dr. Elien Verniers

Biography

dr. Elien Verniers is a postdoctoral researcher and a member of the Centre for Environmental Law within the department of European, Public and International Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University, Belgium.

Her research focusses on legal issues with regard to Animal Welfare and Conservationism.
Her current research project is related to compassionate conservationism in EU law.

She obtained her doctoral degree in October 2022 with her PhD “Towards new legal instruments for animal welfare”.

At Ghent University she also teaches the course Animal & Law

Awards

2022: Winner Vdk-bank award on sustainable development

2022: Winner Essay award from Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law

2021: Winner Young Legal Researcher award

Recent Publications

“Het EHRM houdt verbod op onverdoofd slachten overeind” (2024) Tijd voor Mensenrechten,

“Dieren in de Grondwet: veel geblaat en weinig wol” (2024) JUBEL,

“Some explorations about extending the right to a healthy environment to future generations and animals” in The Right to a Healthy Environment in and Beyond the Anthropocene (Edward Elgar 2024), Chapter 9,

“Animal Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights” in Rights of Nature in Europe: Encounters and Visions (Routledge 2024), Chapter 9,

“Belgium: the country of chocolate, beer and an animal welfare state objective” (2024) IACL-AIDC BLOG,

“Survival of the (un)fittest: European Union animal welfare legislation” (2023) ERA Forum,