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dr. M.M.E. (Marlies) Hesselman

Associate Professor International Law / Chair of Groningen Center for Health Law
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E-mail:
m.m.e.hesselman rug.nl

Expertise

- Public international law
- International and transnational human rights law
- Socio-economic human rights
- Planetary Health / Environmental health law / Climate Change (Litigation)
- Access to modern energy services / energy poverty
- Disaster management / international disaster law
- New/critical approaches to IL / feminist approaches

Other positions

  • Scientific Steering Committee Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
  • Academic Lead - Planetary Health Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
  • Chair - Planetary Health WG - Global Health Law Consortium
  • Founding Co-Chair NNHRR WG Human Rights and Climate Crisis
  • Lead WP3 EU CERV WISE (Women in Solidarity for Energy) 2024-2025
  • Global Peer Network on Climate Litigation, Columbia University (Sabin Center)
  • Member of WG Just Transition Litigation, Climate Research Forum of Oxford University
  • Member Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR)
  • Member Groningen Centre of Energy and Sustainability Law (GCESL)
  • Founding Co-editor Yearbook of International Disaster Law (YIDL) (Brill Nijhoff) 2018-2022
  • Co-Lead WG3 EU COST Action CA16232 ENGAGER European Energy Poverty 2017-2022
  • Chair of Programme Committee LLMs PIL and Human Rights
  • Internship coordinator LLMs PIL & Human Rights
Last modified:08 January 2026 4.04 p.m.

Contact information

Oude Boteringestraat 18
9712 GH Groningen
The Netherlands

Department Transboundary Legal Studies

Room:
12.15.0121 (Oude Kijk 5-9)