Luc Reydams
LuLuc H. Reydams (JSD, LL.M., University of Notre Dame) Assistant Professional
Specialist, Department of Political Science & Fellow of the Joan B. Kroc
Institute for International Peace Studies and of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.
Reydams earned degrees in law and in political sciences from
the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Université Catholique de Louvain. He
practiced law for a number of years in Brussels before pursuing degrees in
international law at the Center for Civil and Human Rights (Notre Dame Law
School). Since joining the Political Science Department in 2002 he has taught
Introduction to International Law, Transnational Social Movements, International
Organizations, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation. He also has taught as a Visiting
Professor at the Catholic Universities of Lublin (Poland) and Leuven (Belgium).
Reydams research focuses on the intersections between international law and
international relations. In 2003 he published Universal Jurisdiction:
International and Municipal Legal Perspectives with Oxford University Press
(2003). More recent publications deal with the prosecutorial policy of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, patterns of armed conflict and
humanitarian law responses, and US anti-terrorism policy. He also co-ordinates
“International Prosecutors from Nuremberg to The Hague: Organization, Operation, and Legacy” (http://www.internationalprosecutor.eu), a five-year interdisciplinary international research project under advance publication contract with Oxford University Press. January through June 2008, Reydams is a Senior Research Fellow at the Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies (www.globalgovernancestudies.eu). He is also organizing a symposium and film festival “The Changing Face of Armed Conflict” at Notre Dame on February 12-15, 2009 on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the Geneva "Red Cross" Conventions.
Advising specialties:
Non-governmental organizations; international law
Teaching and research specialties :
International human rights law
Contact Information
Email: Luc.H.Reydams.1@nd.edu
Office: 437 Decio
Phone: (574) 631-6954
Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556