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Sharon Weill

Associate Professor

  • Department: History and Politics
  • Graduate Program(s): International Affairs, International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development, Diplomacy and International Law
  • Office: 
    G-L18
  • Office Hours: 
    By appointment

Professor of International Law, Sharon Weill joined The American University of Paris in 2018, where she directs the Justice Lab. In 2022, she was nominated as a Research Associate at the Centre for Comparative Law & the Internationalization of Law at Sorbonne University. Alongside these roles, she teaches at the master鈥檚 programs of Sciences Po Paris and Paris II University. She holds a PhD from the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva (2012), and her postdoctoral research was conducted at the Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley (2015-2016). She is a member of the Law and Society Association (LSA), the Onati Center for Socio-Legal Studies and the International Law Association (ILA).

In addition to her academic work, she served as an expert member of the French National Consultative Commission for Human Rights (CNCDH) (2018-2021) and as a judge in the French Asylum Court (UNHCR nomination, 2019-2022).

Her research focuses on the relationship between law, conflicts, and the role of courts - topics on which she has published numerous articles, chapters and books. Her method combines legal doctrine with socio-political approaches including trial ethnography. 听

Since 2017, she has been co directing empirical research within the French terrorism courts with a multidisciplinary research team for Mission Droit et Justice (CNRS/Ministry of Justice). In 2022, Professor Weill got a second grant to co-direct two-year multidisciplinary empirical research on French Asylum courts. Prior to that, she led research projects on the hybrid court in Senegal (Berkeley-France Foundation), the Guantanamo military commissions, and the Israeli military courts in the Occupied Palestinian territories (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation). Additionally, she held positions as a visiting research fellow in the ERC project 'Security in Transition' under the guidance of Professor Mary Kaldor at LSE and served as a research fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law for several years.

She is the author of the monograph The Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law (Oxford University Press, 2014) and co-editor of the book Prosecuting the President - The Trial of Hiss猫ne Habr茅 (Oxford University Press, 2020). Currently she is working on her third book Terror on trial: An Ethnography of French Court (under contract with Cambridge Series in Law and Society, forthcoming).



Education/Degrees

Sharon Weill received her PhD in international law from the University of Geneva in 2012.

News

  • Professor Weill has been appointed as a Research Associate at Sorbonne University. She is a part of the international research project ALCOM, funded by the French CNRS. Focusing on 'Transitional justice mechanisms in Latin America: old and new crises,' she examines the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia, where she will conduct field research in February 2024.
  • Professor Weill was selected with Professor Dezalay to co-organize an international workshop 鈥溾 with the participation of leading scholars. The workshop will take place on the 30-31 of May 2024 at the Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law in Spain.
  • Professor Weill was honored with an invitation to lecture at the esteemed in June 2023. She shared the stage with distinguished scholars and experts such as the former president of the International Criminal Court, Professor Bill Shabas, and Professor Leila Sadat.
  • Professor Weill received a grant from the听, which is financed by the French Ministry of Justice and the national scientific research center (CNRS), to direct an empirical study in French asylum courts, working with a cross-university team that includes sociologists, jurists and a historian.

Publications

Books

  • Terror on Trial: An Ethnography of French Courts听(under contract with听Cambridge Studies in Law and Society,听forthcoming )
  • , edited by Sharon Weill, Kim Thuy Seelinger and Kerstin Carlson (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Book reviews were published in the Law and Society Review (by Alexa Koenig, February 2021), the Journal of International Criminal Justice (by Alex Whiting, June 2021), the International Criminal Law Review (by Val茅rie Arnould, July 2021) and the International Review of the Red Cross Review (by Charlotte Moher, in May 2022).

  • The Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law (Oxford University Press, 2014).

The book was reviewed by Shane Darcy in the International Review of the Red Cross (2015), Kreiger in the German Yearbook of International law (2015) and Manuel Ventura in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (2016).


