CURRICULUM VITAE
Nives Mazur Kumrić
EMPLOYMENT
§ Scientific Collaborator, University of Liège, Belgium, Faculty of Law, Department of Nationality Law – 12/2015 onwards
§ Scientific Collaborator, University of Liège, Belgium, Faculty of Political Science, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Migrations – 12/2015 onwards
§ Marie Curie COFUND Advanced Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Liège, Belgium, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Department of Private International Law – 31/12/2013-31/12/2015
§ Assistant Professor/Docent at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia, Department of International Law – 2010 – 2014
§ Senior Assistant – 2008 – 2010
§ Assistant – 2004 – 2008
§ Junior Assistant – 2002 – 2004
§ Scientific Novice – 2000 – 2002
EDUCATION
§ Postdoctoral Degree in Nationality Law, University of Liège, Belgium, Faculty of Law and Political Science – 2015
§ Ph.D. (cum laude), J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia – 2008
§ Master of Laws in “Business Law and Business Transactions”, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia – 2004
§ Bachelor of Laws, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia – 2000
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
§ Researcher and lecturer, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Labour, Equality and Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, Osijek, Croatia, 2013-2014
§ Head of Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Study Programme “European Studies – Regional Cooperation and EU Integration” (Advanced Master in European Studies), J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia, 2011 – 2014
§ Member of the Council of Doctoral Education of the J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2011 – 2014
§ Erasmus Academic Coordinator, Faculty of Law, Osijek, Croatia, 2011 – 2014
§ Researcher in the project “Minority Rights Protection in Contemporary International Law and National Legislations” , J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia, 2006 – 2014
§ Project Manager of IPA (EU) Project “International Development Management Course Based on the Cooperation of South Transdanubian and Croatian Educational Institutions”, 2011 – 2012
§ National researcher in the project “Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law”, ICRC Geneva and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law - University of Cambridge, 2002 – 2010
§ Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Liège, Belgium, 2015
§ Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2015
§ Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2013
§ Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Pécs, Hungary, 2012, 2013
§ Member of the Editorial Board of the Pécs Journal of International and European Law, 2014 – present
§ Member of the Editorial Board of the Lex et Scientia International Journal – Juridical Series, 2009 – present
§ Member of the Editorial Board of the African Journal of Crime and Criminal Justice (AJCJ), 2009 – present
§ Mediator/conciliator in collective labour disputes, Government of the Republic of Croatia, Economic and Social Council, Office for Social Partnership, 2003 – 2011
TEACHING
§ Graduate courses: International Law; International Human Rights Law; Council of Europe Law; Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights; Human Rights Mechanisms and the Council of Europe
§ Postgraduate (master) courses: Human Rights Protection and the Council of Europe; Human Rights Protection in the Republic of Croatia; European Courts Case Law; Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
§ Postgraduate (doctoral) courses: European System of Minority Rights Protection; Nationality Law
§ International seminars: Human Rights Protection Course; Freedom, Security and Justice International Course (Faculty of Law, Pécs, Hungary, 2012 and 2013)
§ Guest lectures: International Human Rights Protection Course, MA in International Law (Faculty of Law of Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2013); MA in European Immigration Policy (Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Liège, Belgium, 2015); MA in EU Law (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2015)
SELECTED SEMINARS, TRAININGS, RESEARCH VISITS
§ OSCE Expert Seminar “Minorities and Migrants: Citizenship Policies and Political Participation”, EUI, Florence, Italy, 2013
§ CITSEE Workshop “Law and Citizenship in the New States of South East Europe”, Zagreb, Croatia, 2013
§ Research visit at the University of Pécs, Hungary, Faculty of Law, Centre for European Research and Education, November – December 2012
§ Ph.D. research visit at the University of Parma, Italy, Faculty of Law, July 2007 – January 2008
§ Intercultural Training “Breaking the Vicious Circle of Roma Cultural Isolation”, Council of Europe Office in Tirana and Human Rights Centre, Tirana, Albania, 2007
§ Course on Minority and Indigenous’ Peoples Rights, National University of Ireland, Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland, 2005
§ Human Rights Course, European Academy Institute, Academy of European Law, Florence, Italy, 2004
