As legal officer Sten Verhoeven supports the College of Europe through legal advice and support, in the areas of public procurement, protection of personal data and education.
Sten Verhoeven obtained a Master of Law degree at KULeuven and subsequently pursued his PhD in international law at the same university, which was awarded in 2012. He also has a Master of Arts in International Relations and Conflict Prevention.
From January 2021 to July 2024, he worked as lecturer for the law faculty of Hangzhou City University in China. Previous work experience includes senior instructor and assistant professor at faculty of law of the University of Macau (2009-2021) and research and teaching assistant at the Institute of International Law at the law faculty of KULeuven.
During his career, Sten Verhoeven taught and researched mainly on international law and EU law. Courses include Economic Law of the EU, Institutional Law of the EU, EU GDPR, Law of International Obligations and Human Rights Law. He was also active in mooting as coach, judge and case drafter, in particular for the ICRC International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition.
Selected publications:
- S. Verhoeven & Zhang Yi, “The Offence of Incitement to Terrorism in International Law”, in P. Behrens (ed.), Contemporary Challenges to Criminal Justice, Hart (2023).
- M. Lemoes and S. Verhoeven, “The International Military Tribunal for the Far East”, in Encyclopedia of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Edward Elgar, 2023, available at: www.elgaronline.com.
- J. Wouters and S. Verhoeven, “Prescription”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press (2022), available at: https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/mpil.
- J. Wouters and S. Verhoeven, “Procès-verbal”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press (2022), available at https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/mpil.
- J. Wouters and S. Verhoeven, “State Aircraft”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press (2022), available at: https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/mpil.
- S. Verhoeven, “EU Legal Obstacles to the Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a China-EU Framework on the Belt and Road Initiative”, in F. Leandro and P. Duarte (eds.), The Belt and Road Initiative: International Perspectives on an Old Archetype of a New Development Model, Palgrave, 2020, 283-316.
- S. Verhoeven, “Constitutionalism in International Law: A Kantian Perspective”, Boletim da Faculdade de Direito (Coimbra) 2019/1, 483-511.
- Z. Li & S. Verhoeven, “Towards a More Harmonised Definition of Terrorism in China”, 45 Hong Kong Law Review 2015, 881-909.