Deogratias, Benedicta

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Assistant Professor of General Legal Theory & Practice
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Methods in Empirical Legal Research
Human Rights Law
Women's rights
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Last updated March 5, 2025
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Benedicta Deogratias has been a researcher and lecturer of general law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Aruba since March 2020. Additionally, Benedicta is the exchange coordinator of the faculty. Furthermore, she is part of the Tienda di Ley committee and a member of the Exam Committee. Benedicta's research focuses predominantly on human rights topics related to women's rights, social inequalities, and racial discrimination.

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    Ensuring equal human rights enjoyment and protection in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    (2023-07) Huiskes, Brechtje; Deogratias, Benedicta
    The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recently expressed concerns about the ‘potential discrimination in the enjoyment of human rights by people of Aruba, Curacao and Sint-Maarten’ during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the conditionalities linked to the financial assistance of the Netherlands to the Dutch Caribbean. The agreed upon conditionalities called for the introduction of austerity measures within the Dutch Caribbean. Consequently, existing inequalities in the enjoyment of human rights in the different countries of the Kingdom are likely to increase. As a State the Kingdom of the Netherlands, comprised of the autonomous countries of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint-Maarten and the Netherlands, is primarily responsible for the implementation of treaties and protection of human rights within the Kingdom. The territorial application of human rights treaties can however be limited to certain parts of the Kingdom. At the same time, on the constitutional level, the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has delegated the implementation of human rights treaties to each individual country, whilst the Kingdom assumes a guarantee function (waarborgfunctie). This paper highlights how this constitutional set up contributes to existing structural inequalities in the enjoyment of human rights in different countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. By exploring existing constitutional tools and institutions, this paper additionally offers various ways to strengthen cooperation and equal participation between the countries of the Kingdom in their joint effort to ensure
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    Race in the Netherlands: The Place of the Surinamese in Contemporary Dutch Society
    (Humanity in Action, 2011) Deogratias, Benedicta; Signleton, Kyera; Wojtalewicz, Casey; Deogratias, Benedicta
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    COVIDCAS Research into the resilience of Dutch Caribbean societies Final Report
    (2024) Bailey, Ajay; Griffith-Lendering, Merel; Hellings, Elly; Gertsenbluth, Izzy; Carmona Baez, Antonio; Deogratias, Benedicta; Jessurun, Raymond; Jahangir, Selim; Elsinga, Jelte; van Liempt, Ilse; Duits, Ashley
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    Symposium Series Slavery Past and Present.
    (2024-01-30) Alofs, Luc; Deogratias, Benedicta
    June 26 May 29 April 17 January 31
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    Leave no one behind : Human rights-based approach to crisis management legislation and policy on Aruba
    (Uitgeverij Paris, 2024) Deogratias, Benedicta; Luk, N.C.; Bonnevalle-Kok, Ruth; Deogratias, Benedicta; Huiskes, Brechtje