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

Assistant Professor International Law / Chair of Groningen Center for Health Law
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Research interests

Research interests: socio-economic human rights law; energy access; right to energy; right to health; right to housing; human rights and the environment; international climate law; international disaster law; poverty alleviation; sustainable development; access to essential services; NAIL/social constructivist legal theory.  

Publications

As governments fail us on climate change, courts are forced to consider ethical questions

Collective action and legal mobilisation for the right to health in the climate crisis

Energie als mensenrecht: Juridische verankering en implicaties voor Nederlands energiearmoedebeleid

Energy and the social contract: From “energy consumers” to “people with a right to energy”

Environmental Health: Regulating Clean Air & Water as Underlying Determinants of Health

Environmental Health: Towards Synthesis in Global Law and Governance

Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water Disputes Continued: International Law in Japanese Court?

International Human Rights Law (International Disaster Law in Practice Section)

International Human Rights Law (International Disaster Law in Practice Section)

Just transition litigation in Latin America: Striking a balance between economic development and environmental and social energy justice

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Press/media

Beperkte keuze staat verduurzaming in de weg

Ondanks steun is het aantal energiearme Nederlanders fors toegenomen: ‘Isolatie is de oplossing’

Energiearmoede is ergst voelbaar buiten de Randstad

Le chemin vers un service minimum de l’énergie en Europe

Groninger Wissenschaftler untersucht das Recht auf Energie | Wissenschaft

Groningse wetenschapster onderzoekt recht op energie

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