Peer Reviewed Articles

  • "", O脩ATI SOCIO-LEGAL SERIES, Empirical Research with Judicial Officers and Courts: Methods and Practices, 13(S1), pp. S225-S251听(2023).
  • "Le proc猫s V13 comme exp茅rimentation judiciaire : entre justices p茅nale et transformative" (avec Sandrine Lefranc), Les Cahiers de la Justice 2023/1 (N掳 1).
  • 鈥: The test case of the trial of Hiss猫ne Habr茅鈥, International Review of the Red Cross (Cambridge University Press, May 2022).
  • 芦听Entretien crois茅 : discussion sur le lawfare听禄 avec S茅bastien Laurent et Sharon Weill, Raisons politiques, 2022/1 (N掳 85) (Presse de Sciences Po).
  • 听听"听 (with EP Guitet and A Megie听),听听Cultures & Conflits n掳 123-124 / automne-hiver 2021
  • 听听",听 Cultures & Conflits n掳 123-124 / automne-hiver 2021
  • ""(with听听Denis Salas),听听published in the French Review for contemporary culture Etude (ed Bayard, December 2021)
  • 芦 Droits des accus茅s et des parties civiles: Deux exigences incompatibles ? 禄,听听Les cahiers de la justice, 2021 N掳2 (num茅ro sp茅cial) Le proc猫s des attentats des 7, 8 et 9 janvier 2015
  • , International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 100, Issue 907-909 (Cambridge University Press, 2019).听
  • 鈥淧long茅e au c艙ur des proc猫s p茅naux de Guant谩namo鈥 (avec M. Robinson), Les Cahiers de la Justice, Vol 2, 2018 (Paris, Dalloz, 2018).
  • 鈥淪pecial Issue: Law, Justice and the Security Gap鈥, Journal of Conflict and Security Law (Oxford University Press, 2016). Co-editor of this special issue dealing with human security (with M. Kaldor, C. Chinkin and I. Rangelov).听
  • 鈥溾, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Volume 21, Issue 1, Spring 2016 (Oxford University Press).
  • "", International Review of the Red Cross, issue 895 (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
  • "", Global Jurist, Vol 15 (1) (2015).
  • 鈥淭he Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: The Role of the Israeli High Court of Justice鈥, Droits Fondamentaux, Revue 茅lectronique internationale, Centre de recherche sur les droits de l'homme et le droit humanitaire, CRDH, Universit茅 Panth茅on-Assas Paris II, n掳 9, janvier 2011 - d茅cembre 2012.
  • 鈥淚srael鈥檚 Unwillingness? The Follow up Investigations to the UN Gaza Conflict Report and International Criminal Justice鈥 (with V. Azarova), International Criminal Law Review, Vol. 12, no. 5, November 2012.
  • 鈥淭he Targeted Killing of Salah Shehadeh 鈥 From Gaza to Madrid鈥, International Journal of Criminal Justice, 2009 7(3) (Oxford UniversityPress). 鈥淭he Judicial Arm of the Occupation: The Israeli Military Courts in the Occupied Territories鈥, 89 International Review of the Red Cross (Cambridge University Press, 2007). 听听

