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LLB (Hons), LLM, Dip LP, PhD, FHEA, FRSA
Lecturer
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- Email Address
- cf.moran@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Clare Frances is lecturer in law at Aberdeen Law School, specialising in international criminal law. She holds degrees from Edinburgh Napier University (LLB Hons) and the universities of Edinburgh (LLM) and Glasgow (PhD). She has taught law in several Scottish universities, and has previously held visiting research positions at Columbia University, New York, and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. She is also a listed Assistant to Counsel at the International Criminal Court.
Clare Frances' research interests lie in the related areas of international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law, and she has published widely in these areas. Her first monograph, 'The Authority of International Criminal Law: A Controversial Concept', is 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.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Theme Coordinator, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
- PGT Policy Committee Member
- Board Member, Aberdeen University Press
- Member of the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law
- External Memberships
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- External Examiner, University of Glasgow
- Co-convener, Interest Group on Peace and Security, European Society of International Law
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Listed Assistant to Counsel, International Criminal Court
Latest Publications
‘Formal and Circumscribed in Time and Space’? The Authority of International Criminal Law
Fifteen Eighty FourContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesThe authority of international criminal law: A controversial concept
Cambridge University Press. 220 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108678629
Dominic Ongwen: how the case of a former child soldier exposed weaknesses in international criminal law
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsThe Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya: Does It Create Human Rights Obligations on the Part of Italy?
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites- [ONLINE] http://opiniojuris.org/2021/08/05/the-memorandum-of-understanding-between-italy-and-libya-does-it-create-human-rights-obligations-on-the-part-of-italy/
- [ONLINE] https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/output/2791558/the-memorandum-of-understanding-between-italy-and-libya-does-it-create-human-rights-obligations-on-the-part-of-italy
- [ONLINE] http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2791558
Towards a Better Migrant Protection Framework Along the Central Mediterranean Route: Human rights implications and necessary revisions of the Memorandum of Understanding Between Italy and Libya
Working Papers: Discussion Papers
Prizes and Awards
Merit Scholarship holder 2013, International Law Fund.
- Research
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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.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Law, LLM By Research.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Law
Accepting PhDsLLM By Research
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Law
- Public International Law
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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