Who's Who - Further Biographical Information
Louise Arimatsu (Organiser / Project Coordinator)
After being called to the Bar in 2000, Louise attended
Nottingham University where she was awarded an LLM in International Criminal Law
and the Law of Armed Conflict in 2001. She submitted her thesis on 'Defences in
International Criminal Law' in October 2006. She has taught PIL, ICL and
IHL at the LSE. Between 1999-2001, Louise worked part-time for a defence team at
the ICTY and was involved in the
Celebici and Nikolic cases.
Her
main areas of interests are in international criminal law and international
humanitarian law.
Selected Publications
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Book review: 'The Law of State Immunity,' (2004) 67 The Modern Law Review
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'The International Criminal Court and Globalization', Encyclopaedia of Globalization
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"International Humanitarian Law and the Detainees at Guantanamo", Physicians for Human Rights
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"International Law, Torture and the Transfer of Suspects – Outsourcing Torture" World Today (November 2005)
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"Lordly Law" Legal Affairs (March/April 2006)
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Cases and Materials on the Crime of Genocide, (chapters on the ICTY, ICTR, ICJ) The Leo Kuper Foundation
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"Guantanamo Military Commissions" World Today (February 2007)
Jasmine Armour-Marshall (Research Assistant)
Jasmine is a part time Research Assistant to Louise Arimatsu and a clinical medical student at University College London. She was recently awarded an iBsc in International Health. International Humanitarian Law was a core component of her degree. She aims to pursue an LLM in Public International Law.
Paula is currently pursuing her LLM in Public International Law at the LSE and
her major areas of interest include Armed Conflict and the Use of Force,
International Criminal Law, Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons. She
obtained her LLB (Hons) Degree from Makerere University in Uganda and shortly
after completed the Bar Programme in 2007. Previously, she worked with the
Amnesty Commission, a Government institution that grants pardons to
ex-combatants and reintegrates them into their former communities in Uganda.
Linda Bore
Linda graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2006 with an
LLB (hons). She thereafter undertook her articles of pupillage with a law firm
in Nairobi, before sitting her bar exams in December 2007. Linda has interned
with various international bodies, most recently with the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda, where she worked on the Renzaho and Bagosora et al cases.
She is currently undertaking her LLM at the LSE, specialising in Public
International Law, and her main area of interest is in International
Humanitarian Law and development within Sub-Saharan Africa.
Julien received a BA in Political Science from Sciences Po
Paris and Boston College in 2006 and an MPA (Cum Laude) in Public
Affairs from Sciences Po in 2008. He worked as an intern at the UN and at the
French Foreign Office, and as a Junior Delegate at the European Commission. He
is currently undertaking an LLM at LSE in Public International Law, focusing on
the law of armed conflict and the use of force.
Kirsten Campbell (LSE Research Affiliate)
Kirsten is a lecturer in sociology at Goldsmiths College, and a
doctoral student in the Department of Law at the LSE. Kirsten's doctoral
research, 'The Justice of Humans: Humanitarian Crimes and the Laws of War'
develops a social theory of the legal regulation of armed conflict, focusing on
the ICTY. Kirsten holds degrees in law, sociology, and political science from
the universities of Melbourne, Macquarie and Oxford, and is admitted as a
barrister and solicitor in Victoria, Australia. Kirsten was also a visiting
scholar in Centre for the Study of Law and Society, Boalt Hall Law School,
University of California at Berkeley in 2005.
Selected Publications
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'"To Render Justice": Models of Justice in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia' (April 4, 2005), Paper 25, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, http://repositories.cdlib.org/csls/lss/25.
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'The Spoils of War: Berlin: The Downfall' 34 Economy and Society (2005) 495-507.
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Jacques Lacan and Feminist Epistemology, London and New York: Routledge, 2004.
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'The Trauma of Justice' 13 Social and Legal Studies (2004) 329-350.
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'Out of Conflict: Change, Peace, Justice' co-editor Vikki Bell, Special Issue, 13 Social and Legal Studies (2004).
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'The Promise of Feminist Reflexivities: Developing Donna Haraway's Project for Feminist Science Studies' 19 Hypatia (2004)162-182.
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'Rape as a Crime against Humanity: Trauma, Law and Justice in the ICTY' 2 Journal of Human Rights (2003) 507-515.
