Mr. Dr. Drs. J.D. Temperman

Jeroen Temperman is assistant professor of public international law at the department of international law at the School of Law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

He completed his doctoral degree at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway). He holds an LL.M from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; an E.MA (hons.) from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice , Italy; and an MA (hons.) from the University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, Netherlands; he also holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Humanist Studies from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University for Humanist Studies respectively.

Contact Information

Erasmus University Rotterdam
School of Law, Dept. of International Law,
Room L6-83
Postbus 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tel.: (+31)(0) 10408 1618
Fax: (+31)(0) 10408 9195
Email: temperman[at]frg.eur.nl

Teaching

Currently taught courses include:

* International Human Rights Law (LL.M)

* Advanced Public International Law I (LL.M)

* Advanced Public International Law II (LL.M)

* Jessup International Moot Court (LL.M)

* Introduction to International and European Law (LL.B)

Research

Jeroen Temperman publishes mainly in the field of international human rights law and more specifically on issues of
religion-state relationships, freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression.

Jeroen Temperman is the editor-in-chief of Religion & Human Rights: An International Journal (Martinus Nijhoff/BRILL).

Selected publications

Books

Jeroen Temperman, "State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance" (Leiden/Boston: BRILL/Martinus Nijhoff Publ., 2010), 400pp.

Book Chapters/Journal Articles/Reviews

Jeroen Temperman, "State Neutrality in Public School Education" 2 Human Rights Quarterly (2010), pp. 866-898.

Jeroen Temperman, “Editorial”, 5(2-3) Religion and Human Rights: An International Journal (2010), pp. 93–95.

Jeroen Temperman, “The Right to Religiously Neutral Governance”, in: Rights and Righteousness: Religious Pluralism and Human Rights (David Tombs (ed.), (Belfast: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, 2010), pp. 95–101.

Jeroen Temperman, "The Emerging Counter-Defamation of Religion Discourse: A Critical Analysis"(4) Annuaire Droit et Religion (2009), pp. 553-559.

Jeroen Temperman, "Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Workplace"[Review], 31(2) Human Rights Quarterly (2009), pp. 546-551.

Jeroen Temperman & Roja Fazaeli, "Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a" [Review], 4(1) Religion and Human Rights: An International Journal (2009), pp.65-67.

Jeroen Temperman, "Citizenship & the Right to Religiously Neutral Governance", in: Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism (Vol. II) (Lefkios Neophytou (ed.), Nicosia: University of Cyprus, 2009), pp. 647-657.

Jeroen Temperman, "Blasphemy, Defamation of Religions & Human Rights Law", 26(4) Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (2008).

Jeroen Temperman, "Het Recht op Geloofsvrijheid: Historische Mijlpalen en Eigentijdse Uitdagingen" ["Freedom of Religion or Belief"], in: 60 Jaar Universele Verklaring voor de Rechten van de Mens: 1948-2008 (Steven Dewulf & Didier Pacquee (eds.), Antwerp: Intersentia, 2008), pp. 157-178.

Jeroen Temperman, "Religion in the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis of German, Israeli, American and International Law" [Review], 3(1) Religion and Human Rights: An International Journal (2008), pp. 75-77.

Jeroen Temperman, "25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Adoption of the 1981 UN Declaration on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: a Report", 2(1-2) Religion and Human Rights - An International Journal (2007), pp. 19-30.

Jeroen Temperman, The Neutral State: Optional or Necessary? - A Triangular Analysis of State-Religion Identification, Democratisation & Human Rights Compliance, 1(3) Religion and Human Rights - An International Journal (2006), pp. 269-303.

Jeroen Temperman, "Religion and Universal Human Rights - Contemporary Challenges", in: Science and Faith (St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy, 2005), pp. 220-231.

Jeroen Temperman, "Overzicht Vreemdelingenrecht" ["Overview of Immigration Law"], in: Handboek Interculturele Zorg (J.E. de Neef, H. Tenwolde and K.A.A. Mouthaan (eds.), Maarssen: Elsevier/De Tijdstroom, 2002), pp. I 2.4-1-I 2.4-30.