Kristof Gombeer
Lecturer/researcher
- Name
- Dr. K.C.N. Gombeer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- k.c.n.gombeer@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8848-7439

Dr. Kristof Gombeer is an Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute of the Leiden Law School. He researches in the field of human rights law and at the intersection between European law and public international law. He teaches in the bachelor's and master's programmes.
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Dr. Kristof Gombeer is an Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute of the Leiden Law School, Leiden University. He researches in the field of human rights law and at the intersection between European law and public international law. Kristof’s research interests include human rights protection in cross-border contexts and in the maritime domain in particular. In the latter capacity, he currently serves on the International Law Association’s Committee on the Protection of People at Sea. Kristof coordinates the courses ‘Introduction to European Law’ in the Bachelor of Laws programme and ‘Interaction between Legal Systems: legal reasoning in international, EU and national law’ in the LLM European Law and the LLM Public International Law programmes. In addition, he is the coordinator of the ‘Atelier’, a new small-scale teaching format in the Bachelor of Law programme which focuses on the integration of legal disciplines and the development of skills.
Lecturer/researcher
- Faculty of Law
- Institute of Public Law
- Europees Recht
- Gombeer K.C.N. (23 June 2022), Relations of duty in an age of rights: a study of the supply side of human rights in the context of maritime migration (Dissertatie. Institute of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Lawson R.A., Rijpma J.J., Franckx E. & Smis S.
- Gombeer K.C.N. & Smis S. (2022), The establishment of ETOs in the context of externalised migration control. In: Gibney M., Erdem Türkelli G., Krajewski M. & Vandenhole W. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations. London: Routledge. 169-181.
- Gombeer K.C.N. (29 April 2021), Rescue operations at sea and human rights: UN Human rights committee, 27 January 2021, Communication N° 3043/2017, S.A. et al. v MALTA and Communication n°3042/2017, S.A. et al. v ITALY. Cahiers de l'EDEM. Louvain-la-Neuve: Centre Charles de Visscher. [blog entry].
- Rijpma J.J., Fink M., Gombeer K. & Petrig A. (Eds.) (2020), Special Issue "The EU and Maritime Security". Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal.
- Rijpma J.J., Fink M. & Gombeer K. (2020), The EU and Maritime Security: An Introduction, Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal 7: 2-4.
- Cusumano E. & Gombeer K.C.N. (2020), In deep waters: The legal, humanitarian and political implications of closing Italian ports to migrant rescuers, Mediterranean Politics 25(2): 245-253.
- Gombeer K.C.N., Ulusoy O. & Basilien-Gainche M.-L. (2019), Understanding the Causes of Border Deaths: A Mapping Exercise. In: Cuttitta P. & Last T. (Eds.), Border Deaths. Causes, Dynamics and Consequences of Migration-related Mortality. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 131-148.
- Gombeer K.C.N., Molnár T., Syring T. & Vitiello D. (27 February 2019), Introduction to the Symposium on 'the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: The Twin Peaks?'. EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law. [blog entry].
- Fink M. & Gombeer K.C.N. (14 June 2018), The Aquarius incident: navigating the turbulent waters of international law. EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law. [blog entry].
- Gombeer K.C.N. & Fink M. (2018), Non-Governmental Organisations and Search and Rescue at Sea, Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal (4): 1-25.
- Fink M., Gombeer K.C.N. & Rijpma J.J. (9 July 2018), In search of a safe harbour for the Aquarius: the troubled waters of international and EU law. EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy: Odysseus Academic Network. [blog entry].
- Gombeer K.C.N. (2017), Human rights adrift? Enabling the disembarkation of Migrants to a place of safety in the Mediterranean, Irish yearbook of international law 10(2015): 23-55.
- Gombeer K.C.N., annotation: Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie 6 September 2017, no. C-643/15 en C-647/15, ECLI: EU: C: 2017: 631. KwartaalSignaal 2017(145): 8506-8507 (AAK20178524 Slovakije en Hongarije t. Raad).
- David E. & Gombeer K.C.N. (2015), Etude spéciale: La loi belge de 2013 sur la lutte contre la piraterie maritime, Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Internationaal Recht / Revue Belge de Droit International 47(2014/2): 823-832.
- Benatar M. & Gombeer K.C.N. (2012), Cyber Sanctions: Exploring a Blind Spot in the Current Legal Debate. Krisch N., Mälksoo L. & Prost M. (Eds.), ESIL 2011 4th Research Forum: Tallinn Research Forum, 26-28 May 2011. no. 1:1 = Conference Paper No. 9/2011. Tallinn: European Society of International Law Conference. 1-23.
- Gombeer K.C.N. (2012), Het internationaal juridisch kader voor het interstatelijk gebruik van computeraanvallen. In: Francois A., Smis S., Van Laethem K. & Van Limberghen G. (Eds.), Juridische Meesterwerken VUB 2010-2011: selectie van de beste masterproeven in de rechten. Brussel: Larcier. 165-220.