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'Legal Memories: Sexual Assault, Memory and International Humanitarian Law' 28 Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (2002) 149-178.
Isabel holds a MA in
International Relations from the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is
currently taking a MSc Human Rights at LSE. Her research interests include
International Humanitarian Law and Criminal Law and natural resources in
conflict.
Alejandro Chehtman (LSE Research Affiliate)
Alejandro obtained a law degree from the University of Buenos
Aires (Hons) in 2000. He was awarded an MSc in Political Theory at the LSE,
where he is now studying for a PhD. Since 1998, Alejandro has taught Criminal
Law at a number of universities in South America and is currently teaching
Public International Law at the LSE.
From 1998 to 2002, Alejandro was
legal adviser to Justice Martín Irurzún, in the Second Chamber of the Federal
Appeals Court for Criminal Matters and in that capacity specialized in
prosecutions involving human rights violations perpetrated by Argentina's
previous military regime. In 2004, he worked as Chief of Department for the
Public Defense Office before the Federal Criminal Oral Tribunals. Alejandro is
also a Member of the Bar in Buenos Aires.
His main areas of work are Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure,
International Criminal Law, and Political Theory.
Seema Farazi (LSE Research Affiliate)
Seema is currently completing her doctoral thesis in public international law at the LSE. She is also a practising barrister and tenant at Doughty Street Chambers where she specialises in refugee and international law. Prior to joining Doughty Street, Seema was a researcher at Matrix Chambers where she carried out extensive research on a number of landmark cases at the House of Lords, including the recent torture case, R v Jones and R (on the application of Al Jedda). Seema is also a consultant with Peacerights.
Charles Garraway (Project Partner)
Professor Garraway served for thirty years as a legal officer
in the UK Army Legal Services where he advised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on
operations in the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has
represented the MoD at a number of international conferences and was the senior
Army lawyer deployed to the Gulf during the 1990/1 Gulf Conflict.
More recently, he has worked for the Foreign Office on transitional justice
issues in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He has taught at universities and military
institutions around the world and was appointed the Stockton Chair in
International Law at the United States Naval War College for 2004/5.
Professor Garraway is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, a Visiting
Fellow in the Department of Human Rights, University of Essex and teaches
part-time at the LSE. His current research interests include IHL and
international criminal justice.
Selected Publications
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'Superior Orders and the International Criminal Court: Justice Delivered or Justice Denied?' International Review of the Red Cross, No.836 (1999), 785; reprinted in Bekou & Cryer (Eds.) The International Criminal Court, 2004, 179.
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'The Defence of Superior Orders, in War Crimes Law and the Statute of Rome: Some Afterthoughts', Report of the Rijswijk Seminar of 22 October 1999, (International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, 1999, 24)
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The Code of Conduct for Military Operations during Non-International Armed Conflict, IIHL, November 2001 (co-contributors M. N. Schmitt, Y. Dinstein, M. Bourbonniere).
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Accountability and Reconciliation – Squaring the Circle in Situations of Internal Violence, in H. Fischer, U. Froissart, W. Heintschel von Heinegg, C. Raap (Eds.) Krisensicherung und Humanitarer Schutz – Crisis Management and Humanitarian Protection (Festschrift fur Dieter Fleck), Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2004, 125.
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'Interoperability and the Atlantic Divide – A Bridge over Troubled Waters' 34 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2004) 105-125.
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'Occupation Policy in Iraq and International Law, International Peacekeeping' in The Yearbook of International Peace Operations (2004) 27 (co-authored with M. Schmitt).
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'Military Excesses? Is there a 'Right Way' of Dealing' 2 Journal of International Criminal Law (2004) 981.
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'Responsibility of Command – A Poisoned Chalice?' in R. Arnold & P. Hildbrand (Eds.), International Humanitarian Law and the 21st Century's Conflicts: Changes and Challenges (2005).
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'Command Responsibility: Victors' Justice or Just Desserts?' in R. Burchill, N. White & J. Morris (Eds.) International Conflict and Security Law: Essays in Memory of Hilaire McCoubrey, CUP (2005).
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'Military Commissions – Kangaroo Courts?' 35 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2005).
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'The Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal – A Commentary' in S. Breau & A. Jachec-Neale (Eds.), Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law, BIICL (2006).
