Ciara Laverty is a PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University. Her research examines the interests protected by international criminal acts and how they relate to the communicative function of the law. Ciara has been a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and
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The Centre for Innovation prepares Leiden University for the digital future by identifying and exploring technological trends in education and research. They explore technology from a people’s perspective by starting initiatives relevant to society, developing learning experiences and innovation tools. The Centre connects faculty, students, our partners, the market and
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Dr. Ahmed F. Khalifa is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and International Criminal Law at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Deputy Director of its legal Clinic. Since 2014, he serves as the Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Penal Law. Furthermore, he is the Middle
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Dr. Emma Irving was Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University until September 2020. She defended her PhD titled ‘The Shared Protection of Human Rights at the International Criminal Court’ at the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Prof.
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Headquartered in White Plains, New York, the Planethood Foundation was established in 1996. Aiming to replace the law of force with the force of law, the Planethood Foundation’s philanthropy focuses primarily on empowering the International Criminal Court to prosecute and punish suspected war criminals when sovereign national governments will not. The
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Ezequiel Heffes is a Thematic Legal Adviser at Geneva Call, a humanitarian NGO that engages armed non-State actors on humanitarian norms. He holds an LL.M. in IHL and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy, where he was a recipient of the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Scholars, and a
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Mr. Daniel Møgster graduated in 2014 with a master of laws from the University of Oslo and then began to work as ministerial adviser to the Norwegian government on anti-corruption issues. Four years later, in 2018, he graduated from Leiden University’s advanced studies programme on European and International Human Rights Law
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Dr. Joseph Powderly joined the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in March 2011. He is Associate Professor, and the Academic Coordinator of the LL.M. Advanced in Public International Law. He lectures in international criminal law, international criminal litigation, and public international law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His
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Ms. Kaetlin Gale obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Exeter, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law from Leiden University. During her time at Leiden, she notably represented the University at the 2017 Frits Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Competition, with her team
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