Elies van Sliedregt

Elies van Sliedregt is an Associate Professor at Tilburg Law School, specializing in Criminal Law and International Criminal Law. She holds positions in the Department of Criminal Law and has served as Dean of the Faculty of Law (2011-2015). Previously, she was a Professor at the University of Leeds and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on comparative criminal law, legal pluralism, and international criminal accountability. She is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and chairs the Board of Trustees at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

• Education:
  • PhD in Criminal Law (details not specified)
  • Prior academic roles at Leeds and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Research Interests:
  • Presumption of innocence
  • Legal pluralism
  • Corporate liability in international crimes
  • Terrorism and refugee exclusion

Her recent publications explore corporate accountability, military responsibility for illegal orders, and historical judicial complicity in dictatorships. She advises organizations like the American Bar Association and chairs panels on global criminal justice reform.

• Awards:
  • Fellow of McLaughlin College, York University (2018–present)
  • Holding Redlich Fellow at Monash University (2015)
• Grants/Projects:
  • ERC-funded 'Joined Up Justice' project (2023–2028)
  • 'Rehabilitation in International Criminal Law' (2023–2027)

She leads the 'Crime, Criminal Justice and Vulnerability Theory' research group and advises on international legal matters through roles like membership in the Commissie van Advies Volkenrechtelijke Vraagstukken.