Professor Rikki Holtmaat


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 7740
E-Mail: h.m.t.holtmaat@law.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Instituut voor Publiekrecht, Afd Europees Recht
Office Address: Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
Room number B128
 
Research – fields of interest:
Non-discrimination law, human rights, legal theory
Curriculum Vitae
Rikki (H.M.T.) Holtmaat (1952) is professor at the Europa Institute since October 2003. She graduated cum laude in Law at Utrecht University in 1983 and worked as a member of the academic staff of the Dutch Emancipation Council from 1982 -1985. Between 1985 and  2001 she lectured Women & Law at the University of Leiden. She has done a PhD-research (1992) into the gender bias of the system of social insurance and social assistance in the Netherlands. She participated in the European Forum 1994-1995 on Gender and the Use of Time as a visiting professor (European University Institute, Florence, Italy) and was a visiting professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland (1998). From 1998 until 2006 she mainly worked as a free lance consultant and researcher for governments and non-governmental institutions and organisations all over the world.
Subjects that she has been working on in the recent past are, among others:   
  • the legal protection against sexual harassment in the Netherlands and in the EU
  • the development of new EC equality Directives (on the basis of Article 13 ECT), prohibiting discrimination on the ground of race/ethnicity, religion, disablement, sexual orientation and age
  • the construction of Dutch legislation prohibiting discrimination of disabled people
  • the evaluation of the process of implementation of the Women’s Convention in the Netherlands
  • the development of new anti-discrimination legislation in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • a gender impact assessment of changes in matrimonial property law in the Netherlands
  • a study into the nature and effect of article 4(1) CEDAW on temporary special measures
  • a study into the nature and effect of article 5a CEDAW
  • an in-depth study about the prevalence of domestic violence and the level of implementation of international standards with respect to combating domestic violence in the Western Balkans
  • the prevalence and functioning of equal treatment commissions and other equality bodies in 25 member states
  • the evaluation of the functioning of the Dutch General Equal Treatment Act
 
Prof. Rikki Holtmaat is a member of the European Commission’s Network of Legal Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field. Currently she works half time at this Law Faculty. Besides being an academic she also writes fiction. An overview of  her activities an a complete list of her publications can be found at her personal web site ( www.rikkiholtmaat.nl).
Teaching
  • Equality and non-discrimination: from fundamental principles to legal entitlements (LLC course)
  • European Citizenship and Non-Discrimination (Practicum Masters European Law)
  • Leiden Law Practice (1st year course)
Selected publications
Books / reports {Translation of the titles between brackets.}: 
  • Seksuele intimidatie op de werkplek; een juridische gids. {Sexual harassment at the workplace; a Legal Guidebook.} Ars Aequi Libri, Nijmegen 1999. (249 pages)
  • De Toekomst van Gelijkheid; De juridische en maatschappelijke inbedding van de gelijkebehandelingsnorm.  {The Future of Equality; The Legal and Social Embedding of the Equal Treatment Norm.}  (Volume of articles edited by Rikki Holtmaat.) Kluwer, Deventer 2000. (267 pages)
  • Equality Law and the work of the Equal Treatment Commission in the Netherlands. Equal Treatment Commission, Utrecht 2001.  (64 pages)
  • Gelijkheid en (andere) Grondrechten. {Equality and (other) Constitutional Rights} (Volume of Articles edited by Rikki Holtmaat) Kluwer, Deventer 2004. (292 pages)
  • Towards Different Law and Public Policy; The significance of Article 5a CEDAW for the elimination of structural gender discrimination.  Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, Den Haag / Reed Business Information, Doetinchem 2004. (127 pages)
  • Grenzen aan gelijkheid. Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar internationaal non-discriminatierecht op 1 oktober 2004 te Leiden. {The Limits of Equality; Inaugural speech, Leiden 1 October 2004.} Boom Juridische Uitgevers, Den Haag 2004. (32  pages)
  • Catalysts for Change? Equality bodies according to Directive 2000/43/EC. European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Brussels 2007. (62 pages)