Book Chapters

  • "The French Bataclan trial: A new paradigm for the prosecution of mass crimes trials? " in听 Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret, Damien Scalia & Marie-Laurence H茅bert Dolbec (eds), Mass Trials for Mass Crimes (Routledge, 2024).
  • 鈥淓ngagement of Domestic Courts with International Humanitarian Law鈥 in Y. Shany et al (eds),听 Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law (Oxford University Press, 2024).
  • "Punishment in French Terrorism Trials: The Impact of the Trial's Protagonists" in R贸is铆n Mulgrew and Mikkel J. Christenden (eds), Research Handbook on the Punishment of Atrocity Crimes (Elgar, 2024).
  • "The War on Terror and Law: Hybridization and Radicalization" (with A Megie and EP Guittet) in Mathias Delori and Christian Olsson (eds), The French War on Terror (Routledge, 2024).
  • 鈥淢ilitary Courts and Terrorism: The 9/11 Trial before the Guantanamo Bay Military Jurisdiction鈥, in (Edward Elgar, 2020).
  • , in C. Stahn and M. Bergsmo (eds) Quality Control in Preliminary Examination: Reviewing Impact, Policies and Practices (Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, 2018).
  • 鈥淎rguing Civilian Rights and IHL Standards in National Courts鈥 in Mark Lattimer and Philip Sands (eds) (Hart/Bloomsbury, 2018).
  • 鈥淭he Administration of Justice through Military Tribunals: The Decaux Principles and the Military Commissions in Guantanamo Bay鈥 (with M. Robinson) in Olivier de Frouville et al (eds), Source et regimes du droit international des droit de l鈥橦omme - Melange a l鈥檋onneur de Pr Emmanuel Decaux (Paris, Pedone, 2017).听
  • 鈥淐ommunication with the Outside World鈥 in A. Clapham, M. Sassoli and P. Gaeta (eds), A Commentary to the Geneva Conventions (Oxford University Press, 2015).
  • 鈥淭he 2014 Gaza War: Reflections on Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello and Accountability鈥 (with V. Azarova) in A. Bellal (ed), The War Report 2014 (Oxford University Press, 2015).听
  • 鈥淭he Use of Weapons under International Humanitarian Law鈥 (with S. Casey-Maslen) in S. Casey-Maslen (ed), Weapons under International Human Rights Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
  • 鈥淭he Investigation Mechanism of Torture Claims in Israel: An Analysis of the 2012 GSS Investigation Decision and the T眉rkel Report鈥, in Stuart Melsen (ed), The War Report 2012 (Oxford University Press, 2013).
  • 鈥淚srael Palestine - International law updates鈥, in N. Erakat and M. Rabbani (eds) Aborted State? The UN Initiative and New Palestinian Junctures (Washington, Tadween Publishing, 2013).
  • 鈥淭he Follow up to the Goldstone Report in Israel and Beyond鈥 in C. Meloni and G. Tognoni (eds), Is There A Court for Gaza?- A Test Bench for International Justice (Asser/Springer, The Hague, 2012).
  • 鈥淣ational War Crimes Prosecution in Post-Conflict Era and Pluralism of Jurisdictions: the Experience of the Belgrade War Crimes Chamber鈥 (with Ivan Jovanovic) in A. Nollkaemper (ed.), Importing International Law in Post-Conflict States: The Role of Domestic Courts (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2012).听
  • 鈥淩eframing the Legality of the Israeli Military Courts 鈥揗ilitary Occupation or Apartheid?鈥 in A. Baker & A. Matar (eds), Threat - Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel (Pluto Press, London, 2011).