Mariana Goetz (LSE Research Affiliate)
Mariana Goetz obtained her undergraduate law degree at King's College London in 1995, and Masters in International Law & Development at the LSE in 1996. She worked as a legal assistant for the Government of Senegal at the 1998 Rome Conference for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court and subsequently worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and at the Special Court for Sierra Leone where she was the Legal Advisor to the Registrar. Mariana is currently a Programme Adviser at REDRESS undertaking research at the LSE on justice mechanisms in post conflict situations where she has also taught Public International Law. Mariana was a trainer on the IBA Human Rights training programme for Iraqi Judges and has undertook consultancy work on transitional justice issues.
Selected Publications
Justice for Victims of Gender Violence in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Conference Paper, Taking Stock of Transitional Justice Oxford, 26-28 June 2009, Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies,
“Reparations and the International Criminal Court”; in Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity; Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, eds Carla Ferstman, Mariana Goetz, Alan Stephens, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, ISBN 90 04 17449 4
“Reparations for Victims in Colombia: Colombia´s Law on Justice and Peace”, in Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, eds Carla Ferstman, Mariana Goetz, Alan Stephens, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, ISBN 90 04 17449 4
"The international criminal court and its relevance to affected communities”, in Courting Conflict? Justice, Peace and the ICC in Africa (Royal African Society: London, 2008), pp. 69–70., eds N. Waddell and P. Clark,
“Implementing Collective Reparations: Concepts & Principles”, Conference Paper, Conference on Reparations for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes; Hague Peace Palace, March 2007.
"Victims, Perpetrators or Heroes? Child Soldiers before the International Criminal Court", (Redress Trust, 2006)
"From Victims to Rights Holders: Girls and Women's demands from Transitional Justice", (ActionAid, 2006 )
Book Review: 'Internationalized Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia' (2004), ed Romano, Modern Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 4. (2006), pp. 672-675
"From Paper To Practice: A Contribution From The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda To The Establishment Of The International Criminal Court". 25(3) Fordham Journal of International Law (2002) pp. 688-707. (drafted in the name of Adama Dieng, Registrar of ICTR)
Gina Heathcote (LSE Research Affiliate)
Gina Heathcote is undertaking research in the Law Department,
LSE, on international law and the use of force from a feminist perspective. She
has an LLM in Women and the Law (University of Westminster) and a BA/ LLB from
the Australian National University. Gina previously worked as a legal researcher
for a prominent women's human rights NGO in London and currently teaches
jurisprudence at the LSE. Her interest in the IHL project centres on the
relationship between
jus in bello and jus ad bellum, the impact of gender on
IHL and the potential within IHL to work with anti-trafficking initiatives.
Selected Publications
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'Law's Violence and Violence against Women' Conference Paper, Up Against the Nation States of Feminist Theory, Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Kent Law School, University of Kent (July 1st 2006).
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'Feminist Reflections on the Use of Force' Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society of International Law (March 30th – April 2nd 2006).
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'Human Rights Law as Narrative: Dichotomies of the Legal and Non-Legal' Conference Paper, Crossing the Boundaries: the place for human rights in contemporary scholarship, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics (March 24th 2006).
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'Article 51 Self-Defence as a Narrative: Spectators and Heroes in International Law' 12 (1) Texas Wesleyan Law Review (Fall 2005).
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'UN Charter Article 51 Self-Defence as a Narrative of Western Empowerment' Conference Paper, The Power of Stories: Intersections of Law, Culture and Literature, University of Gloucester (July 24-26th, 2005)
Insun obtained a BA in Psychology from Seoul National University in the Republic
of Korea and an LLM in International Law from Edinburgh University, Scotland.
Insun's academic interests lie in identifying the various causes of conflicts
and exploring the way to establish durable peace.
Lourdes Hernandez Martin (LSE Research Affiliate)
Lourdes Hernandez Martin graduated from the University Autonoma of Madrid with a degree in Philology and a specialisation in Arabic. In 2006, she obtained an MSc in Human Rights from the LSE. She is currently undertaking research on private military/security companies. She has previously worked for the Spanish Press Agency in North Africa and Amnesty International. Her research interests include human rights law, armed conflict and non-state actors.
Agnieszka Jachec-Neale (Project Partner)
Agnieszka is currently completing doctorate studies both
at the University of Gdansk and at the University of Essex, while teaching
Public International Law at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has worked
with international organisations in South-Eastern Europe, specialising in human
rights field observation and monitoring domestic war crimes trials and has also
served as a research fellow for the British Institute of International and
Comparative Law (BIICL).
