. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/44-dutch-ships-in-libya-export-licensing-and-state-liability [details]
- Trampert, J. (2019). The Dam on the Gualcarque River. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/57-the-dam-on-the-gualcarque-river [details]
- Trampert, J. (2019). The UK’s Unlawful Grant of Export Licences for the Sale of Arms to Saudi Arabia. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/52-the-uk-s-unlawful-granting-of-arms-export-licenses-for-the-sale-of-arms-to-saudi-arabia [details]
2018
- Trampert, J. (2018). Complex Complicity Scenarios in Suape Port and the Accountability of the Netherlands’ Export Credit Agency. Web publication or website, Rethinking SLIC. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/state-responsibility/40-complex-complicity-scenarios-in-suape-port-and-the-accountability-of-the-netherlands-export-credit-agency [details]
2025
- Pijnenburg, A., & Trampert, J. A. (2025). SS e.a. t. Italië (EHRM, nr. 21660/18) – ʻPullbacksʼ uitgevoerd door Libië dankzij Italiaanse ondersteuning vallen buiten rechtsmacht Italië. EHRC Updates, 2025(15). https://www.boomportaal.nl/rechtspraak/ehrc-updates/ehrc-a-2025-0034
2022
- Trampert, J. A. (2022). Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group e.a. t. Georgië (EHRM, 73204/13) – Georgië aansprakelijk voor participatie geweld tegen LHBTI-betogers. 2022-0025. Case note on: EHRM, 16/12/21, ECLI:CE:ECHR:2021:1216JUD007320413 (Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group e.a. t. Georgië). EHRC Updates, 2022. [details]
Talk / presentation
- Trampert, J. (speaker) (5-6-2025). The Causal Enquiry in Findings of Complicity under the ECHR, Lund University.
- Zwanenburg, M. (speaker), Trampert, J. (speaker) & Voetelink, J. (speaker) (26-11-2024). HILAC lecture: the F-35 parts export case: international legal implications, HILAC lecture: the F-35 parts export case: international legal implications, the Hague. https://www.asser.nl/education-events/events/?id=4376
- Trampert, J. (speaker) (9-3-2023). MH17 in The Hague and in Strasbourg – Reflections on the Dutch Court’s Judgment and the European Court of Human Rights’ Admissibility Decision, iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Faculty of Law.
- Trampert, J. (speaker) (12-11-2021). Human rights obligations of States in the context of B&HR – regulation, investigation, and extraterritorial application, Open Universiteit.
- Trampert, J. (speaker), Hamilton, T. (speaker) & Al Zien, A. (speaker) (18-6-2021). State responsibility for atrocities in Syria & the potential of the ECtHR, Secondary liability and accountability for crimes committed within the Syrian conflict. https://rethinkingslic.org/blog/news/86-secondary-liability-and-accountability-for-crimes-committed-within-syrian-conflict-problems-and-pros…
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Trampert, J. (2023). The Export of Goods Used for Torture and the Applicability of Article 3 ECHR. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 4(3), 267–305.