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Nozizwe Dube
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Ph.D. candidate in EU Law, conducting a critical race feminist analysis of EU equality law 👩🏾‍💻 https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/n-dube 👩🏾‍💻 www.nozizwedube.com
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Feb 14
Equality law is an inherently comparative framework, as a claimant must compare themselves to a comparator to establish a presumption of discrimination.
What types of comparisons are used in equality claims? Is relying on comparators desirable in equality law?
My piece discussing this is out:
This is a screenshot of the abstract of Nozizwe's article published in the Common Market Law Review, titled "A Typology of Comparators and Comparisons in EU Equality Law". The abstract is as follows: "Comparison plays a sacramental role within EU equality law. However, comparison also deflects EU equality law from its main task: identifying and dismantling systems of marginalization that cause discrimination. This article disrupts the prevailing narrative about comparison as an inescapable feature of equality analysis. A closer look at comparison reveals its objective veneer that conceals its commitment to sustaining a formal model of equality. This makes equality law an assimilationist, instead of an inclusive device. By deviating from comparison, EU equality law can advance towards an inclusive understanding of equality that centres intersectionality. The key therefore lies in the development of comparator-free equality analysis, which relies on the understanding that discrimination is contingent on unequal power and resource distribution, creating systems of marginalization. Hence, instead of comparing a claimant to a decontextualized intercategorical or intracategorical comparator, comparator-free analysis conducts a dignitary harm assessment whereby discrimination is contextualized in the past and contemporary patterns of disadvantage underlying it to establish a prima facie case of discrimination."
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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 7d
Deconstructing EU law through a queer lens: a conversation with our researcher Davide Tomaselli.

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Deconstructing EU law through a queer lens: a conversation with Davide Tomaselli
In this interview, EUI Law researcher Davide Tomaselli explores European asylum law through a queer perspective Drawing on legal practice and political theory
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Human Rights Here @humanrightshere.bsky.social · 14d
🆕 New blog by Nozizwe Dube on #intersectional discrimination in #EUequalitylaw, presented at the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Conference.

🔗 Read the full blog post here: www.humanrightshere.com/post/the-r-e...
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Matiangai Sirleaf @matiangai.bsky.social · Aug 27
Excerpts from my recent interview with @laconverse.bsky.social. The full article is available in English www.laconverse.com/en/tag/inves... and French www.laconverse.com.
Screenshot of article available through link Screenshot of article available through link
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De Morgen @demorgen.be · Jul 26
138 juristen waarschuwen Vlaamse regering: beroep tegen vonnis wapendoorvoer Israël ‘ronduit onverantwoord’
138 juristen waarschuwen Vlaamse regering: beroep tegen vonnis wapendoorvoer Israël ‘ronduit onverantwoord’
Als de Vlaamse regering alsnog in beroep gaat tegen het vonnis over wapendoorvoer naar Israël, gaat ze eigenlijk in beroep tegen haar eigen regels, stellen 138 juristen in deze open brief.
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Davide Tomaselli @evadimus.bsky.social · Jul 24
I am genuinely happy to share that my first big publication is now available online!
"'Forced' Refugees versus 'Voluntary' Migrants" is the result of two years of research, writing, reflection, discussion, rethinking.
Now I can't wait to debate it!
‘Forced’ Refugees versus ‘Voluntary’ Migrants: Deconstructing a Binary through SOGIESC Claims of Asylum
Abstract. This article addresses the consequences that SOGIESC claims of asylum have on international refugee law and its fundamental distinction between ‘
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Jul 2
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present my work on models of judicial review in equality jurisprudence at the EuConst Symposium.
I am grateful to the other participants and discussants, in particular Prof. Silvia Suteu, for their insightful feedback and comments.
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European Constitutional Law Review @euconst.bsky.social · Jun 25
This Monday and Tuesday we met at Luiss in Rome for the 2025 EuConst Symposium, our yearly event for young European constitutional law scholars. We listened to many brilliant presentations on a wide range of European and comparative constitutional law topics.
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Davide Tomaselli @evadimus.bsky.social · Jun 18
Happy to see this piece published on @verfassungsblog.de!
Together with Narin Nosrati we felt the need to reflect about the way we, as European legal scholars, interpreted the evolution of the CJEU's position in some gender-based asylum cases from last year.
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Iyiola Solanke @ivy180.bsky.social · Jun 2
My working paper on the Danish public housing law case is out! In response to these colonial style compulsory rehousing rules will the CJEU define a 'racial group',?
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Jun 14
I recently presented my paper "A Typology of Comparators and Comparisons in EU Equality Law" at the Academy of European Law (ERA) Seminar on Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law in Madrid.