§ Training for mediators/conciliators in labour disputes, State Employment Relations Board, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2003
§ International Law Course, Academy of International Law, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2002
§ Human Rights Course, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 1999
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
§ International Conference on Nationalism and Identity: Mapping Nations, Locating Citizens, Toronto, Canada, 2015
§ International Conference “Patterns of Integration of Old and New Minorities in a Europe of Complex Diversity”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2015
§ 45th Annual Conference of the Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Bilbao, Spain, 2015
§ 2nd International Conference, “Social Change in the Global World”, Štip, Macedonia, 2015
§ International Conference "Being a Citizen in Europe", Zagreb, Croatia, 2015
§ International Scientific Conference “Legal System and Protection Against Discrimination”, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, 2015
§ Jean Monnet International Conference “New Developments in EU Labour, Equality and Human Rights Law”, Osijek, Croatia, 2015
§ ASEN 25th Annual Conference “Nationalism: Diversity and Security”, London, UK, 2015
§ International Conference “Social Change in the Global World”, Štip, Macedonia, 2014
§ International Conference on Social Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, 2014
§ Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) PhD/Postdoc Conference, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2014
§ International Conference “Place, (Dis)place and Citizenship”, Detroit, MI, USA, 2014
§ 2nd Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy, Singapore, 2013
§ International Conference “Law-Regions-Development: Legal Implications of Local and Regional Development”, Pécs, Hungary, 2013
§ International Jean Monnet Conference “Legal Culture in Transition: New Europe-Old Values? Reform and Perseverance”, Opatija, Croatia, 2013
§ International Conference “Contemporary Legal Challenges: EU-Hungary-Croatia”, Osijek, Croatia, 2012
§ International Jean Monnet Conference “Invisible Minorities”, Rijeka, Croatia, 2011
§ 3rd International Conference “The Role and Place of Law in a Society Based on Knowledge”, Târgu Jiu, Romania, 2011
§ International Conference “Cross-border and EU Legal Issues: Hungary-Croatia”, Pécs, Hungary, 2010
§ “2nd International Conference Vallis Aurea, Focus on: Regional Development”, Požega, Croatia, 2010
§ “Sharing Cultures 2009: International Conference on Intangible Heritage”, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, 2009
§ IFHE World Congress 2008 “Reflecting the Past – Creating the Future”, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2008
§ International Conference “Human Development and Security in Changing World”, Tafila/Petra/Amman, Jordan, 2007
§ International Conference “Environment: Survival and Sustainability”, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2007
§ International Conference “Transnational Perspectives: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion”, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
§ International Conference “Ethics, Human Rights and Development”, Oslo, Norway, 2006
§ International Conference “Security, Democracy and Human Rights”, Amman, Jordan, 2006
§ International Conference “Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children”, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006
MEMBERSHIP
§ European Society of International Law
§ Croatian Society of International Law
§ The Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies
§ Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
§ International Studies Association
§ Croatian Comparative Law Association
§ Croatian Mediation Association
PUBLICATIONS
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Župan, M., Identity Issues in Cross-border Matters, Revue hellénique de droit international, 2016 (under review).
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Reconfiguration of the Post-Dayton Political and Demographic Space through Citizenship Schemes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, "Mapping Nations, Locating Citizens", Humber Press, Toronto, 2016 (under review)
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Deconstructing the Citadel of Sovereignty: On the Notion of Public Interest in Citizenship Laws, Balkan Social Science Review, Vol. VII/2016 (under review).
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Novel Perspectives on the Right to Citizenship in the EU Member States: An Inquiry into Standard-Setting Rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and the EU Court of Justice, Revue de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Liège, 2016 (in print).
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., European System of Minority Rights Protection (with Special Reference to the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe), 2016, (book, in print, 150 000 words).
