Dr. Lorena Sosa

Dr. Lorena Sosa

Universitair hoofddocent
Internationaal en Europees Recht
l.p.a.sosa@uu.nl

Activiteiten

2026

Bridging Equality Bodies and Academia: Research, Data and Partnerships for EqualitySosa, L. (Participant)
11 Jun 2026
Law as the grammar of power: Human rights gains, structural limits, and backlashSosa, L. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2026
, Panel on Violence, power and masculinity with Prof. Rita Segato
The recognition of political violence against women in the IASHRSosa, L. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2026
, Women Political Dissenters
Femicide in Law: Promise, Peril, and the Politics of RecognitionSosa, L. (Speaker)
19 May 2026
, Researching Femi(ni)cide in Times of Backlash
Transfeminist Futures in International Law and Global Movement BuildingSosa, L. (Organiser)
31 Mar 2026
From Visibility to Justice? Reflections around legal developments on (trans)femicideSosa, L. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2026
, Transfeminist Futures in International Law and Global Movement Building
Access to Justice Beyond the Door: Intersectionality as a Method of Judicial ReasoningSosa, L. (Speaker)
Mar 2026
, Racial Discrimination in European and International Law
Through someone else’s eyes: cultivating perspective-taking to foster social responsibility in tomorrow’s lawyers.Sosa, L. (Speaker)
29 Jan 202630 Jan 2026
, VSR conferentie

2025

Feminist and Queer Research Collaboration MeetingSosa, L. (Organiser)
10 Dec 2025
Boekpresentatie: Feminist and Queer Methodology in LawSosa, L. (Organiser)
10 Dec 2025
Intersectional discrimination and Gender-based violenceSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2025
Bodies as analytical lens in Human Rights LawSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
21 Nov 2025
, Human Rights and the Body
Challenging the Open in Open SocieitesSosa, L. (Organiser)
7 Nov 2025
Non-binary Legal Gender in the Inter-American SystemSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
21 Oct 202523 Oct 2025
, Global Perspectives on Nonbinary Legal Gender Recognition
Rachele ScardamagliaSosa, L. (Host)
1 Oct 202531 May 2026
A Trail Guide to Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights in the Inter-American SystemSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
4 Sept 20255 Sept 2025
, Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World
Water Wheel (Journal)Sosa, L. (Peer reviewer)
Sept 20252029
Reclaiming Bodies: Corporeality and Social Exclusion (Panel)Sosa, L. (Speaker)
2 Jul 20254 Jul 2025
, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Annual Conference 2025
Dutch Name Law through feminist theoriesSosa, L. (Speaker)
27 May 202525 Jun 2025
, 5th Seminar Gender Justice & Feminist Jurisprudence
Bodies in Context: Unleashing Intersectionality’s Potential for Addressing Structural InequalitiesSosa, L. (Speaker)
16 Apr 202517 Apr 2025
, International conference on Culture, Crime, and Global Challenges 7th Conference on Cultural Criminology
How do broad prosperity and democracy relate to one another?Sosa, L. (Speaker)
15 Apr 2025
, Institutions for Open Societies Conference on Broad Prosperity
Feminist Legal Theories in LitigationSosa, L. (Speaker)
8 Apr 2025
Dies Dialogues: Planetary HealthSosa, L. (Chair)
26 Mar 2025

2024

Keys to the realization of economic, social and cultural rightsSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
5 Dec 2024
Participate now! The future of voting and participation in/equalities in democracies (Panel)Sosa, L. (Speaker)
1 Apr 2024
, IOS Community Day: The Future of Democracy

2023

A decolonial and sustainable ICEL approach? Meeting the current institutional context of UniversitiesSosa, L. (Speaker)
9 Nov 2023
, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference
IntersectionalitySosa, L. (Speaker)
16 Oct 202317 Oct 2023
“Voices and echoes: Decision-making on controversial issues regarding children's bodies and identities”Sosa, L. (Speaker)
29 Sept 2023
, COI Conference 2023: Towards just institutional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution
Stereotypes in the case law of the European Court of Human RightsSosa, L. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2023
Equality Law in Context: Illuminating Intersections in Search for Global JusticeSosa, L. (Organiser)
28 Jun 202330 Jun 2023
De grens van recht: the protection of victims of sexual harassmentSosa, L. (Speaker)
22 May 2023
Bodies in context: unleashing intersectionality’s potential for addressing structural inequalitiesSosa, L. (Speaker)
21 Apr 2023
, Expert seminar: Intersectionality and International Human Rights Law
Property and GenderSosa, L. (Organiser)
2023

