Dr Clare Frances Moran

Biography

Clare Frances is lecturer in law at Aberdeen Law School, where she teaches and researches international criminal law. She has published widely on the problem of defences in international criminal law, particularly that of duress, and the question of the authority of international criminal law. Her first monograph, 'The Authority of International Criminal Law: A Controversial Concept' was published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press. 

Clare Frances has held visiting research positions at Columbia University, New York, and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. She is a listed Assistant to Counsel at the International Criminal Court.

Prizes and Awards

Merit Scholarship holder 2013, International Law Fund.

Research Overview

Clare Frances' research interests relate to international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law. Her most recent project culminated in the publication of her first monograph, 'The Authority of International Criminal Law: A Controversial Concept', published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.

Her work has also engaged with the role of defences in both domestic and the international criminal legal systems, the role of the International Criminal Court in prosecuting human trafficking, and the way in which international criminal law and human rights law can be used to support the rights of refugees.