Reports

  • (鈥淛ihadist networks on Trial: An Ethnographic Approach to Criminal Trials (2017-2019鈥): Report for the French Ministry of Justice co-authored with Christiane Besnier (anthropologist), Antoine M茅gie (sociologist) and Denis Salas (judge). The report is the result of 36 months of empirical research in court. It was published on the Ministry鈥檚 website in March 2020 (GIP/CNRS):听.
  • French counter-terrorism: Administrative and Penal Avenues - Report prepared for the official visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on CounterTerrorism and Human Rights (May 2018). The report was cited in the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism:
  • "C么te d鈥檌voire: De la crise post-茅lectorale 脿 la construction d鈥檜n 脡tat de droit : la n茅cessaire r茅forme de la justice militaire", Report for the F茅d茅ration Internationale des Droits de L鈥橦omme - FIDH, September 2015.听
  • , Report for the F茅d茅ration Internationale des Droits de L鈥橦omme - FIDH, September 2011.
  • Ce que change l鈥檃dh茅sion de la Palestine 脿 la Cour p茅nale internationale, Les incertitudes d'une justice in茅galitaire, Magazine ORIENT XXI, Janvier 2015
  • Fausse impartialit茅 de la Haute Cour de justice isra茅lienne, La L茅gitimation du Mur, Magazine ORIENT XXI, Juillet 2014
  • 鈥淚sra毛l, le tribunal Russell contre l鈥檌mpunit茅鈥, Le blog du Monde Diplomatique, January 2013听
  • 鈥淟a Cour p茅nale internationale en question鈥, Le blog du Monde Diplomatique, August 2011
  • 鈥淒e Gaza 脿 Madrid, l鈥檃ssassinat cibl茅 de Salah Shehadeh鈥, Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2009
  • Borders, Documentary film, 52 minutes 鈥 Available at the m茅diath猫que of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Gen猫ve. The film was aired several times on the French TV Channel Public Senat (La cha卯ne parlementaire) in August 2008.
  • French counter-terrorism: Administrative and Penal Avenues - Report prepared for the official visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (May 2018.
  • "C么te d鈥檌voire: De la crise post-茅lectorale 脿 la construction d鈥檜n 脡tat de droit : la n茅cessaire r茅forme de la justice militaire", Report for the F茅d茅ration Internationale des Droits de L鈥橦omme - FIDH, September 2015.听
  • 鈥淪hielded From Accountability - Israel's Unwillingness to Investigate and Prosecute International Crimes鈥, Report for the F茅d茅ration Internationale des Droits de L鈥橦omme - FIDH, September 2011.
  • Ce que change l鈥檃dh茅sion de la Palestine 脿 la Cour p茅nale internationale, Les incertitudes d'une justice in茅galitaire, Magazine ORIENT XXI, Janvier 2015
  • Fausse impartialit茅 de la Haute Cour de justice isra茅lienne, La L茅gitimation du Mur, Magazine ORIENT XXI, Juillet 2014
  • 鈥淚sra毛l, le tribunal Russell contre l鈥檌mpunit茅鈥, Le blog du Monde Diplomatique, January 2013听
  • 鈥淟a Cour p茅nale internationale en question鈥, Le blog du Monde Diplomatique, August 2011
  • 鈥淒e Gaza 脿 Madrid, l鈥檃ssassinat cibl茅 de Salah Shehadeh鈥, Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2009
  • Borders, Documentary film, 52 minutes 鈥 Available at the m茅diath猫que of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Gen猫ve. The film was aired several times on the French TV Channel Public Senat (La cha卯ne parlementaire) in August 2008.

Media

  • Interviewed for Sciences po Paris Website: 鈥淟a soci茅t茅 face au terrorisme : quel r么le pour les proc猫s ?鈥, Nov 9, 2022听
  • Interviewed for the Washington Post, 鈥淪ole surviving attacker in 2015 Paris terrorism rampage is convicted鈥, June 29, 2022
  • Interviewed for Radio France International (RFI), June 30, 2022
  • Interviewed for Radio France Culture, , Nov 13, 2022听
  • Professor Weill was interviewed for the Financial Times about the Bataclan trial and the testimony of former French President, Francois Hollande. "", Financial Times, Nov 12, 2021
  • 听听: Proc猫s du 11-Septembre : fin de partie pour l鈥櫭﹖at d鈥檈xception
  • Interviewed for Financial times, "", 7Sept 2021
  • Interviewed for the Washington Post "" , 8 Sept 2021
  • Interviewed for Telerama, 鈥淧our 茅clairer le proc猫s des attentats du 13 Novembre, une 茅quipe hors norme d鈥檈xperts鈥, September 7, 2021

Conferences & Lectures

2023

  • Invited speaker at the international workshop and public round table 鈥淧rotection and Justice in Times of Counter-Terrorism: Insights from France and the UK鈥, with the participation of practitioners and academics, King鈥檚 College London (UK, 7-8 Sept 2023).
  • "The French Bataclan Trial: What are the Lessons for the Prosecution of Mass Crimes? ", Research Seminar, The Centre for Human Rights in Africa, the University of Pretoria, South Africa, 21 February 2023/ The Geneva Academy, University of Geneva, 23 March 2023/ The Centre for Human Rights, University College Dublin, 26 October 2023
  • 鈥淭he Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia: What Innovations for ICL?鈥, paper presentation at the International Research Conference 鈥淟atin America's Contribution to the Development of a Common Law鈥, Cidade Universit谩ria, S茫o Paulo, Brazil (Online, 30-31 Oct 2023)
  • Participation in the round table 鈥淩estorative Justice: The Colombian Model鈥, organized by the Colombian French Jurists Association. With the participation of key actors from the restorative process at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Paris Bar Association, 17 Oct 2023).
  • Invited speaker at the seminar 鈥溾, The Institute for Research on Law and Justice (Paris, 14 Sept 2023).
  • Presented a paper at the international workshop 鈥淭oolkits and Standards in Transitional Justice: Consolidation, Innovation and Implications鈥, Universidad de los Andes, Bogot谩 (Colombia, 15-16 Feb. 2023).

