{"id":1513,"date":"2026-06-29T12:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1513"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:43","slug":"elsabe-boshoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/en\/elsabe-boshoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsab\u00e9 Boshoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:elsabe.boshoff@fau.de\">elsabe.boshoff@fau.de<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elsabe-boshoff-69184686\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Elsabe-Boshoff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1514 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Elsabe-Boshoff.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Elsabe-Boshoff-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Elsabe-Boshoff-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Elsabe-Boshoff-768x768.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Short Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsab\u00e9 is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Cluster of Excellence &#8220;Transforming Human Rights&#8221;. Her research project focuses on how courts at different levels in Africa adjudicate climate and environmental justice cases. She held a position as PhD researcher at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo, from 2021 to April 2026, where she investigated the legal recognition, and pathways towards operationalizing, a right to sustainable development in Africa. Elsab\u00e9 previously worked as a technical assistant with the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, and holds an LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (<em>cum laude<\/em>) from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. She has participated as invited expert in activities of the African Commission and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. She is assistant editor of the <em>African Human Rights Law Journal<\/em>. \u00a0She has an interest in issues related to human rights and the environment broadly, including climate change, sustainable development, extractive industries and regional\/national courts, focused primarily on Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-href=\"#research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Research Project at Transforming Human Rights<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" role=\"region\" name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research project \u201cJudicial Strategy in African courts amid Planetary Environmental Crises\u201d investigates whether courts at national and supranational level in Africa respond \u201caudaciously\u201d or \u201cforbearingly\u201d to human rights complaints concerning climate change and socio-ecological violations. It seeks to answer the question: What are the circumstances and factors that contribute to progressively audacious climate\/environmental justice rulings in Africa, and should courts act more audaciously? Methodologically, the study combines doctrinal legal analysis with social science methods in an interdisciplinary approach, engaging with empirical and moral\/strategic questions. The study has a broader relevance for reflecting on when and how courts do\/should navigate backlash to contribute to systemic societal transformation. She will also be involved in collaborative projects with colleagues across the Cluster and beyond, specifically in the Megatrends on Planetary Environmental Crises and Fragmented Economic Globalization.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"publications\" data-href=\"#publications\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"publications-section\" id=\"publications\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Publications<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"publications-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"publications\" role=\"region\" name=\"publications\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E Boshoff &amp; SG Damtew \u201cCan Africa Still Drill?: What the ICJ Climate Opinion Means for Oil and Gas Exploration in Africa\u201d in Maria Antonia Tigre <em>et <\/em>al (eds.) The<em> ICJ\u2019s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change<\/em> (2025) Verfassungsbooks 233-248. <a href=\"https:\/\/verfassungsblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tigre-Bonnemann-DeSpiegeleir_TheICJsAdvisoryOpinionOnClimateChange_2025.pdf\">Tigre-Bonnemann-DeSpiegeleir_TheICJsAdvisoryOpinionOnClimateChange_2025.pdf<\/a><ul><li>E Boshoff \u2018The prospects and challenges of litigating climate change before the African Regional Human Rights bodies\u2019 in K Bouwer <em>et al <\/em>(eds.) <em>Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa <\/em>(2024) Bristol University Press, 125-152.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>E Boshoff &amp; S Getaneh \u2018The potential of litigating children\u2019s rights in the climate crisis before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child\u2019 (2022) 22<em> African Human Rights Law Journal <\/em>328-361. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahrlj.up.ac.za\/boshoff-e-damtew-sg\">The potential of litigating children\u2019s rights in the climate crisis before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child &#8211; African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>E Boshoff \u2018Rethinking the premises underlying the right to development in African human rights jurisprudence\u2019 (2021) <em>Review of European, Comparative, and International Environmental Law (RECIEL)<\/em> 1\u201311 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/reel.12423\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/reel.12423<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M Addaney, E Boshoff &amp; MG Nyarko \u2018Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources during Armed Conflicts in Africa\u2019 (2019) 3 <em>Chinese Journal of Environmental Law <\/em>85\u2013115 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/24686042-12340036\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/24686042-12340036<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral Researcher Contact: elsabe.boshoff@fau.de LinkedIn Short Bio Elsab\u00e9 is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Cluster of Excellence &#8220;Transforming Human Rights&#8221;. Her research project focuses on how courts at different levels in Africa adjudicate climate and environmental justice cases. 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