Who Started the Initiative?
Property Rights Tribunal Turkey
THE TRIBUNAL
Who are the initiative takers:
The Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) law firm is a Belgium-based firm that has handled various cases for Turkish citizens. For example, VSA lawyers defended Yüksel Yalçınkaya before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte
The initiative is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte, professor at the University of Ghent, who at the end of the 1980s was one of the first in Flanders region in Belgium to give a fully-fledged Human Rights course.
Academic History
Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte
The initiative is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte, professor at the University of Ghent, who at the end of the 1980s was one of the first in Flanders region in Belgium to give a fully-fledged Human Rights course.
- 1986: PhD in Law at Ghent University
- 1988 – present: Associate professor of constitutional law and human rights at the University of Ghent
- Deputy Prime Minister in federal governments in Belgium (1995-1998, 1999-2003, 2003-2005, 2011-2014)
- 2006: Appointed Minister of State by King Albert II
- 2018 – present: Senior Legal Counsel at the office of Van Steenbrugge Advocaten