Szilvia Csevár is a lecturer in Public International Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). She also holds a researcher position within the Centre of Expertise Global and Inclusive Learning (GIL). Her current research is focusing on environmentally fuelled (sexual) violence against Indigenous women with a particular focus on the interaction between environmental factors, colonialism and the root causes of conflict. She was one of the contributing authors of the UN report Gender, Climate and Security, coordinated by the UN Environment Programme. She also explores various elements of human security, lately focusing on the aspect of food security in more detail.
Ms. Csevár worked with the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for several years as a Legal Researcher. Other professional activities included serving as Registrar with the International Peoples Tribunal on Crimes against Humanity in Indonesia 1965, as well as chairing the working group International Protection of Human Rights of the Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists.