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

Dr. Hesselman is chair of the Programme Committee for LLMs PIL, IHRL and GCL and Internship coordinator for the LLMs Public International Law and International Human Rights Law. She is part of the UG Teaching Academy Committee on Diversity & Inclusion. She is founder and academic coordinator for the GCHL Summer School on "Global Governance of Health Vulnerabilities in Africa", organized jointly with Mzumbe University, in Arusha, Tanzania.

Dr. Hesselman supervises PhD students, LLM and LLB thesis students with an interest in the areas of international human rights law and energy access/justice, climate change, and environmental health law. She is open to further proposals in these areas.

Course (co-)coordinator:

• LLM International Environmental Law
• LLM International Health Law
• LLB Intro to International and European Law (PIL part)
• BA/IRIO Intro to International and European Law (PIL part)
• Bachelor JOV1 Jurdische Onderzoeksvaardigheden (PIL part)

Contributor:

• LLM Advanced International Law
• LLM Seminar Human Rights Law
• LLM Climate Law
• LLM Settlement of International Disputes
• LLM International Law in Practice
• MA International Law for Humanitarian Action (NOHA-course)
• LLB Honours College
• BA UCG Age of Human Rights
• BSc Fryslan Planetary Health
• LLB Research Seminar
• LLB Research Colloquium (Thesis)
• LLM Thesis

Past contributions:

• LLB Starting your Academic Career (co-ordinator)
• LLB Public International Law
• Bachelor Studentenrechtbank (student moot court)
• LLB Honours Moot court
• LLB Honours Leadership Lab
• BA UCG International Law
• LLM International Trade & Development Law

Guest lectures:

• Columbia University, European Climate and Health Responders Course: 'Climate Litigation and Health', Global Consortium for Health and Climate Education (2024) see here

• Sant'Anna Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Jean Monnet Summer School: European and International Human Rights Standards on Disasters: 'International and Regional Human Rights Law'; 'Right to Humanitarian Assistance', Sant'Anna Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy (2021-2023, 2024-2026)

• University of Salerno, Italy, Jean Monnet Summer School: Health, Environment and Climate Change: 'Human Rights, Air Pollution and Climate Change', (2018)

• Netherlands North Sea Energy Law Programme: 'Energy Access and the Law', University of Groningen, Netherlands (2018)

• University of Aberdeen, UK, LLM 'Research Seminar: 'The Contours of a Human Right to Energy Access' University of Aberdeen, UK (2016), see here.

• ISS/Erasmus University, Rotterdam, MA - 'Theorizing Human Rights, Society and State' (Civic-State Interaction: Translating Human Rights Norms into Local Realities) (2013).