Julia Emtseva

Research Fellow

emtseva@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-311

Main Fields of Research:

Academic Career:

Since 12/2019 | Research Fellow at the MPIL, PhD Project: Privatized Justice: the Role of the Private Sector in Transitional Justice Processes

Since 01/2023 | Visiting Lecturer, Université Catholique de Lille (Lille, France)

Since 10/2022 | Visiting Lecturer, Riga Graduate School of Law (Riga, Latvia)

Since 2023 | Coordinating Committee Member of the Interest Group on International Criminal Justice, European Society of International Law

09/2023 - 12/2023 | Visiting Scholar, Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France) 

04/2023 - 05/2023 | Visiting Researcher at the Minerva Center for Human Rights (Jerusalem / Tel Aviv, Israel)

09/2022 - 01/2023 | Legal Consultant at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (Heidelberg, Germany)

01/2022 - 06/2022 | Scholar in Residence at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law (New York, NY, USA)

07/2019 - 10/2019 | Research Fellow at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (Berlin, Germany)

08/2018 - 05/2019 | LL.M. in International Human Rights Law (magna cum laude) - University of Notre Dame Law School (IN, USA)    

03/2017 - 06/2017 | Trainee at the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (Kyiv, Ukraine)

09/2016 - 07/2017 | MA in Human Rights and Democratization (summa cum laude) - Yerevan State University / Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Yerevan, Armenia; Kyiv, Ukraine)

08/2015 - 11/2017 (with interruptions) | Research Assistant at the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

09/2015 - 02/2016 | Human Rights Monitor at the American Bar Association (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 

08/2011 - 06/2015 | LL.B. in International and Business Law - American University of Central Asia, (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 

05/2014 - 07/2014 | Intern at the Constitutional Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

Recent Publications

• International Crimes of Western Colonialism. Reflections on Philippe Sands’ The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy. In: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies published ahead of print , --- (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-bja10081.
  
• Unveiling the “Legal Consciousness of the Civilized World:” A Critical Look at the Institute de Droit International. In: AJIL Unbound 117, 221-225 (2023). doi: https://rb.gy/nekby.
  
• Philanthropic Justice: the Role of Private Foundations in Transitional Justice Processes. In: Michigan Journal of International Law Vol. 44 Iss. 2 (2023), 219-263 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.36642/mjil.44.2.philanthropic.
  
• The Philanthropic Community and International Law, ASIL Annual Meeting Washington DC, 07.04.22. Volume 116. Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2023, 29–32 p. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/amp.2022.10
  
• Practicing Reflexivity in International Law: Running a Never-Ending Race to Catch Up with the Western International Lawyers. In: German Law Journal Volume 23 Issue 5, 756 -768 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2022.46. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/...
  
• Philanthropic Justice: The Role of Private Foundations in Transitional Justice Processes, ASIL Annual Meeting Washington DC. Volume 115. Cambridge University Press, Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, 2022, 295-297 p. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/...
  
• Destruction and Looting of Cultural Property in Yemen’s Civil War: Legal Implications and Methods of Prevention. In: The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden, The Netherlands 2021, 92-110. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/97890...
  
• 'A Human Rights and Rule of Law Assessment of Legislative and Regulatory Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic across 27 Jurisdictions: Kyrgyzstan'. In: The Bonavero Report Series: Report 7/2020. University of Oxford, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford, UK 2020, 279-315. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxl...
  

Blogposts

• The withdrawal mystery solved: how the European Court of Human Rights decided to move forward with the cases against Russia. EJIL:Talk!, 08 February 2023. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-withdrawal-...
  
• Small conflicts with big impact: The Tajik-Kyrgyz war no one talks about. EJIL:Talk!, 11 October 2022. https://www.ejiltalk.org/small-conflicts...
  
• Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia: Introduction. Opinio Juris, 21 March 2022 (with Ntina Tzouvala, Barrie Sander, Srinivas Burra). opiniojuris.org/2022/03/21/symposium-on-early-career-international-law-academia-introduction/
  
• Why 2+4 Does Not Always Add Up: In Search of NATO’s Non-Enlargement Promises. Opinio Juris, 11 March 2022 (with Paul Emtsev). opiniojuris.org/2022/03/11/why-24-does-not-always-add-up-in-search-of-natos-non-enlargement-promises/
  
• Collective Security Treaty Organization: Why are Russian Troops in Kazakhstan?. EJIL:Talk!, 13 January 2022. https://www.ejiltalk.org/collective-secu...
  

[more]

Open Access … And Then? From Access to Participation. Verfassungsblog, 22 December 2021 (with Angelo Golia and Tom Sparks). https://verfassungsblog.de/open-access-a...


Transition Without Justice? The Return of the Taliban and the Quest for Truth, Accountability, and Reparations. Opinio Juris, 08 September 2021. opiniojuris.org/2021/09/08/transition-without-justice-the-return-of-the-taliban-and-the-quest-for-truth-accountability-and-reparations/


Tools for Navigating Neoliberalism. Critical Legal Thinking, 27 July 2021. criticallegalthinking.com/2021/07/27/books-tools-for-navigating-neoliberalism/


Sanctioning the Treatment of Uighurs in China: Targeted Sanctions and Accountability Avenues for Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang. Verfassungsblog, 25 April 2021. https://verfassungsblog.de/sanctioning-t...


Filling the Power Vacuum: On Kyrgyzstan’s Elections and Constitutional Amendments. Verfassungsblog, 30 October 2020. https://verfassungsblog.de/filling-the-p...


Philanthrocapitalisme et justice transitionnelle: le devoir de responsabilité. JusticeInfo.net, 12 October 2020. https://www.justiceinfo.net/fr/partenari...


Philanthrocapitalism, transitional justice and the need for accountability. JusticeInfo.net, 12 October 2020. https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/oxford-pa...


Transitional Justice – A Bridge to Democracy in Belarus. OpinioJuris, 17 August 2020. opiniojuris.org/2020/08/17/transitional-justice-a-bridge-to-democracy-in-belarus/


“Stop quarantine, start war”. The legality of the use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh. Völkerrechtsblog, 06 August 2020. https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/articles/s...

Working Papers

• Practicing Reflexivity in International Law: Running a Never-Ending Race to Catch Up with the Western International Lawyers. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2021-11, 05 May 2021. Practicing Reflexivity in International Law: Running a Never-Ending Race to Catch Up with the Western International LawyersMPIL Research Paper No. 2021 - 11Julia Emtseva
  

Media

Völkerrechtspodcast

Krieg in der Ukraine: Das Völkerrecht unter Beschuss


University of Oxford: Public International Law Part III

Diversity Issues in International Legal Academia and Practice


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