You can read the paper my presentation is based on here: kluwerlawonline.com/JournalArtic...
Nozizwe is standing behind a lectern on a stage. She is dressed in white and is speaking into the microphone.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · May 28
Pleased to share my new article! I reflect on what our responsibility is, as legal academics, to students experiencing racism and how we can surface the ways racism plays out "politely" such that the law school feels like a space to which they cannot fully belong.
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Seeking the university that is ours: understanding, unpacking and unsettling Black students’ racialised (un)belonging in UK law schools
This article unpacks the nature of racialised (un)belonging experienced by law students – why for students of colour, the law school has often felt like a space to which they cannot fully belong. F...
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · May 28
Meer informatie over het boek kan hier gelezen worden: www.larcier-intersentia.com/nl/feministi...
Feministische en queer onderzoeksmethoden in het recht
Feministisch en queer onderzoek is niet meer weg te denken uit de internationale rechtswetenschap. Onder impuls van de Anglo-Amerikaanse feminist legal theory en queer theory, hebben feministische en ...
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · May 28
Ik presenteerde er mijn bijdrage ‘Intersectionaliteit in rechtswetenschappelijk onderzoek‘.
In mijn bijdrage bespreek ik drie simultane ontwikkelingen in Europees rechtswetenschappelijk onderzoek die tot de verzwakking van intersectionaliteit leiden: nozizwedube.com/2025/05/23/i...
Intersectionaliteit in rechtswetenschappelijk onderzoek
Op 16 mei 2025 werd het eerste boek over feministische en queer onderzoeksmethoden in het recht uit de Lage Landen (België en Nederland) gepubliceerd. De redacteurs van dit boek (Dr. Pieter Cannoot…
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · May 28
Op 16 mei vond de boeklancering van 'Feministische en queer onderzoeksmethoden in het recht' plaats.

Marie Spinoy, Elise Goossens, & Pieter Cannoot brachten auteurs samen om over de bijzondere methodologische uitdagingen bij de toepassing van feministische & queer onderzoeksmethoden te schrijven.
A photo of a screen with ‘Feministische en queer onderzoeksmethoden in het rechta’ written on it. People are sitting and standing in the background of the room.
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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · May 15
“There are places in this world where law protects you like a second skin. It walks with you into offices, hospitals, airports, schools, police stations &c. &c. It makes people speak gently to you. It ensures that your name is recorded properly….” @davidyambio.bsky.social
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David Yambio @davidyambio.bsky.social · May 15
I do not write this to provoke guilt. I have no interest in pity. Pity is cheap and temporary. I write because memory must become a mirror. I write because if we do not say what happened, the world will keep saying nothing happened.

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EU Law and Life of Us the Black Migrants
Essay by David YambioThe Disappearing LawThere are places in this world where law protects you like a second skin. It walks with you into offices, hospitals, airports, schools, police stations &c. &c....
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Apr 25
Ons preadvies zal eind 2025, naast andere preadviezen over de belangrijkste punten waarop het Nederlandse non-discriminatierecht aan verandering toe is, gepubliceerd worden.
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Apr 25
(Hoe) Moet het Nederlandse non-discriminatierecht emergente discriminatiegronden erkennen? Welke plaats moet intersectionaliteit krijgen in het wettelijk kader en de rechtspraktijk?
Jennifer Alspeer & ik schrijven, op vraag van de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie & Racisme, een preadvies hierover
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Jens Theilen @jtheilen.bsky.social · Mar 25
Do human rights provide a progressive counterpoint to migration law?

In this article, I highlight their structurally conservative side & argue that the European Court of Human Rights legitimates the foundations of border regimes even when finding rights violations #migsky

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A screenshot of the abstract for the article “Framing Migration in Human Rights”, available at the link in the post
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · Apr 16
Feminist legal scholars Flora Renz and Davina Cooper wrote an article for our journal recently exploring how/why we should think about gender discrimination and legal responses to address it beyond biological frameworks.

