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10 Facts About Eva Brems

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Eva Brems was born on 1969 and is a Belgian university professor, human rights defender and politician.

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Eva Brems is a senior lecturer in human rights and non-Western law at Ghent University.

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Eva Brems now represents the constituency of Leuven for the environmentalist party Groen.

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Thereafter, Eva Brems completed her doctoral programme at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven with a dissertation titled "Human Rights: Universality and Diversity".

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From 1992 until 1994 Eva Brems was a fellow at the law school of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where she participated in a project concerning "Civil and Legal Protection".

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Besides her academic efforts, Eva Brems is a member of the board of Vormen, a Flemish organisation for human rights education, and head editor of the Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten since 2003.

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Eva Brems was president of the Flemish division of Amnesty International from 2006 until April 2010.

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Eva Brems became known on a larger scene in 2007, while participating in the popular Flemish TV-quiz De Slimste Mens ter Wereld, in which she became third.

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Eva Brems became third as well as best scoring female and winner of the most consecutive episodes.

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Eva Brems was elected for a seat in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.