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Framing the Concept of Citizenship in a Contested Nation-State: Reflections on Kosovo, Pécs Journal of International and European Law, Vol. II/2015, pp. 70-89.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Župan, M., European Case-law on Asylum Matters: Interrelation and Interdependence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, in Sander, G. G., Rodin, S., Bodiroga-Vukobrat, N. (ed.), New Europe - Old Values?: Reform and Perseverance (Europeanization and Globalization), Springer, 2015, pp. 31-55.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Konceptualizacija prava na državljanstvo u jurisprudenciji Europskog suda za ljudska prava (eng. The Conceptualisation of the Right to Citizenship in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights), The Legal System and Protection Against Discrimination, Collection of Papers, Second Volume, Kosovska Mitrovica, pp. 361-378.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Aliens or Alienated? Naturalisation of Ex-Yugoslav Citizens in the Republic of Croatia, Balkan Social Science Review, Vol. 4/2014, pp. 177-203.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Multiple Citizenship at Stake: A Critical Assessment of the Croatian Citizenship Policy Towards National Minorities, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5/2014, pp. 184-193.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Lulić, M., Religious Minorities in the Media Space of the Republic of Croatia, US-China Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1/2014, pp. 94-111.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Komanovics, A., Europski regionalni pristup okolišu i ljudskim pravima (eng. European Regional Perspective on Environment and Human Rights), in: Župan, M., Vinković, M. (eds.), Pravo-regije-razvoj, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Pečuhu/Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Pečuh-Osijek, 2013, pp. 529-558.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Mijić, V., Some Aspects of the Right to Free Elections in the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, in: Barković Bojanić, I., Lulić, M. (eds.), Contemporary Legal and Economic Issues, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law Osijek, Croatia, 2013, pp. 145-181.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Human Rights of HIV-Positive People in the Light of the Case of Kiyutin v. Russia, in: Bodiroga-Vukobrat, N. et al. (eds.), Unsichtbare Minderheiten/Invisible Minorities, Schriften zum Sozial-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht, Band 4, Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2013, pp. 243-263.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Komanovics, A., The Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review: A Novel Method of Promoting Compliance with Human Rights, in: Drinoczi, T. et al. (eds.), Contemporary Legal Challenges: EU - Hungary - Croatia, Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Faculty of Law, University of Pecs, Osijek/Pecs, 2012, pp. 641-671.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., General Prohibition of Discrimination in International Law: the Case of Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annals Constantin Brancusi - Juridical Sciences Series, No. 3/2012, pp. 13-54.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Komanovics, A., Dual citizenship and ethnic minorities in Hungary and Croatia, in: Drinoczi, T., Takacs, T. (eds.), Cross-border and EU legal issues: Hungary – Croatia, Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Faculty of Law, University of Pecs, Osijek/Pecs, 2011, pp. 333-369.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Društvena inkluzija etničkih manjina kao čimbenik ekonomskog razvoja (eng. Social Inclusion of Ethnic Minorities as a Factor in Economic Development), in: Katalinić, B. (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference "Vallis Aurea", Focus on: Regional Development, Požega - Vienna, 2010, pp. 0843-0851.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Legal Status of the German Language Group in the Italian Province of South Tyrol, Pravni vjesnik, No. 3-4/2009, pp. 25-45.
· Mazur, N., Lulić, M., Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone in the Republic of Croatia and Environmental Protection, in: Gökçekuş, H., 2009 (ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability, Educational Foundation of Near East University, Nicosia, 2009, Volume X, pp. 4915-4927.
· Mazur-Kumrić, N., Lulić, M., Case study: intangible heritage of the Roma ethnic community in Croatia, in: Lira, S. et al. (eds.), Sharing Cultures 2009, Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, Barcelos, 2009, pp. 497-507.
· Mazur, N., Europski sustav zaštite prava manjina s posebnim osvrtom na Republiku Hrvatsku (eng. The European System of Minority Rights Protection with Special Reference to the Republic of Croatia), doctoral thesis, Pravni fakultet, Osijek, 2008, p. 549.
· Mazur, N., Lulić, M., Vulnerable Peoples in the Light of Sustainable Development – the Status of the Roma in the Republic of Croatia, E-book "Global Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Consumer Citizens", O’ Donoghue, M. (ed.), CDVEC (Ireland) and IFHE (Germany), 2008, pp. 1-11.
· Mazur, N., Lulić, M., Trafficking in Women for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation on the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia, Pravni vjesnik, No. 3-4/2007, pp. 155-171.
· Mazur, N., Činčurak, B., Međunarodnopravna analiza razgraničenja Republike Hrvatske i Republike Slovenije u Piranskom zaljevu (eng. International-law Analysis of Demarcation Between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia in the Piran Bay), Pravni vjesnik, No. 1-2/2007, pp. 221-246.
· Mazur, N., Vinković, M., Legal Protection of Women and Female Children in Armed Conflicts and at a Time of Transition in South-Eastern Europe, Pravni vjesnik, No. 1-2/2007, pp. 159-209.
CONTACT DETAILS
University of Liège
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Quartier Agora, Place des Orateurs, 3
4000 Liège
Belgium
+32-471-44-76-32
Last update: February 2016
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