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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) |
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| NATIONALITY | ||
| German | ||
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | ||
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Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Cultural Heritage Law, Legal Methodology |
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| RESEARCH FOCUS | ||
| PhD project: Cultural Heritage Preservation and Protection in Human Rights Law | ||
| (supervised by Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger) | ||
| EDUCATION | ||
| Since 11/2015 | PhD Candidate in the German-Arab joint programme at Ruhr University Bochum, Lebanese American University, and the University of Jordan | |
| 08/2014 | Master of International Laws (LL.M.), Maastricht University (The Netherlands) Second year of LL.M. studies spent at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) |
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| 01/2012 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Liberal Arts and Sciences, University College Maastricht (The Netherlands) Exchange semester completed at the University of New South Wales (Australia) |
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| 05/2007 | A levels (‘Abitur’), Otto-Kühne-Schule Godesberg (Germany) | |
| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| 2018 | Book review: 'Lee McConnell / Rhona Smith (eds.), Research Methods in Human Rights, Routledge, Abingdon (Oxon) / New York 2018' in: Humanitäres Völkerrecht, Band 1, Heft 3-4, 2018, 291-292. | |
| 2018 | Book review: 'Katharine Fortin, The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2018' in: Humanitäres Völkerrecht, Band 1, Heft 3-4, 2018, 289-290. | |
| 2017 | Journal Article: 'Recent Developments in the Protection of Cultural Heritage: Al Mahdi before the ICC', in: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 30(3/4), pp. 107-113. | |
| 2017 | Book review: 'Matthias Ruffert/Christian Walter, Institutionalised International Law, Nomos/C.H. Beck/Hart Publishing, Baden-Baden/Oxford 2015', in: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 30(3/4), p. 115. | |
| 2017 | Journal Article (with R. McDermott,C. Lülf, P. Gibbons): 'International Law Applicable to Urban Conflict and Disaster', in: Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (DPM) Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 553-564. | |
| 2017 | Bofax: 'Al Mahdi before the International Criminal Court (ICC): Reparations Order. ', No. 497D, 26 August 2017. | |
| 2015 | Journal Article: 'Strengthening the principle of distinction? A critical appraisal of the ICRC’s continuous combat function' in: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (JIHLS) Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 377-413. | |
| 2015 | Bofax: 'The Prosecutor v Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi: The first case to be brought before the ICC concerning alleged war crimes regarding the destruction of historical and religious monuments', No. 477E, 29 September 2015. | |
| 2014 | Book review: ‘Pierre Thielbörger, The Right(s) to Water: The Multi-Level Governance of a Unique Human Right, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2014’, in: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 27(1), p. 53. | |
| 2012 | Book review: ‘Stefan Galke, Die völkerrechtliche Beurteilung des Abschusses eines von Terroristen entführten Zivilluftfahrzeuges – Vor dem Hintergrund der Rolle und des Rechts der Vereinten Nationen, Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2012’, in: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 25(4), pp. 220–221. | |
| 2012 | Bofax: ‘Zum zehnjährigen Bestehen des IStGH und zum Amtsantritt von Fatou Bensouda als neue Chefanklägerin’ [On the 10 Year Anniversary of the ICC and on the Inauguration of Fatou Bensouda as the Chief Prosecutor], No. 208D, 2 Juli 2012. | |
| RESEARCH STAYS & SUMMER SCHOOLS |
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| 09/2018 | One-week summer school on 'Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law', Leiden University and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, The Hague. | |
| 07-08/2018 | Four-week research stay at Future Analytics in Dublin, Ireland within the framework of the Horizon 2020 Preparedness and Resilience to Address Urban Vulnerability Project (PRUV). | |
| 09-10/2017 | Two-week research stay at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, Lebanon, including participation in a PhD workshop. | |
| 10-12/2016 | Four-week research stay at Future Analytics in Dublin, Ireland within the framework of the Horizon 2020 Preparedness and Resilience to Address Urban Vulnerability Project (PRUV). | |
| CONFERENCE & PANEL PRESENTATIONS | ||
| 10/2018 | 'Protecting Cultural Heritage in Vulnerable Urban Settings: International Law Responses', 7th International Law for the Sustainable Development Goals Workshop, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands) (joint working paper presentation with Dr. Ronan McDermott). | |
| 10/2018 | 'The Protection of Cultural Heritage in (Armed) Conflict', Training Seminar for Legal Trainees and Dissemination Officers, German Red Cross, Bad Pyrmont (Germany). | |
| 02/2018 | 'Introduction to International Humanitarian Law', Traning Seminar for Junior Lawyers and Dissemination Officers, German Red Cross, Münster (Germany). | |
| 11/2017 | 'Legal Frameworks for Urban Vulnerabilities: Preliminary Findings of work package III', PRUV Mid-Term Review, University College Dublin (Ireland). | |
| 10/2017 | 'The Protection of Cultural Property in (Armed) Conflict', Traning Seminar for Legal Trainees and Dissemination Officers, German Red Cross, Bad Pyrmont (Germany). | |
| 10/2017 | 'Al Mahdi before the ICC', IFHV Research Colloquium, Bochum (Germany). | |
| 10/2017 | 'Tangible Cultural Heritage and Human Rights: Appraising the Added Value of Considering the Destruction of Cultural Property under Human Rights Law', IEE PhD Progress Presentation at the Lebanese American University, Beirut (Lebanon). | |
| 09/2017 | Moderator at the expert workshop “The use of weapons and the right to life”, jointly organised by the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, the German Institute for Human Rights, and the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin (Germany). | |
| 09/2017 | 'The interrelationship between resilience and urban cultural heritage', RC21 Conference “Rethinking Global Urban Justice”, University of Leeds, Leeds (England). | |
| 03/2017 | 'The Relationship Between the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Peacetime and in Armed Conflict', 27th Conference on International Humanitarian Law, German Red Cross, Ettlingen (Germany). | |
| 10/2016 | 'Strengthening the Protection of Cultural Property – A Human Rights Perspective', IEE PhD Presentation at the Lebanese American University, Byblos (Lebanon). | |
| 03/2016 | 'Cultural Property and Third Generation Human Rights', Panel: Third Generation Human Rights, World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). | |
| 07/2015 | 'The protection of cultural property in light of its deliberate destruction by non-state actors', IFHV Research Colloquium, Bochum (Germany). | |
| UNIVERSITY ADMIN & OTHER ENGAGEMENT | ||
| Since 2017 | Reviewer for scholarship applications for Ruhr University Bochum’s Research School Plus. | |
| 2016-17 | Chair of the Joint Programme Committee of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). | |
| 2016-17 | Faculty representative of Ruhr University Bochum at the Joint Programme Committee of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). | |
| 2015-17 | Officer for Gender Equality at the IFHV. | |
| Since 2015 | Deputy Representative of the academic staff at the IFHV Board of Directors. | |
| Since 2015 | Member of the Research Cluster 'The Effectiveness of Interventions and Policies for Development: social, political and legal science perspectives'. | |
| AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS | ||
| 2016 | Research School Plus, Conference Organisation Grant (with Behmer/Lülf/Ramsayhe) | |
| 2016 | Research School Plus, International Realisation Budge for the PhD project. | |
| LANGUAGE SKILLS | ||
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German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (beginner), Spanish (beginner) |
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