Derek Inman

Derek Inman is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium). He is also a Member of The Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users’ Perspective research network and a Member of the Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism Research Group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Derek holds an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham (UK) and a B.A. [Hons] in Political Science and Human Rights from Carleton University (Canada). His main area of research is international human rights law, with a particular focus on indigenous peoples’ rights. He has published a number of research articles on the rights of indigenous peoples, specifically looking at their rights to traditional lands, territories and natural resources in Africa and Asia. In addition, Derek has held various roles with the International Commission of Jurists, the International Criminal Court, the University of Nottingham’s Human Rights Law Centre and the Federal Government of Canada.