On 7 October 2026, Sarah El Amouri received the Henri Rolin Prize for her research on home state regulation of private business activities in illegally occupied territories. The prize was awarded during the 2026 inaugural conference of the Master’s program in International Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), which was dedicated to the presentation of her book.
Sarah El Amouri is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Brussels School of Governance. In 2024, she defended her doctoral dissertation "Regulating Business in Illegal Occupations: The Duty of Non-Assistance Revisited" under the supervision of Prof. dr. Stefaan Smis. In 2025, her research was published as a monograph with Larcier-Intersentia.
The Henri Rolin Prize is an academic award, funded by the Henri Rolin Foundation, which aims to encourage high-quality and innovative research in the field of international law.