  Articles {Translation of the titles between brackets.}:
  • The issue of overtime payments for part-time workers in the Helmig case; Some thoughts on equality and gender. In: Yota Kravaritou (ed): The regulation of working time in the European Union; Gender approach,. P.I.E. Peter Lang, Brussel 1999, pp 411-444.
  • De toekomst van gelijkheid; een agenda voor wetgeving, beleid en onderzoek op het gebied van discriminatiebestrijding en gelijke behandeling. {The Future of Equality: an agenda for legislation, policy and research in the field of combating discrimination and enhancing equal treatment.} In: R. Holtmaat (ed.): De Toekomst van Gelijkheid; De juridische en maatschappelijke inbedding van de gelijkebehandelingsnorm. Kluwer, Deventer 2000, pp  253-267.
  • Uit de keuken van de Europese Unie: de gelijkebehandelingsrichtlijnen op grond van Artikel 13 EG-Verdrag. {Fom the Kitchen of the European Union: the Equal Treatment Directives on  the ground of Article 13 ECT.} In: T. Loenen (ed.): Gelijke Behandeling: Oordelen en Commentaren. Kluwer, Deventer 2001, pp. 105-124.
  • Gender, the analytical concept that tackles the hidden structural bias of law. In: Recht Richting Frauen; Beitrage zur feministischen Rechtswisschenschaft. Dike Verlag, Lachen/St. Gallen 2001, pp.159-182.
  • Het gelijkheidsbeginsel: van een vat vol dilemma’s naar drie typen van gelijkerechtenwetgeving. {The equality principle: from a barrel full of dilemma’s to three types of equal treatment laws.} In: M. Kroes, J.P. Loof & H.M.Th.D. ten Napel (eds.): Gelijkheid en rechtvaardigheid; Staatsrechtelijke vraagstukken rondom ‘minderheden’. Kluwer, Deventer 2002, pp 161-175.
  • European Women and the CEDAW-Convention: The way forward. In: L’égalité entre femmes et hommes et la vie profesionnelle; Le point sur les développements actuels en Europe. Edition Dalloz, Paris 2003, pp. 153-174.
  • Building Blocks for a General Recommendation on Article 4(1) of the CEDAW Convention. Report of the Expert Meeting in Maastricht 10-12 October 2002. In: Ineke Boerefijn, Fons Coomans, Jenny Goldschmidt, Rikki Holtmaat & Ria Wolleswinkel (eds.): Temporary Special Measures; Accelerating de facto equality of women under article 4(1) UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.. Intersentia, Antwerpen / Oxford / New York 2003, pp. 213-230.
  • Schattenberichte zu den Staatenberichten und der Dialog mit der Zivilgesellschaft: Neue Chance der Öffentlichkeit? {Shadow Reports to the State Reports and the dialogue with civil society; new opportunities for public debate?} In: Doris König, Joachim Lange, Ursula Rust & Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling: Gleiches Recht, Gleiche Realität? Loccumer Protocolle, Loccum- Deutschland 2003, nr. 71/03, p. 67-78.
  • (Seksuele) Intimidatie en (on)gelijke behandeling: nieuwe normen, nieuwe praktijken? Enkele overwegingen bij de nieuwe EG-Richtlijnen op dit terrein en de wijze waarop deze in Nederland worden geïmplementeerd. { (Sexual) Harassment and (un) Equal Treatment: New norms, new practices? Some comments on the new EC Directives in this field and the way they are implemented in the Netherlands.}  In: D. de Wolfff (ed.): Gelijke behandeling, Oordelen en Commentaar 2003. Kluwer, Deventer 2004, pp. 89-106.
  • Gelijkheid en (andere) Grondrechten; naar een nieuw evenwicht tussen gelijkheid, vrijheid en solidariteit. {Equality and (other) Constitutional Rights; Towards a new equilibrium between equality, freedom and solidarity.} In: Rikki Holtmaat (ed.) Gelijkheid en (andere) Grondrechten. Kluwer, Deventer 2004, pp. 3-18.
  • Gelijkheid en non-discriminatie als grondrecht; een pleidooi voor het maken van onderscheid tussen discriminatie en ongelijke behandeling. {Equality and Non-discrimination as Constitutional Rights; A plea for making a distinction between discrimination and unequal treatment.} In: Rikki Holtmaat (ed.) Gelijkheid en (andere) Grondrechten. Kluwer, Deventer, 2004, pp.67-96
  • CEDAW and the European Union's Policy in the Field of Combating Gender Discrimination. In: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. 2005, Vol. 12, Number 4, pp. 399-425. (Together with Christa Tobler.)
  • Discriminatie of onderscheid: het kleine verschil met grote gevolgen of het grote verschil met kleine gevolgen? {Discrimination or making distinctions: the small difference with big consequences or the big difference with small consequences?} In: M.L.M. Hertogh en P.J.J. Zoontjens (eds.): Gelijke behandeling, principes en praktijken. Evaluatieonderzoek Algemene Wet Gelijke Behandeling. Wolf Legal Publishers, Nijmegen 2006, pp 3-113.