Introduction
As a Professor of International Law and Development working at a development studies institute (ISS, The Hague, The Netherlands - part of Erasmus University Rotterdam) I am interested in exploring how international law can be a stimulus or an obstacle for development. I am especially interested in inclusive development, and in human rights-based and child rights-based approaches to development. I also have ample experience with project work in both developing and developed countries, for governmental and non-governmental organizations. Please check https://www.iss.nl/en/people/karin-arts
Expert
Some of my recent academic activities have focused on: the SDGs as tools for inclusive development; the SDGs and children’s rights; the right to development and children’s rights; a child rights perspective on climate change; and the right to development and climate change. I am also a founding member of the Kids Rights Index team (a global ranking of state performance on implementing the UNCRC) and vice-chair of the Supervisory Board of UNICEF-NL. I have more than 30 years of academic and professional experience and have worked in more than 20 countries in both the global North and South.
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Sustainable Development Goals