2022

Intersectionality and the Istanbul ConventionSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
6 Dec 2022
Estereotipos en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos [Stereotypes in the European Court of Human Rights Case Law]Sosa, L. (Invited speaker)
19 Sept 2022
Institutional challenges for including Trans and Intersex Persons in European frameworks on gender-based violenceSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
2 Sept 2022
, International Empirical Legal Studies Conference
A change of heart? Emerging resistance in the path towards an inclusive framework on gender-based violence in the Americas’Sosa, L. (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2022
, International Symposium on Trans* and Violence
Anti-gender discourses in human rights monitoring proceduresSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
23 Jun 2022
, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
Structural inequality and the complexity of powerSosa, L. (Organiser)
12 May 202213 May 2022

2021

Alazne IrigoienSosa, L. (Host)
1 Nov 202131 Jan 2022
Gender-based violence against womenSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
Nov 2021
, Online legal seminar on non-discrimination and gender equality
Gender identity registration: current theoretical and practical discussionsSosa, L. (Participant)
28 Oct 2021
Los estereotipos en la jurisprudencia europea de derechos humanos: miradas críticasSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
28 Sept 2021
Potentials and shortcomings of international law to advance gender justiceSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
24 Sept 2021
Audrey BoisgontierSosa, L. (Host)
1 Sept 202131 Oct 2021
, Gender identity registration: current theoretical and practical discussions
The Glass Ceiling of Anti-Stereotyping: A Critical View Based on ECtHR Case Law’Sosa, L. (Presenter)
28 Aug 2021
, Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) annual conference 2021
The Glass Ceiling of Anti-Stereotyping: A Critical View Based on ECtHR Case Law’Sosa, L. (Presenter)
16 Jul 2021
, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, annual conference 2021
Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence and Femicide in European Countries: Legal ResponsesSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
25 Jun 2021
Women and girls’ access to justice: effective criminal investigation of violence against womenSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
Mar 2021
Critical views on stereotypes: an interdisciplinary conversationSosa, L. (Organiser)
24 Feb 2021

2020

Ready, set, pull back? European backsliding gender policies during ‘constructing dialogues’ with the CEDAW CommitteeSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
8 Dec 2020
, ECPR Virtual General Conference 2020
Climate change as catalyst: Realising women's ESC rightsSosa, L. P. A. (Invited speaker)
5 Sept 2020
, Association of Human Rights Institute conference 2020

2019

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenSosa, L. (Visiting researcher)
Oct 2019Nov 2019
, CEDAW 74th session and 76th pre-sessional working group
‘Now that you see me: Using Femicide or travesticide as visibilization strategies in Criminal Procedures’.Sosa, L. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2019
, European Conference of Politics and Gender
Avances y retrocesos de la legislación y políticas LGBTI en ArgentinaSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2019
, IX SEMANA IBEROAMERICANA DE LA JUSTICIA INTERNACIONAL
Water Wheel (Journal)Sosa, L. (Peer reviewer)
Jun 2019
Cross-cultural Human Rights Review (Journal)Sosa, L. (Peer reviewer)
2019

2018

The international Conventions against gender-based violence in the context of feminist movements: a comparative lookSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
22 Nov 2018
, VIII Latin-American Conference on Social Sciences
‘The international Conventions against gender-based violence in the context of feminist movements: a comparative look’Sosa, L. (Invited speaker)
22 Nov 2018
, VIII Latin-American Conference on Social Sciences
Child-protecting policies and gender equality: intersectionsSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
30 Aug 2018
, National Congress on Public Policies on Childhood, Adolescence and Family
Expert Workshop Gender Intersectionality in the Arab RegionSosa, L. (Advisor)
25 Jul 201827 Jul 2018
Feminicide in the Media: A Three-Dimensional View of Symbolic ViolenceSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
20 Jul 2018
, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
Human Rights, gender-based violence, and intersectionalitySosa, L. (Invited speaker)
7 Jun 2018
The Istanbul Convention in the context of feminist movements: a comparative viewSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
17 May 201818 May 2018
, Expert workshop on the Istanbul Convention
Universidad de Buenos AiresSosa, L. (Visiting researcher)
May 2018Jan 2019

2017

University of DeustoSosa, L. (Visiting researcher)
Nov 2017
(Trans)gender violence? A review of current understandings of gender in the CEDAW Committee.Sosa, L. (Invited speaker)
12 May 2017
, Nordic Law and Gender Conference 2017
The limits of vulnerability as a tool for achieving equalitySosa, L. (Invited speaker)
5 Apr 2017
, II Workshop on Vulnerability and Human Rights
University of TurkuSosa, L. (Visiting researcher)
Apr 2017May 2017
University of DeustoSosa, L. (Visiting researcher)
Mar 2017

2016

Gender Equality and Stereotyped Conceptions in the jurisprudence on religious symbols and clothingSosa, L. (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2016