You can read it here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Mar 14
The current political climate is characterised by a backlash against human rights, exacerbating the discrimination of several communities.

On @humanrightshere.bsky.social, I discuss how this year’s Zero Discrimination Day theme advocates for an intersectional approach to eliminating discrimination.
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Human Rights Here @humanrightshere.bsky.social · Mar 3
🌍 Zero Discrimination Day ✊🏽

In this HRH Human Rights Day series post, Nozizwe Dube explores how the role of communities in fighting discrimination and building sustainable HIV responses.

📖 Read: rb.gy/oq9t59

📲 By: Vonecia Carswell, Unsplash

#humanrights, #HIV, #intersectionaldiscrimination
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Human Rights Here @humanrightshere.bsky.social · Mar 3
🌍 Zero Discrimination Day ✊🏽

In this HRH Human Rights Day series post, Nozizwe Dube explores how the role of communities in fighting discrimination and building sustainable HIV responses.

📖 Read: rb.gy/oq9t59

📲 By: Vonecia Carswell, Unsplash

#humanrights, #HIV, #intersectionaldiscrimination
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Mar 14
Het nieuwste nummer van het Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten (Vlaanderen) is uit.
Ik was, samen met Anne Oloo, gastredacteur voor dit nummer over Palestina.
Hartelijk dank aan alle betrokkenen voor de samenwerking.

Lees het nummer hier: mensenrechten.be/bestanden/up...
A screenshot of the cover of the latest issue of the Flemish Journal of Human Rights, with a photo of a woman holding a sign written “Free Palestine”. The articles in the issue are: - the editorial in which Anne and I discuss the role of institutions in protecting human rights in Palestine. - an in memoriam for Prof. dr. Koen de Feyter - an article by Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Thalia Kruger and Koen De Feyter on the role of universities in the protection of human rights in Palestine - an analysis by Hans Lammerant on the question whether the arms trade with Israel is in accordance with humanitarian law - a case note written by Raoul Rombouts and Noor Zazour about the lawsuit filed by Ghent University against students in the pro-Palestinian protests - an interview with Maha Abdallah, doctoral researcher in law at the University of Antwerp. Her work focuses on Zionism, settlement colonialism, genocide, and the money flows that maintain Israeli colonialism.
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Mar 4
Thank you @gatybiyo.bsky.social for the invitation to serve as a discussant for @ivy180.bsky.social’s wonderful lecture on Re-imagining EU Law and Institutions.
I learned a lot and was inspired by Professor Solanke’s important work on decolonising EU law.
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Gildelen Aty-Biyo @gatybiyo.bsky.social · Mar 3
They say don’t meet your inspirations but sometimes they turn out to be better than you expected!Thank you to Pr Solanke @ivy180.bsky.social & @nozizwe.bsky.social for accepting my invitation to come to the EUI for BHM to talk about how we can reimagine EU law and institutions.
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Mar 3
wrote a thing about disciplinary crises & politics, CLS vs. marxism, letters & signing things

& had lots of fun doing it ❤️‍🔥
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Illan wall @illanwall.bsky.social · Mar 3
Really excellent piece by @marinavelickovic.bsky.social on the current crisis of international law: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/03/t...
This could have been a Tweet, or: On the politics of signing things
In the wake of the Iraq war, a group of international lawyers published an open letter in the Guardian, framing their opposition to the invasion in
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Feb 23
In the latest issue of the European Equality Law Review, I take stock of the Pay Transparency Directive's intersectional approach. I note potential challenges that lie ahead: the limits of intersectional discrimination's definition, comparators, burden of proof, & sanctions in intersectional claims.
A screenshot of Nozizwe Dube's contribution in the latest issue of the European Equality Law Review, titled 'Taking Stock of the EU Pay Transparency Directive's Intersectional Approach'
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Nozizwe Dube @nozizwe.bsky.social · Feb 23
You can read the latest issue of the European Equality Law Review - featuring other interesting contributions about positive action on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, pink tax and tampon tax as gender discrimination - here: www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/62...
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