Eva Maria Lassen

Senior Researcher, Research

Ph.D. in History

Experts Research

+45 41 15 14 84

eva@humanrights.dk

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Publications

2023

Petersen, Marie Juul, Lassen, Eva Maria, 'Restrictions on freedom of religion or belief in Denmark: A populist move?' in Katja Voges and Bernd Hirschberger, Religious Freedom and populism, Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2023 (Peer-reviewed) (forthcoming).

Lassen, E.M., 'Statsdiskrimination eller rummelighed? Lighed, køn og ægteskab i den danske folkekirke' in I A. Faye Jacobsen, S.L.B. Jensen, P. Boye Koch, M. Juul Petersen (red.), Menneskerettigheder i modvind. Konfliker og dilemmaer i dansk politik og lovgivning, Copenhagen: , 2023, 203-223 (Peer-reviewed).

2022

Lassen, E.M., Vedel Kessing, P., Thage, E., 'Hvorfor talte Mette Frederiksen ikke længere om krigsforbrydelser?', Jyllands-Posten, 19 May 2022.

Carl, A., Lassen, E.M., 'Nej tak til blod: Sådan sikrer vi, at religionsfrihed respekteres', Kristeligt Dagblad, 10 March 2022.

2020

Lassen, E.M., 'Factors enabling and hindering the promotion and protection of human rights by the EU' in Wouters, J., Nowak, M., Chané, A., Hachez, N., The European Union and Human Rights:Law and Policy, : , 2020, 39-61 (Peer-reviewed).

Eva Maria Lassen, 'Limitatitions to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Denmark', Religion & Human Rights, 15(1-2) , 2020, 134-152 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Religion in lockdown', Human Rights Preparedness. Blog. Global Campus for Human Rights, 10 December 2020.

Lassen, E.M. & Slot, L.V., Fasthold - Når en borgerlig skilsmisse ikke afslutter et ægteskab, , 2020 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2019

Lagoutte, S., Lassen, E. M., 'Academia and human rights: research, higher education, and outreach to State and non-State actors at international, regional and domestic level ' in Hladschik, P. and Steinert, F. (eds.), Menschenrechten Gestalt und Wirksamkeit verleihen. Making Human Rights Work. Festschrift für Hannes Tretter und Manfred Nowak, Vienna: Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2019, pp.609-619 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Hersch Lauterpacht (1897–1960): The Visionary: Preparing the World for Human Rights' in in Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters, Felipe Gómez Isa, The Faces of Human Rights, : Hart Publishing, 2019, 73-81 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Internationale menneskerettighedsstandarder og de danske regler' in Christoffersen, L., Jørgensen, A., Andersen, S., Religionsretlig lovgivning. Kirkeretsantologi 2019. Trossamfundslov – Blasfemibestemmelse, København: Udgivet af Selskab for Kirkeret. Eksistensen Akademisk, 2019, pp. 181-191 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Religion at asylum centres – from a human rights perspective' in Petersen, M.j. & Jensen, S.B., Faith in the system? Religion in the (Danish) asylum system, Aalborg: Aalborg University Press, 2019, 53-61 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, Eva Maria; Petersen, Marie Juul; Akhtar, Marya, Tros- og religionsfrihed på danske asylcentre, Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2019 (Peer-reviewed).

2017

Grassmé Binderup, L., Lassen, E.M., 'The Blasphemy Ban in Denmark' in J. Temperman and A. Koltay (eds.), Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression: Comparative, Theoretical and Historical Reflections after the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 431-455 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., Ibrahim, K., 'Lige religionsfrihed til alle børn', Kristeligt Dagblad, 13 November 2017.

Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Kessing, P.V., Marslev, K., Mayrhofer, M., Pedersen, A.M., Sano, H.O. and Zarrehparvar M., In-depth studies of selected factors which enable or hinder the protection of human rights in the context of globalisation, Large-Scale FP Collaborative Project GA No. 320000, 2017 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Jørgensen, R.F., Kessing, P.V., Mayrhofer, M., San José, D.G,. and Sano, H.O., Report on Factors which enable or hinder the protection of Human Rights, EU FP7 Framework, Part of the Large-Scale FP7 Collaborative Project GA No. 320000, entitled Fostering Human Rights Among European Policies. Published by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2017 (Peer-reviewed).

2016

Lassen, E.M., 'Pligten til at være sig selv’: religiøse minoriteter i Danmark' in Faye Jacobsen, A. og Jens, S.LB., Kampen om Menneskerettighederne, : Gads forlag , 2016, pp 146-162 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., The EU and Religious Minorities under Pressure, , 2016 (Peer-reviewed).

2015

Andersen, E.A., and Lassen, E.M. (eds.), Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights, Leiden: Martinus Niijhofer Publishers, 2015 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Denmark: In love with tradition' in Suksi, M., Agapiou-Josephides, K., Lehners, J.-P., Nowak, M. , First Fundamental Rights Documents in Europe , : Intersentia, 2015, pp.209-220 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M. , 'When peers are pressing for progress. The clash between Hersch Lauterpacht and John Humphrey over the Universal Declaration for Human Rights' in Andersen, E.A., and Lassen, E.M. (eds.), Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights, Leiden: Martinus Niijhofer Publishers, 2015, pp. 16-40 (Peer-reviewed).

2014

Lassen, E.M., 'Cultural and Religious Factors' in Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Report on factors which enable or hinder the protection of human rights, FRAME: Work Package No. 2, 2014, pp.114-118 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Ethnic Factors' in Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Report on factors which enable or hinder the protection of human rights, FRAME: Work Package No. 2, 2014, pp.128-143 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief' in Benedek, W., Benoît-Rohmer, F., Karl, W., Kettemann, M.C. and Nowak, M. (eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights, Antwerp: European Academic Press, 2014, pp. 173-183 (Peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Historical Factors' in Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Report on factors which enable or hinder the protection of human rights, FRAME: Work Package No. 2, 2014, pp.5-16 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Lassen, E.M., 'Universalism and relativism' in Mihr, A. and Gibney, M. (eds.), SAGE Handbook of Human Rights, London: Sage Publications, 2014, pp.39-55 (Peer-reviewed).

2013

Lassen, E.M., 'Attempts to bridge the gap between the universality of human rights and religious and cultural practices: European Perspectives' in Dhundale, L. et al. (eds.), Human Rights across Cultural Dialogue, Copenhagen and Cairo: The Danish Institute for Human Rights, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute, 2013, pp.36-43 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Selected projects

FRAME: “Fostering Human Rights Among European (External and Internal) Policies”.

The research project explores the role and contribution of “human rights” in selected EU policies. Funded under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)..
The European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E. MA)

E.MA offers an action- and policy-oriented approach to learning that combines interdisciplinary perspectives with skills-building activities.
Freedom of religion or belief at Danish asylum centers

Religious-related issues and challenges at Danish asylum centers.
Association of Human Rights Institutes, AHRI: a global network of human rights researchers

The Danish Institute for Human Rights is chair of the Association of Human Rights Institutes for the period 2012 – 2017 and hosts the AHRI Secretariat
Equal treatment and religion

The relationship between equal treatment and religion in relation to discrimination and restrictions on freedom of religion or belief.

Press photos

Portrait photo in black/white of Eva Maria Lassen 2021

Equal treatment