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Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot

Professor of Law and Diversity

Academic Title Prof. Dr.
Email Pieter.Cannoot[@]UGent.be
Phone +32 (0)9 264 69 67

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Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Bio

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot is an assistant professor of Law and Diversity at Ghent University. In September 2019, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “The right to personal autonomy regarding sex (characteristics), gender (identity/expression) and sexual orientation: towards an inclusive legal system”, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Toon Moonen and Prof. Dr. Eva Brems.

Pieter studied law at Ghent University, graduating summa cum laude. From 2014 to 2019, Pieter assisted Prof. Dr. Toon Moonen, Prof. Dr. Johan Vande Lanotte and Prof. Dr. Eva Brems in their teaching. Since 2022, he teaches Introduction to Law, Multiculturality and Law, Law and Gender, and Street Law.

He regularly publishes on LGBTIQ+ rights, and various topics of the law of persons. He has contributed to several third party interventions submitted with the European Court of Human Rights. He also acts as an informal legal consultant to various LGBTIQ+ interest groups. In 2022, he clerked at the Belgian Constitutional Court.

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Featured Research Projects

Human rights protection in domestic law

Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Legislation

By Raoul Rombouts & Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot

Gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights, LGBTIQ Rights

Can gender equality be reconciled with gender autonomy?

By Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot & Prof. Dr. Toon Moonen

Supranational HR protection systems

Intersectionality in international human rights adjudication

By Sarah Schoentjes & Prof. Dr. Eva Brems

Gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights, LGBTIQ Rights

The right to the autonomous experience of sex, sexual orientation and gender

By Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot & Prof. Dr. Toon Moonen

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Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Publications

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Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Professional Positions

Assistant professor, Ghent University (2022- ongoing)
Law clerk, Constitutional Court of Belgium (2022)
Visiting professor, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Law (2020 – 2022)
FWO junior postdoctoral research fellow, Ghent University, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department of European, Public and International Law (2021- 2022)
Doctor-Assistant, Ghent University, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department of European, Public and International Law (2019 – 2021)
Academic Assistant,Ghent University, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department of European, Public and International Law (2014 – 2019)

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Education

University Degrees

Doctor of Laws, Ghent University, 2019 (Ghent University does not award degrees).
Master of Laws in Law, Ghent University, 2014 (greatest distinction).
Bachelor of Laws in Law, Ghent University, 2012 (greatest distinction).

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Sideline activities/memberships

Co-author of the third party intervention A.D. & A.K. v. Georgia (2019)
Co-author of the third party intervention Lili Minasyan and Others v Armenia (2018)
Co-author of the third party intervention R.L. & N.O. v. Russia (2018)

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's work details

Contact Hours: On appointment
Visiting Address: Universiteitstraat 4, B-9000 Ghent
Postal Address: Ghent University, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Universiteitstraat 4, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
Secretariat: +32 (0)9 264 68 53
Working Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Office Hours: 09.00 h – 17.00 h

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's expertise

Belgian constitutional law
Comparative constitutional law
Human rights law
Law and gender

Prof. Dr. Pieter Cannoot's Scientific honors, awards and fellowship/grants

‘Prize for best student bachelor and master combined’ during the Law Studies, awarded by Ghent University, 2014