Ms Nelleke Koffeman LL.M


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 7751
E-Mail: n.r.koffeman@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 B134
 
Personal Homepage: www.law.leidenuniv.nl/org/publiekrecht/europainstituut/koffeman-nr.jsp
Curriculum Vitae
In 2006 Nelleke Koffeman (1984) successfully completed a master in Constitutional and Adminstrative Law at Leiden University. During her studies she was student assistant at the Europa Institute of this university. After her graduation she temporarily taught the Moot Court course in the field of Public International Law. Furthermore, she gained work experience as intern at the human rights cluster of the Dutch Ministry of Justice. In the autumn of 2007 she was an intern at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

As of February 2008, Nelleke is a PhD-student at the Europa Institute of Leiden University. Her research focuses on the impact of EU fundamental freedoms on diverging human rights standards within the European Union. During the first year of her appointment Nelleke contributed to the so-called Fundamental Rights Agency Group of Legal Experts (FRALEX) that is given the task of providing the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna with factual information concerning the human rights situation in the Netherlands. She teaches both in Dutch and in English.

Title of research: The impact of EU fundamental freedoms on diverging human rights standards; a need for (European) regulation?

Supervisors: Professor Janneke Gerards and Professor Rick Lawson
Courses
European Convention on Human Rights (LLC course), European Protection of Human Rights (LLM course) and supervision of (bachelor)theses