Leonie Brassat

Research Fellow

brassat@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-342

Main Fields of Research:

International Peace and Security Law; Military Operations; Protection of Nationals Abroad

Academic Career:

Since March 2023 Research Fellow at the MPIL and Dissertation Project (PhD) in Public International Law

• Max-Planck-Research Group SHADES (Shades of Illegality in International Peace and Security Law)
• Dissertation project (PhD) in Public International Law on the Topic Military Operations to Rescue and Evacuate Nationals from Abroad

January-February 2023: Law Clerk Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

2020-2023: Student Assistant at the MPIL in the Max-Planck-Research Group SHADES (Shades of Illegality in International Peace and Security Law)

2019-2020: Student Assistant at the Chair for Public Law with particular regard to Public Finance and Tax Law at the University of Heidelberg, Prof. Dr. Kube, LL.M. (Cornell)

2017 – 2022: Law studies, University of Heidelberg

• Specialisation: Public International Law 
• Intern in the German Parliament and with Hengeler Mueller
• Participation in the Jessup International Law Moot Court 2020

2020/2021: Law Studies, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland (semester abroad)

2019: Law Studies, University of Auckland Law School, New Zealand (semester abroad)

Recent Publications

• Quashing protests abroad: The CSTO's intervention in Kazakhstan. In: Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 10, Issue 2, 271-298 (2023) (with Florian Kriener). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
  

Blogposts

• The Lawfulness of military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen and the Red Sea. EJIL:Talk!, 19 March 2024. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-lawfulness-...
  

Media

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/34-kriegsvoelkerrecht-bergkarabach/
"The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh", podcast episode #34, in: Völkerrechtsblog, 10.02.2024, (in German)

Presentations

Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad

Honours

Miscellaneous