Koen De Feyter is full-time Professor of International Law at the University of Antwerp where he founded the Research Group on Law and Development. He was previously attached to the Human Rights Centre in the University of Maastricht, the Institute of Development Policy and Management of the University of Antwerp, and served as the Academic Coordinator of the European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation (Venice, Italy). He is a former Chair of Amnesty International Belgium (1998-1999) and an internationally recognised authority on human rights and development law.