Eva Brems

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Eva Brems
Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives
In office
13 June 2010 – 25 May 2014
President of Amnesty International Flanders
In office
April 2006 – April 2010
Succeeded byKarine Vandenberghe
Personal details
Born1969
University professor
Politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Eva Brems (born 1969) is a

Leuven for the environmentalist party Groen.[2]

Groen (political party)

Education

Brems attended the

doctoral programme at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven with a dissertation titled "Human Rights: Universality and Diversity" (1999). Furthermore, she followed several Italian, Arab and German courses.[3]

Career

From 1992 until 1994 Brems was a fellow at the law school of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where she participated in a project concerning "Civil and Legal Protection". Between 1999 and 2001 she became an academic assistant in

University of Maastricht as well (1999–2000). As of 2000 Eva Brems teaches at Ghent University regarding human rights, gender and rights, and rights and Islam.[1][4]

Besides her academic efforts, Brems is a member of the board of Vormen, a Flemish organisation for human rights education, and head editor of the Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten (Journal for Human Rights) since 2003. She was president of the Flemish division of Amnesty International from 2006 until April 2010.[3]

Brems became known on a larger scene in 2007 while participating in the popular Flemish TV-quiz De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (The Smartest Person in the World), in which she became third.[5] During the winter of 2010-2011 she joined the quiz once again to compete with the other highest scoring players from previous seasons. She became third as well as best scoring female and winner of the most consecutive episodes.[6]

In the spring of 2010 she announced her candidacy in the

Belgian Chamber of Representatives.[2]

In 2013, she decided not to run for reelection in the upcoming 2014 Belgian federal elections.[7]

Timeline

  • 13 June 2010 – : Representative (constituency of Leuven)

Publications

  • Eva Brems, Conflicts between fundamental rights, Intersentia, 2008, , 9789050957793
  • Eva Brems (red), Federalism and the Protection of Human Rights in Ethiopia, Volume 8 van Recht und Politik in Afrika, LIT Verlag Münster, 2008,
  • Eva Brems, Article 14: the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Volume 14 van Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006,
  • Eva Brems, Human rights: universality and diversity, Volume 66 van International studies in human rights, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2001,

References

  1. ^ a b Prof. Dr. Eva Brems - Personal page Archived 21 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Ghent University, Department of Public Law, Human Rights Centre HRC. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. ^
    Groen!
    . Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  3. ^ a b Curriculum vitae Eva Brems, 1 March 2010 Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Ghent University, Department of Public Law, Human Rights Centre HRC. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  4. ^ Education Archived 17 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Ghent University, Department of Public Law, Human Rights Centre HRC. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. ^ Wie wint 'De Slimste Mens ter Wereld'?, Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  6. ^ Bert Kruismans is de enige Allerslimste Mens ter Wereld, De Morgen, Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  7. ^ "Eva Brems: "Ik doe het gewoon niet zo graag"". DeRedactie (in Dutch). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.