2022

  • The Bataclan Trial seen by the social sciences: An ethnographic and multidisciplinary approach (organizer of the conference); paper presentation: 鈥淧oursuivre les crimes de masses. Le proc猫s V13 comme exp茅rimentation judiciaire鈥), Sciences po Paris, Nov 10th 2022听
  • 鈥淭he French Bataclan Trial: What are the Lessons for the Prosecution of Mass Crimes?鈥, Lecture at the Oxford Center for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS Socio-Legal Seminar Series), Nov 7, 2022听
  • 鈥淟ocal courts as Global Actors鈥, Law and Society Global Conference, Lisbon, July 2022
  • Presentation of a paper in the international workshop 鈥淓mpirical research with judicial professionals and courts: Methods and practices" organized by the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Onati, Spain, 23-24 June 2022).
  • Presentation of a paper 鈥淪low Justice: The French Bataclan trial as a new paradigm?鈥 in the international conference The McDonaldization of justice and the disappearance of fair trial conference, 11th Conference on the future of adversarial and inquisitorial systems (Warwick University, 19-21 May 2022).
  • Presentation of a paper 鈥淟ower courts and judicialization: The New Transnational Players鈥, in the international conference 鈥淪ociological Perspectives on International Economic Law and Human Rights Law鈥 (EUI, Florence, 12-13 May 2022).
  • Seminar, 鈥淭he transformation of the terror trial in the era of transnational jihadism: What can we learn from the French Bataclan trial for the prosecution of mass crimes?鈥, International Law Forum, Law faculty (Hebrew university, Jerusalem, 11 April 2022)
  • Terrorism on Trial: Insights from the French Bataclan trial and beyond (Sciences Po, 6 April 2022) available online: https://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/headlines-events/terrorism-trial.html

2021

  • Invited to a round table discussion at the conference 芦听Comprendre et juger, le d茅mocratie face au djihadism听禄.听 Title of the presentation: 鈥淟a transformation des proc猫s p茅naux 脿 l鈥櫭╮e du terrorisme djihadiste鈥, CERI, Sciences-Po, 23 November 2021.
  • Invited speaker at the seminar held at the French Supreme Court/ Cour de Cassation :听鈥 La justice p茅nale internationale : quelle perception m茅morielle ?鈥, S茅minaire听脿听la听Cour de Cassation,听Cycle 2021 - La justice entre m茅moire et oubli, 27 septembre 2021听听
  • 鈥淭he Inter/National tracks of judicialization鈥, paper presented in the Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association- SLSA (with S Dezalay), Online, March 2021.
  • 鈥淭he Role of Courts in the War on Terror鈥, paper presented in the Law and Society Annual Conference, ONLINE, May 2021.
  • Participation and book presentation at the International Symposium 鈥淢ass trials for Mass violence? 75 Years after Nuremberg鈥, Universit茅 libre de Bruxelles and McGill University (Brussels, 4-5 October 2021).
  • Book talk: 鈥淭he President on Trial Prosecuting Hiss猫ne Habr茅鈥:
    • of Laws, UCL, London (March 2022)
    • School of Law, The Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Zoom, May 2022)
    • Round table and book presentation with a panel of international lawyers, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School (Zoom, Oct 2021).
    • Centre for Conflict, Security and Societies, Cardiff University, UK (Zoom, Feb 2021)
    • 鈥淰ictims Rights: What Justice for Victims of International Crimes?鈥, Round table and book presentation PSIA, Sciences Po, (Zoom, February 2021)

2020

  • I organized the launch of our research report in 鈥淛ihadists on Trial: an Ethnographic Study at the French Assize Court (2017-2019)鈥, an interdisciplinary colloquium with the participation of judicial actors including the French Counter-terrorism Prosecutor, President of the Assizes Criminal Court, a counter-terrorism investigative judge and a defense lawyer (CERI, Sciences po, March, 2020). The program is available at https://www.sciencespo.fr/agenda/ceri/fr?event=1953
  • Terror in Court: Transnational Jihadism and the Fabrication of its Judges. Talk by Sharon Weill at the Center for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University, UK (30 January 2020). https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/terror-court-transnational-jihadism-and-fabrication-its-judges-ethnography-french-criminal

