Deogratias, Benedicta

Position / Title

Assistant Professor of General Legal Theory & Practice

Department

Faculty of Law

Email Address

benedicta.deogratias@ua.aw

ORCID

0009-0008-7510-2550

Fields of Specialization

Methods in Empirical Legal Research
Human Rights Law
Women's rights
Law and Religion

Last updated February 10, 2026

Biography

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.

Publication Search Results

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UARC Dialogue Session: Proposal Panic!
(University of Aruba, Research Center, 2025-09-16) Arias, Nurianne; Deogratias, Benedicta; López Márquez, Violeta; Mijts, Eric; Plomp, Esther; Proveyer, Liesje
On the 16th of September the University of Aruba Research Center organized a session on sharing experiences around working on and submitting research proposals, initiated by Benedicta Deogratias. The slides summarize the challenges and tips shared by the five presenters. Based on the discussions and questions during the session. The UARC will follow up with the following - For the NWO PhD call: suggest to NWO to provide options to share the information from the statements of intent from the PhD candidates more widely so that supervisors with the relevant expertise can reach out to these candidates. A lot of PhD candidates struggled with setting up their supervisory team for this call. - Based on the questions and interest around this session, we expect to organize a more practical/how to workshop on research proposals in early 2026, aligned with the NWO PhD Caribbean call. - Look into the possibilities of working with a team on shared documents (in collaboration with IT) - The Research Center can help with suggestions for supervisors and help with reaching out to them, but we may not have the expertise or connections for your research field. The Research Center can set up a database with potential supervisors who have already reached out to see if there are collaboration opportunities. - The Research Center can help with setting up budgets for research proposal. We will also set up information for research calls in Stone in a more transparent manner. - The Research Center will set up a database of potential supervisors that have already been in contact with the UA about being open to collaborate.
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A human right to divorce
(2025-05) Deogratias, Benedicta
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Presentatie Onderzoeksprogramma: Rechten, Vrijheden en beginselen in de Arubaanse context
(2025-03-13) Huiskes, Brechtje; Meijer, Hannah; Deogratias, Benedicta
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UA Research & Expertise - Benedicta Deogratias
(2025) Deogratias, Benedicta
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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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Fruta di nos Hofi : het verleden, heden en de toekomst van het Arubaanse recht
(Uitgeverij Paris, 2024) Luk, Ngo Chun; Bonnevalle-Kok, Ruth; Deogratias, Benedicta; Huiskes, Brechtje; luk, Ngo Chun; Bonnevalle-Kok, Ruth; Deogratias, Benedicta; Huiskes, Brechtje
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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 Báez, Antonio; Deogratias, Benedicta; Jessurun, Raymond; Jahangir, Selim; Elsinga, Jelte; van Liempt, Ilse; Duits, Ashley
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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
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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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De eer gekeerd: Een verkennend onderzoek naar de rol van de extended family bij de aanpak van eergerelateerd geweld in verschillende Europese landen
(Maastricht University, 2020) Rutten, Susanne; Deogratias, Benedicta
Unlike domestic violence often is perpetrated by persons within the nuclear family, Honour Based Violence often involves multiple persons within the nuclear and extended family and may very well involve persons from the close community. It may be condoned and is at times even encouraged within the family and in close social circles. These aspects require attention within all the decision-making processes and policies that address Honour Based Violence. In light hereof, an exploratory research was carried out to explore the extent to which the extended family is involved in addressing Honour Based Violence in three European countries: Belgium, Germany and Sweden. The Report offers a succinct overview of the answers to the research questions and the observed measures and interventions in these countries. The study followed a top-down as well as a bottom-up approach in exploring the existing measures. A top-down approach refers to exploring the laws and policy measures developed on national or regional levels that are implemented on both national and local levels. The bottom-up approach refers to the initiatives and measures that have been taken and are being used at the local levels by projects and NGOs that actively address Honour Based Violence.