De Groof, Emmanuel

At the time of his internship at UNU-CRIS, Emmanuel De Groof worked at the diplomacy for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was an Associate to the Political Settlements Research Programme (University of Edinburgh); a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Maastricht; a Visiting Professor at the University of Kigali; and a scholar in the fields of international law, diplomacy, mediation, and development cooperation.

Formerly a Fulbright-Schuman scholar at NYU School of Law, Emmanuel has won various awards including at the Charles Rousseau and Manfred Lachs competitions. He has worked at the European Centre for Development Policy Management ('Pelican House'), the European University Institute, the Brussels Bar, and as a Law Clerk for Albie Sachs at the South African Constitutional Court.