Address
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)
Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
Bochumer Fenster, 6th/7th floor
Massenbergstr. 11
44787 Bochum
Germany
Nationality
German/Mauritian
Research Interests
Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, History and Theory of International Law
Research Focus
PhD project: ‘The Conceptualization of Vulnerable Groups in Human Rights Law Through the Prism of Land'
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger
Education
Since 2015
PhD student and Research Associate at Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict/Faculty of Law, Ruhr University Bochum
10/2007 - 09/2014
Law Studies and First Legal State Examination, Specialization in ‘International and European Law’, Ruhr University Bochum
09/2012 - 09/2013
Master 2: ‘Administration Internationale’, Sorbonne Law School (Université Paris 1)
08/2009–03/2010
Study Abroad Programme, University of Oklahoma School of Law
06/2007
A levels (‘Abitur’), Hildegardis Schule Hagen
Work Experience and other Activities
Since 2015
Research Associate at IFHV, In charge of „Young International Law” (YIL) Workshop Series, In charge of IFHV’s Social Media Presence
Since 2015
Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and in the NOHA Master Humanitarian Action (Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Legal Methodology, International Environmental Law, European Union Law, Diplomatic Law, International Organizations)
Since 2015
Assistant Editor: „International Humanitarian Action“ (NOHA Textbook)
05/2011 - 03/2014
Student Assistant at IFHV
06/2013 - 09/2013
Legal Intern at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Bangkok
Most recent Publications
01/2019
Bofax: ‘Palestine’s Accession to the Rome Statute: An Impediment to Peace?’,
No. 464E
2019
Book Review: 'Research Methods in Human Rights - A Handbook',
Edward Elgar Publishing 2018, Humanitäres Völkerrecht (HuV), Issue 1, 2019
07/2018
Bofax: 'Der Fall Sami. A: Zwischen „Abschiebung“ und „Zurückholung“',
No. 511D
06/2018
Bofax: 'Boris Becker: Diplomatische Immunität als Sonderbotschafter der Zentralafrikanischen Republik (ZAR)?', No. 507D, 26
2017
Book Review: „The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights“, Verfassung in Recht und Übersee
11/2016
Blog Post: „The Human Right to Land, A Case of Too Many Rights Spoiling the Broth or
a Recipe for Justice?“, Völkerrechtsblog
2015
Article: „Hybrid Warfare: zwischen Cyber-Attacken und Manipulation von Informationen“, together with Pierre Thielbörger, Die Friedenswarte, Issue 1-2, 2015.
Conferences and Panels
11/2018
Comment on Presentation by Judge Bertram Schmitt of the International Criminal Court
(with Özgen Özdemir), Conference for the 30th Anniversary of the IFHV, 29 November
10/2018
Presentation 'Einführung ins Völkerstrafrecht', Tagung für Rechtsreferendare und Konventionsbeauftragte: Verbreitung des Humanitären Völkerrechts, DRK-Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V., Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict and Ministry of Justice of Lower-Saxony, Bad Pyrmont, Germany, 7–8 October
02/2018
Presentation of PhD research, Young International Law Doctoral Workshop Series,
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 1 February
11/2017
Presentation of PhD research: Yale Law School Doctoral Scholarship Conference
(International Law Wheel), New Haven, 10-11 November
08/2017
Presentation of PhD research: Asian Society of International Law (ASIANSIL) Junior Scholar Workshop, Yonsei University, Seoul, 24 August
11/2016
Participation in Trilateral Workshop "Comparative Perspectives on Land Governance in Brazil and India", organized by the Law & Society Institute Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, 4 November
09/2016
Organization: Pre-Conference Workshop (Protecting the Unprotected: Humanitarian Action and Human Rights after the World Humanitarian Summit), Bochum, 20 September
03/2016
Panel Presentation 'The Human Right to land', 4th biannual International Humanitarian Studies Association World Humanitarian Studies Conference (WHSC), Addis Ababa, 5-8 March
Grants and Awards
Since 2017
PhD Scholarship: Tokyo Foundation
Since 2015
International Realization Budget (IRB): RUB Research School
09/2012 - 08/2013
Graduate Scholarship: German Academic Scholarship Foundation
(‘Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes’)
11/2011 - 08/2011
Study Scholarship: German Academic Scholarship Foundation
(‘Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes’)
03/2011
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition;
German Rounds: National Champion Award (Team), Best Oralist (Individual), International Rounds: Memorial Award for 13th place out of 123 teams
Language Skills
German – Native
English – Fluent
French – Fluent
Mauritian Creole - Fluent
Spanish – Advanced
Hindi/Urdu – Beginner