Fundamental Rights

Janneke Gerards is professor of fundamental rights law at Utrecht University. Her research focuses on European fundamental rights, equal treatment law, judicial review and new technologies. Her activities outside the university include being a deputy Judge in the Appeals Court of The Hague, a member of the State Commission against Discrimination and Racism and a member of the Advisory Board of the Netherlands Human Rights Institute. Since 2015, Janneke Gerards is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1. The right to equal treatment and the prohibition of discrimination Janneke Gerards; 2. Political rights: the rights to vote and to petition Hansko Broeksteeg; 3. The right to freedom of conscience, thought, belief and religion Janneke Gerards; 4. The right to freedom of expression and of information Janneke Gerards; 5. The right to freedom of association, assembly and demonstration Janneke Gerards and Hansko Broeksteeg; 6. The right to respect for private life and related rights Karin de Vries; 7. The right to protection of personal data Friederike van der Jagt; 8. The right to respect for family life and the right to marry Mariëlle Bruning; 9. The right to liberty and the principle of habeas corpus Jan Crijns; 10. Procedural rights Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik; 11. The right to life and the prohibition of the death penalty Janneke Gerards; 12. The prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment Jan Peter Loof; 13. The prohibition of slavery, servitude and forced labour Barend Barentsen; 14. The right to property Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik; 15. The right to education Janneke Gerards; 16. The right to freedom of movement and the right to leave the country Janneke Gerards; 17. The right to collective action Barend Barentsen; 18. The right to social assistance and social security Barend Barentsen; 19. The right to health Janneke Gerards; 20. The right to environmental protection and sustainable development Janneke Gerards; 21. The rights of vulnerable persons Aart Hendriks.