6 May 2019
The central research question in this project is: Taking as a starting point the grave and often irreparable harm caused by the commission of international crimes and serious human rights violations how to establish and theoretically justify the outer limits of secondary criminal liability for assisting those who directly commit international crimes and serious human rights violations?
This project will involve a thorough analysis and evaluation of the theoretical discussions and foundations surrounding secondary criminal liability. The PhD project should connect the theory with relevant laws and practices in a number of justice systems (including at least one Anglo-saxon and one Continental-European system). The combination of analysis of theories and practices and their evaluation in light of the demands of human rights law, should result in an evaluative framework enabling the PhD researcher to answer the research question.
The present PhD project will include in its analysis and evaluation the international criminal law and practice on secondary liability. Arguably, these international standards of secondary criminal liability may carry significant weight in the determination of the outer limits of secondary liability. An important reason why they could is that the law on secondary liability at international criminal tribunals has been specifically developed, in written instruments and in case law, with a view to ending impunity for the most serious human rights violations, international crimes.
The position is first and foremost a research position; yet the candidate may have the opportunity, or may be asked, to contribute to teaching activities to a limited extent in the second and possibly third year of PhD research.
For more information about the vacancy and to apply, please view the full vacancy. The application deadline is 20 May 2019.