Dafni Lima
drt | Louvain-la-Neuve
Dafni joined Durham Law School as Assistant Professor in 2022. Her research interests lie primarily in comparative family law and human rights, with a particular focus on parenthood and assisted reproduction. Dafni holds an LLB, LLM and PhD from Aristotle University and an LLM from the University of Cambridge. Before Durham, she was working on her second PhD at the University of Cambridge (Gonville & Caius College, W. M. Tapp Studentship, John Hall Studenthship) where she also taught Family Law as a part-time tutor (supervisions).
Activité de recherche
The European Court of Human Rights and Family Law
Program and registration
Monday 4 May 2026 (afternoon)
14.00 – Welcome Address
- Presentation of the seminar and the project
Andy Hayward (Professor at Durham University)
Geoffrey Willems (Professor at UCLouvain)
- A Tribute to Sébastien van Drooghenbroeck
Geoffrey Willems (Professor at UCLouvain)
14.15 – Couple Relationships
- Registered Partnerships
Helen Fenwick (Professor at Durham University)
- De Facto Relationships
Andy Hayward (Professor at Durham University)
15.45 – Coffee break
16.00 – Parental Relationships
- Parenthood
Dafni Lima (Professor at Durham University)
- Posthumous Assisted Reproduction
Laurence Francoz-Terminal (Professor at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III)
- (International and Domestic) Surrogacy
Delphine Thienpont (Research and teaching assistant at UCLouvain)
17.30 – Personal identity
- Family Names/Surnames: A Feminist Approach
Pauline Tapiero (FNRS / UCLouvain doctoral researcher)
18.00 – End of the first day
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Tuesday 5 May 2026 (morning)
9.00 – Personal autonomy and physical integrity
- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Johan Callewaert (Professor at UCLouvain and Spire University /
Former Deputy Registrar of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR)
- Sex Work
Alice Baruh (Research and teaching assistant at UCLouvain)
- Trans and intersex persons: A Comparative Approach
Constance Vanbeneden (Doctoral researcher FNRS / UCLouvain)
10.30 – Coffee break
11.00 – Combatting violence
- Domestic Violence
Geoffrey Willems (Professor at UCLouvain)
- Feminicide
Stéphanie Wattier (Professor at UNamur and UCLouvain)
12.00 – Inheritance
- Hereditary Reserve
Jacques de Codt (Research and teaching assistant at UCLouvain)
Martin Derycke (Research and teaching assistant at UCLouvain)
12.30 – Concluding Words
Helen Fenwick (Professor at Durham University)
Andy Hayward (Professor at Durham University)
Geoffrey Willems (Professor at UCLouvain)