Lecture Professor Barend van Leeuwen: Cross-Border Healthcare and Fundamental Rights

On Monday 17 March, Professor of European Union Law Barend van Leeuwen will give a lecture in the Lokin Room of the Röling Building between 5 and 6.30 p.m. The topic of the lecture is 'Cross-Border Healthcare, Fundamental Rights and Rare Diseases: Medical Innovation through Free Movement'.

What is the relationship between cross-border healthcare and fundamental rights in the EU? In the last years, the Court of Justice of the EU has started to improve the connection between free movement of patients and fundamental rights in its case law. In this lecture, we will explore this relationship from the perspective of patients with rare diseases. 

Patients with rare diseases are likely to have to rely on cross-border healthcare, because they often require highly specialised treatment, which is only available in a limited number of Member States. How effective is the protection of this vulnerable patient group in and by EU law, and what is the specific role of fundamental rights? And to what extent does free movement of patients result in medical innovation, in the sense that it triggers a learning process between doctors and healthcare systems across Europe? 

All are welcome!

The speaker

Barend van Leeuwen fulfilled the role of assistant professor of Europea Law at the Faculty of Law of the UG between 2015 and 2017. He is currently employed at Durham University as Professor of European Union Law.

More information on Professor Barend van Leeuwen and his work

Organizers

The lecture is a collaboration between the Groningen Centre for Health law (GCHL) and the Security, Technology & e-Privacy Research Group (STeP), in the context of their new joint master track 'Health and Technology Law'.