Selected Publications
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SC Breau and A Jachec-Neale (eds) Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law (BIICL, 2006).
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'International Humanitarian Law and Polish Involvement in Stabilizing Iraq' in SC Breau and A Jachec-Neale (eds) Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law (BIICL, 2006).
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'Law enforcement obligations and compliance with the law by multinational contingents' in R. Arnold (ed.), Law Enforcement and Peace-Keeping Operations (forthcoming 2007).
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'Humane Treatment in the Framework of the War against Terrorists' in R. Arnold and N. Quénivet (eds.), International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law (forthcoming 2007).
Andrew is currently undertaking doctoral research at the LSE on international society and state obligations of international criminal justice. He holds an MA in Legal and Political Theory from UCL and a BA in Politics and Philosophy from the University of York. He has also interned at the ICTY and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, as well as working for the Treasury Solicitors Office.
Anagha obtained her LLB (Hons) and BA (Distinction) from the Queensland University of Technology in 2004 and was awarded the University's Tom Cain Trophy for Outstanding Achievement. She was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 7 November 2005. Anagha worked with law firm, Phillips Fox, before joining the Office of International Law in the Australian Attorney-General's Department. Anagha is currently undertaking her LLM at the LSE, specialising in Public International Law.
Selected Publications
'Australia Country Report' (2007) 18 Yearbook of International Environmental Law [FORTHCOMING]
Nicolas Lamp (LSE Research Affiliate)
N.Lamp@lse.ac.uk
Nicolas Lamp is currently undertaking doctoral research at the Law Department of the London School of Economics. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from Technical University Dresden, an M.A. in International Relations from Jacobs University, Bremen, and an LL.M. in Public International Law from the LSE.
Udoka Nwosu (LSE Research Affiliate)
Udoka graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the University of Nigeria in 2001 and was awarded a B.L degree in 2003 from the Nigerian Law School. She obtained her LLM in Public International Law from the LSE in 2004, where she is currently studying for her PhD. In 2003, Udoka was awarded the Prince Bola Ajibola Award for Civil Procedure at the Nigerian Law School. She is currently a teaching assistant in Public International Law at the LSE. Her main research interests include public international law, international criminal law and criminal law.
Tara graduated 2004 with an LLB (hons) in Law and European Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is currently reading for an LLM in Public International Law.
Abhijit Pandya (LSE Research Affiliate)
Abhijit obtained his LLB at the University of Leicester,
followed by an LLM at the LSE. He has worked as a research associate with Lord
Justice Sedley, Lord Mustill, the BIICL, the Centre for European and Comparative
Law at the University of Oxford, the Redress Trust and various diplomatic
missions within the UK. Abhijit also taught Public International law at the
University of Leicester and was called to the Bar in 2006.
Sophie was awarded a BA in Political Science
from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2006, before pursuing an MA in
Conflict, Security and Development from the Department of War Studies at King's
College London in 2007. She is currently studying for an MSc in Human Rights at
LSE, focusing on human rights in conflict. Her research interests include UN
peacekeeping, civilian atrocities, and the Great Lakes region. Sophie is a 2007
British Marshall Scholar.
Andrew holds a BA in Law from Selwyn College, Cambridge University. He is currently working towards his LLM in Public International Law at The London School of Economics & Political Science. While at Cambridge, Andrew served as a research assistant and published in the Cambridge Student Law Review. He has worked with The Bar Human Rights Committee and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights.
Judy is currently in the MSc Human Rights Programme at the London School of Economics and sits as the secretary of the International Criminal Court Student Network of the LSE. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a joint degree in political science and development studies, and a minor in Southeast Asian studies. Judy created and facilitated an undergraduate political science course called "Perspectives on Genocide" at Berkeley and has also interned for the Foreign Policy Association, a non-profit organization in New York, NY.
Page Wilson (LSE Research Affiliate)
After completing degrees in international relations, education and law from the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne, Page was admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, in 2002. At the LSE, she then completed research into the international crime of aggression, receiving her PhD in May 2007. Her main area of interest is the responsibility of elites for violations of ICL/IHL and the legal and political issues this raises - a topic on which she is currently writing.
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