2019

  • "Is International Criminal Justice "Model" Justice?" The American University of Paris, October 17, 2019 |听
  • Law and Society Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019: organizing a panel 鈥淭error, Rights, and Belonging: Dignity before the Law and Courts鈥 and听presenting a paper 鈥淭error in Courts: The Radicalization of French Actors and Law鈥.
  • Cardiff Centre of Law and Society Annual Conference 鈥淲ars on law, wars through law? Reflections on the past and the present of the War on terror,鈥 invited to present a paper on French trials of foreign fighters,听Cardiff University, UK, May 2019.
  • Trial Watch Conference, The Clooney Foundation, Colombia University, NYC, April 2019. participation in a closed workshop with George and Amal Clooney who launched their Trial Watch project.

2018

  • International Workshop 鈥淐ountering Extremism: Now What?鈥, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore September 2018. Particiapting in the panel on 鈥淓xtremists in Detention鈥.
  • International colloquium 鈥Intelligence, Transnational Activities听and National Security in听France听and听Europe:听Transnationalisation,听Oversight听th Role听of听Courts鈥, CERI, Sciences Po, September 2018. Title of presentation:听鈥淪ecurity Services Representation in Trials.鈥
  • 鈥淔rench Counterterrorism Practices: Criminal and Administrative Avenues- A talk by Sharon Weill,鈥 PILAC, Harvard Law School (Boston, April 2018).
  • 鈥淭he Hissene Habr茅 Trial, National Courts and the Future of International Criminal Justice,鈥 鈥 presentation in the conference entitled The Trial of Hissene Habr茅, a turning point in African and International justice? (Dakar, February 2018).
  • 鈥淚CC Preliminary Examination and the Situation of Palestine,鈥 paper presented in the international conference Quality Control in Preliminary Examination, organized by the Center for International Law Research and Policy (International Court of Justice, The Hague, June 2017).听

2017-2016 (selected conferences)

  • 鈥淭he Military Trials in Guantanamo Bay,鈥 paper presented in the conference The Act of Judging Facing the Turmoil of History (The French National School of Magistrates - ENM, November 2017).
  • 鈥淕enerating Respect for IH: an African perspective,鈥 invited speaker in the round table organized at the bi-annual conference of the International Law Association (Johannesburg, August 2016).
  • 鈥淭ransnational lawyering: The Guantanamo trials and beyond鈥, paper presented in the international workshop: The emerging transnational criminal law at iCourt - The Danish National Research Foundation鈥檚 Centre of Excellence for International Courts (University of Copenhagen, May 2016).
  • 鈥淪hould听and Will Guantanamo Close?鈥, public seminar with the participation of academics and high-level officials听(co-organizer and speaker),听University of California (Berkeley,听April 2016)
  • 鈥淪topping War Crimes Before They Happen: Preventing Violations of the Law in Armed Conflict,鈥 roundtable and launch of the International Review of the Red Cross on generating respect for IHL听(organizer and speaker),听University of California (Berkeley, March听2016).
  • 鈥淭he Role of Domestic Courts during Armed Conflicts: Generating Respect for International Humanitarian law,鈥 paper presentation at 10th anniversary conference of the European Society for International law (Vienna, October 2014).

Affiliations

  • CERI, Sciences Po: Associated researcher
  • Law and Society Association (LSA)
  • International Studies Association (ISA)
  • European Society of International law (ESIL)
  • International Law Association (ILA)

Research Areas

  • Socio legal approaches for the study of trials and courts
  • Military and criminal justice, counter terrorism trials, the role of lawyers.
  • The relationship between international and domestic law
  • The politics of international law.
  • International law applicable to armed conflicts, military occupation; targeted killings, the war on terror.
  • Human rights, UN protection mechanisms; international criminal law and courts.
  • Asylum courts