Florence Benoît-Rohmer (born 20 September 1952) is a French
jurist
A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...
, specializing in European Law and Human Rights, and currently a Professor of
Public Law
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at the
University of Strasbourg.
Biography
Benoît-Rohmer was born in
Strasbourg
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and was educated at the Lycée Internationale des Pontonniers before attending the
Robert Schuman University
The ''Université Robert Schuman'', also known as Strasbourg III or URS, was a university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. In 2007, there were nearly 10,000 students enrolled at the university, including more than 1,500 foreign students. The universi ...
, where she obtained a master's degree in Public Law, as well as DEA () post-graduate diplomas in Public Law and Community Law, and a Doctorate.
She began her academic career as lecturer in 1984. She was the
Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Robert Schuman University from 2000 to 2003, and President of the Robert Schuman University (Strasbourg III) from July 2003 to December 2008, until the merger of the three major universities of Strasbourg, a process where she played a key role. Between 2009 and 2015, she was the Secretary General of the
, and was responsible for the Master in Human Rights at the University of Strasbourg.
In 2010 Benoît-Rohmer created two interdisciplinary summer programmes: the Venice Academy of Human Rights opened to academics, PhD students and practitioners, and the Venice School of Human Rights for postgraduate students from all academic backgrounds.
In May 2017, she signed a petition to block the
Front national
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Academic:
...
by voting for
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
at the 2nd round of the
2017 French presidential election
The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! (EM) and Marine Le Pen of the Nationa ...
.
Other roles
* Member of the Scientific Committee of the
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
* President of the French NGO
Plaider les droits de l'homme (PLDH)
* Regular columnist on human rights in the ''Journal of European Law''
Publications
Her work focused on human rights both within the
European Union and the
Council of Europe
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, especially the
European Convention on Human Rights and the
European Social Charter. She underlined the need to promote regional mechanisms of Human Rights protection stressing, at the same time, the necessity to foster cooperation among them in order to guaranty the principle of universality of Human Rights.
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Awards
* Laurea Honoris Causa from the
University of St. Clement of Ohrid, Bulgaria
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Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University
Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University ( ro, Universitatea Creștină "Dimitrie Cantemir") is a private university in Bucharest. The university was founded in 1990 by Momcilo Luburici and Corina-Adriana Dumitrescu as the Dimitrie Cantemir Indepen ...
, Romania.
* Officier of the
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
* Officier of the
National Order of Merit An order of merit is conferred by a state, government or royal family on an individual in recognition of military or civil merit.
Order of merit may also refer to:
* FIFA Order of Merit, for significant contribution to association football
* PDC O ...
* Chevalier of the
Legion of Honour
References
External links
Official resume
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1952 births
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
20th-century French women lawyers
21st-century French women lawyers
20th-century French lawyers
21st-century French lawyers