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Researcher
Catherine Van De Heyning
- Research Expertise:My research concerns the protection of fundamental rights, in particular rights the interaction between the European / international level of human rights protection and the domestic protection of fundamental rights. What is the domain of the national legislator / judge? Does European / international protection improve the protection of fundamental rights? How do these levels interact? Plus, how does this work in a digitalised world whereby cyberspace does not limit itself to national borders? In recent research I focus in particular on the impact of digitalisation on fair trial rights and the interaction from this angle. I researched issues as the use of retained communication data, the use of crossborder e-evidence, forced decyrption of devices, …
- Keywords:HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE, CYBERCRIME, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COOPERATION, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, EUROPEAN LAW, RIGHTS OF DEFENSE, EUROPEAN CRIMINAL LAW, FAIR TRIAL RIGHTS, Law (incl. notarial studies)
- Disciplines:Criminal law, European law, Human rights law, International law
- Research techniques:In my research, I apply an analytical approach to legal norms, case law and jurisprudence from a qualitative approach. However, in several project I applied as well quantative data mining, e.g. with regard to references to European courts or European and international legal sources.
- Users of research expertise:NGO's / IGO Judiciary and law enforcement Digital industry Media