Julia Emtseva
Research Fellow
emtseva@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-311
Main Fields of Research:
Public International Law; International Human Rights Law; Transitional Justice; International Humanitarian Law
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)
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
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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.
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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
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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/...
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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/...
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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...
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'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
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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-...
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Small conflicts with big impact: The Tajik-Kyrgyz war no one talks about. EJIL:Talk!, 11 October 2022.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/small-conflicts...
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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/
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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/
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Collective Security Treaty Organization: Why are Russian Troops in Kazakhstan?. EJIL:Talk!, 13 January 2022.
https://www.ejiltalk.org/collective-secu...
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Open Access … And Then? From Access to Participation. Verfassungsblog, 22 December 2021 (with
Angelo Golia and Tom Sparks).
https://verfassungsblog.de/open-access-a...
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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/
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Tools for Navigating Neoliberalism. Critical Legal Thinking, 27 July 2021.
criticallegalthinking.com/2021/07/27/books-tools-for-navigating-neoliberalism/
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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...
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Filling the Power Vacuum: On Kyrgyzstan’s Elections and Constitutional Amendments. Verfassungsblog, 30 October 2020.
https://verfassungsblog.de/filling-the-p...
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Philanthrocapitalisme et justice transitionnelle: le devoir de responsabilité. JusticeInfo.net, 12 October 2020.
https://www.justiceinfo.net/fr/partenari...
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Philanthrocapitalism, transitional justice and the need for accountability. JusticeInfo.net, 12 October 2020.
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/oxford-pa...
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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/
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“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
Media
Presentations
13 Mar 2023
The European Court of Human Rights and the remaining Russian cases
MPIL Monday Meeting
Heidelberg, Germany
11 Nov 2022
Private Elites and International Organizations: The Regulations of Private-Public Partnerships at the UN
ASIL Mid Year Meeting
Miami, USA
26 Sep 2022
The Tajik-Kyrgyz conflict: border clashes or an armed conflict?
MPIL Monday Meeting
Heidelberg, Germany
01 Sep 2022
Private Elites and International Organizations: The Regulations of Private-Public Partnerships at the UN
ESIL Annual Meeting, International Organizations Interest Group Workshop
Utrecht, Netherlands
20 Jul 2022
Private Actors in Transitional Justice
Global Scholars Academy, Harvard Law School’s IGLP
Budapest, Hungary
15 Jul 2022
Justice brokers: The role of private actors in international criminal justice
LSA Global Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
14 Jun 2022
Privatized Justice: The Role of the Private Sector in Transitional Justice
Intensive Doctoral Week 2022
Sciences Po, Paris, France
08 Jun 2022
Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia - Closing Panel Discussion
New Professionals Interest Group of ASIL
06 Jun 2022
Careers in International Law
Public International Law Group Discussion Series
Jindal Global Law School, India
07 Apr 2022
Philanthropic Community and its Influence on International Law
Where’s the Community? Contours, Place and Role of Communities in International Law and Participatory Governance
American Society of International Law Annual Meeting 2022, Washington DC, USA
28 Mar 2022
Caring In and About: A Conversation on Being Raced, Gendered or Othered in Academia
International Studies Association Annual Convention
Nashville, TN, USA
25 Mar 2022
Trial brokers: The role of private actors in international criminal justice
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Workshop
New York University School of Law, New York, USA
21 Mar 2022
The Collective Security Treaty Organization: Russian Troops in Kazakhstan
Jindal Society of International Law
Jindal Global Law School, India
13 Nov 2021
Philanthropic Justice
American Society of International Law Midyear Meeting 2021
online
09 Nov 2021
Privatized Justice: The Role of The Private Sector in Transitional Justice Processes
Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg, Germany
04 Nov 2021
The Role of Private Actors in International Criminal Justice
Power and Brokerage in International Criminal Justice Conference at iCourts, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
