Call for Applications: for the post of Doctoral Fellow in ERC research project “MIGJUST: Global Migration Justice at Ghent University
About the project
The ERC research project “MIGJUST: Global Migration Justice: Beyond conflicting approaches to migration in international human rights law” (ERC-AdG-2023- 101141743) is seeking to fill three PhD positions. This document concerns the vacancy for research on the African Commission and Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The key hypothesis of MIGJUST is that there is a fundamental conflict in human rights case law on migration between the human rights approach, adopted by the Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights and the African Court and Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, and on the other hand the sovereignty approach of the European Court of Human Rights. The difference is also at work in the case law of the UN human rights bodies. The two approaches are reflected in, and are in turn reinforced by, political theory on migration justice. In academic studies, the conflict has not been noted because the case law of the European Court of Human Rights is considered to constitute the most developed version of international human rights law. The conflict between the two approaches is problematic because it goes against the international character of international law and hinders international cooperation. MIGJUST will address this problem by:
- analysing the under-studied case law of the Inter-American, African and UN human rights bodies;
- carrying out a comparative analysis of the European, Inter-American, African and UN case law in the field of migration;
- relating the varying positions to political theory on migration justice; and
- developing methodologies to resolve the doctrinal conflict.
For more information on the overall project see the MIGJUST research plan.
The PhD candidate will become a member of the Migration Law Research Group at the Faculty of Law and Criminology. English will be the main language of work
How to apply
Apply by emailing your application to [email protected]. Make sure to mention MIGJUST PhD 2 in the subject heading. The deadline for applications is 12 January 2025.
Your application must include the following documents:
- your CV and an overview of your study results (merged into one pdf file)
- your application letter in pdf format
- a transcript of the required degree (if already in your possession). If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
- the email and telephone of two people whom we can contact for academic references
- a writing sample in English, ideally an academic text (such as a master’s thesis) on a topic related to MIGJUST (10,000 words maximum).
We plan to have a first round of online interviews in the week of 3 February 2025.
As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.
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