M. (Monique) van Cauwenberghe, LLM MA
Researcher and teacher in human rights and health (in the climate crisis)
E-mail:
m.v.c.van.cauwenberghe rug.nl
Field/Discipline
Expertise
International human rights law (focus on socio-economic rights & the right to mental health), International disaster law (climate disasters), Internal displacement law (incl. evacuations), (Mental) health and human rights arguments in climate litigation relating to displacement, Women’s (public) health as a right to (mental) health concern, Empirical legal research and qualitative and quantitative methods
Other positions
- Coordinator, Groningen Centre for Health Law
- Coordinator, Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco (GCHL – University of Queensland)
- Coordinator, NNHRR Working Group on Human Rights and the Climate Crisis
- Author, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
- Member, interdiscplinary EU COST Action CLIMENT (Climate Change and Mental Health Impacts)
- Member, Refugee Law Initiative, Working Group on Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement
- Editor, GCHL Blog and GCHL Student Blog
Last modified:05 August 2026 01.56 a.m.