03 Nov 2021
Private Actors in Transitional Justice
Public International Law Guest Lecture Series at Lund University
Lund, Sweden
14 Oct 2021
Diversity Issues in International Legal Academia and Practice
Oxford Public International Law
Discussion Group
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
06 Oct 2021
Practicing Reflexivity in International Law
Global Legal Studies Reading Group
Birmingham Law School, Birmingham, UK
21 Sep 2021
Transition Without Justice? The Current Developments in Afghanistan
Fall 2021 Conflict Series
Co-presented by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, the Center for Global Affairs at NYU's School for Professional Studies, The Program in International Relations at NYU's GSAS, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner
New York University, NY, USA
06 Sep 2021
Transition without justice? The current developments in Afghanistan
MPIL Monday Meeting
Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
16 Jun 2021
The Role of Private Actors in Transitional Justice Processes
Online Conference: The Scripts and Settings of Transitional Justice: Procedure, Protocol and Form
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
02 Jun 2021
The role of the private sector in transitional justice processes
Guest lecture
International University in Geneva
03 May 2021
Responding to the Alleged Genocide against Uighurs: Sanctions, Accountability Avenues, and Social Responsibility
MPIL Monday Meeting
Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
26 Mar 2021
Philanthropic Justice
Reframing International Legal Inquiries: New Voices Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
Washington D.C. (held online)
08 Feb 2021
Practicing Reflexivity in International Law: Running a Never-Ending Race to Catch Up with the Western International Lawyers
European University Institute Doctoral Forum
Florence, Italy
13 Dec 2020
Young scholars' reflections: ILA Biennial Conference 2020 Closing Ceremony
Kyoto, Japan
07 Dec 2020
Interpretation of treaties: soft laws
International Law Association Biennial Conference
Kyoto, Japan
07 Sep 2020
Belarus: Current Developments
MPIL Monday Meeting with Florian Kriener
Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
18 May 2020
Transitional Justice in the International Arena: Challenges, risks, and lessons learned at the UNSC Open Debate
MPIL Monday Meeting
Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
04 May 2020
“Not the hero victims deserve, but the one they need right now.” Germany as a global watchdog over justice?
MPIL Monday Meeting
Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany
14 Feb 2020
Destruction and Looting of Cultural Property in Yemen’s Civil War: Legal Implications and Methods of Prevention
British Institute for International and Comparative Law
London, UK
21 Nov 2019
Building Sustainable Peace and Development After Massive Human Rights Violations: Redressing Female and Child Victims in The Gambia
XIIth International Conference for Young Researchers on International Humanitarian Law
Yerevan, Armenia
02 May 2019
Country Assessment for the Kyrgyz Republic:
Fair Trial Standards and Meaning in Local Context
ASN World Convention
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
15 Mar 2019
The Gambian Transition to Justice: Prosecuting Yahya Jammeh
Student Peace Conference, Notre Dame, IN, USA
18 Oct 2018
Fair Trial Rights in the Kyrgyz Republic
Central Eurasian Studies Society 19th Annual Conference
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
19 Oct 2017
The relationship between the fundamental guarantees contained in the Additional Protocols to Geneva Conventions and International Human Rights Law
Xth International Conference for Young Researchers on International Humanitarian Law
Yerevan, Armenia
Teaching
Spring 2023
International Human Rights Law
Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga, Latvia
Spring 2023
Foundations of International Human Rights Law
Université Catholique de Lille, Lille, France
Fall 2022
International Human Rights Institutions, Procedures and Mechanisms
Riga Graduate Law School, Riga, Latvia
Fall 2017
International Humanitarian Law
American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing for 170 Period of Sessions: Situation of human rights defenders of migrants in the United States, Washington DC, USA, 05.12.2018
Berlin Seminar in Transnational European Studies orginized by the University of Georgia and the University of Notre Dame, Berlin, Germany, 03.06.2019 - 09.06.2019
Honours
2020: Top young scholar at the Biannual Conference of the International Law Association (Kyoto, Japan)
2018-2019 University of Notre Dame LL.M. Full Scholarship
2016-2017 Global Campus of Human Rights M.A. Full Scholarship
Memberships
International Law Association (German Branch)
European Society of International Law (Member of the Coordinating Committee of the International Criminal Justice Interest Group)
American Society of International Law
International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (Member of the Board of Directors)
Law and Society Association
International Studies Association
Miscellaneous
Languages
Russian (native), English (C2), German (C1), Kyrgyz (C1), Ukrainian (C1), French (B1)
External PhD Representative at the Max Planck Society, 2020-2021
Professional Development
Training program for young advocates of the Kyrgyz Republic, "Effective Protection of Human Rights and Conflict Resolution", UNDP, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (September 2015 – December 2015)
Seminar for legal practitioners “EU Disability Law and the UNCRPD Legal capacity of persons with disabilities”, European Law Academy, Trier, Germany (16-17 September 2019)