Research Director; Professor of Public International Law
Freya Baetens is Professor of Public International Law (Oxford University), Research Director at the Oxford Human Rights Hub (Pembroke College), GIC+ Project Director (Regent’s Park College) and was awarded the 2024 Francqui Chair (Belgium). She holds the Chair of EU External Economic Law at the Europa Institute (Leiden University) and is also affiliated with the LEVEL project (Oslo University). As a Member of the Brussels Bar and Special Counsel at Fietta LLP, she regularly acts as counsel or expert in international and European disputes.
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The Taliban’s New “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”: Fundamental Rights Violations Are Now Legal in Afghanistan
On 4 January 2026, the Taliban adopted the "Criminal Procedure Code for Courts" (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama). Until then, Taliban leader Hibabullah Akhundzad simply posted new rules on X, which were subsequently applied – often ...
Event: Inclusive Recovery in Action: Strategies for a Resilient Ukraine
The leaders of the project on "RE: Building Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," (Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko) invite stakeholders and scholars to participate ...
RE: BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL: Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine
The Project "RE: BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL: Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine", led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr levgeniia Kopytsia & Dr Daryna Dvornichenko, aims to address the multifaceted challenge of how Ukrainian society ...
