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Dr Annika Jones

Associate Professor

A.Z.Jones@exeter.ac.uk

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01392 725549

Overview

Dr Annika Jones is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Exeter. She joined the Law School in 2022. Prior to this, she was an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Durham. She has also held posts at the University of Exeter (2012-15) and the University of Nottingham. In 2009, she worked in the Chambers of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the Appeals and Trial Divisions. From 2007-2012, she worked on the development of the ICC’s National Implementing Legislation Database, one of the ICC’s digital legal tools.

Annika's research explores the pursuit of efficiency in international criminal courts and tribunals and the impact of efficiency-building on the nature and function of these institutions. Her articles on this topic have been published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice and the International Criminal Law Review. Another strand of her research examines judicial interaction in the adjudication of international crimes. This research includes articles published in the North Carolina Journal of International Law and the Human Rights Law Review.

Annika is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), a fellow of the Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law (FICHL) and a member of the editorial board of the International Criminal Law Review.  

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Research

  • Factors shaping the making and development of international law 
  • Judicial dialogue and interaction between courts
  • International criminal law and procedure
  • International human rights, particularly in the context of international criminal trials
  • Public international law 

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Supervision

Dr Jones welcomes applications from students wishing to research in her fields of expertise. 

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Publications

Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.

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2023

  • Jones A, Graham L. (2023) Situation in the Republic of Mali in the Case of The Prosecutor v Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Feminist Judgments: Re-Imagining the International Criminal Court, CUP.

2021

2020

  • Griffin J, Jones A. (2020) 3D Printing and the Right to Privacy: Proposals for a Regulatory Framework, European Journal of Law and Technology, volume 11, no. 1, pages 95-133. [PDF]

2019

2018

  • Jones A. (2018) Judicial Cross-Referencing and the Identity of the International Criminal Court, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, volume 43, pages 72-129.

2016

2015

  • Jones A. (2015) Tailoring Justice for Mass Atrocities: The Constraints of International Law and the ICC's Complementarity Regime, International Law and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy, Routledge.

2014

  • Jones A. (2014) State Referrals: From Vision to Practice, Contemporary Challenges for the International Criminal Court, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 73-91.

2013

  • Jones A. (2013) Seeking International Criminal Justice in Syria, International Law Studies, volume 89, pages 802-816.

2011

  • Bergsmo M, Bekou O, Jones A. (2011) Complementarity and the Construction of National Ability, The International Criminal Court and Complementarity: From Theory to Practice, Cambridge University Press, 1052-1070.

2010

  • Bergsmo M, Bekou O, Jones A. (2010) New Technologies in Criminal Justice for Core International Crimes: The ICC Legal Tools Project, Human Rights Law Review, volume 4, no. 10, pages 715-729.
  • Bergsmo M, Bekou O, Jones A. (2010) Complementarity After Kampala: Capacity Building and the ICC's Legal Tools, Goettingen Journal of International Law, volume 2, no. 2, pages 791-811.
  • Bergsmo M, Bekou O, Jones A. (2010) Preserving the Overview of Law and Facts: The Case Matrix, Collective Violence and International Criminal Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Intersentia, 413-435.

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External impact and engagement

Dr Jones' research has been cited by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in support of the practice of seeking guidance from the jurisprudence of human rights bodies in defining, amongst other things, human rights violations amounting to international crimes. See: Case File No. 004/07-09-2009, Notification on the Interpretation of ‘Attack Against the Civilian Population’ in the Context of Crimes Against Humanity with Regard to a State’s or Regime’s Own Armed Forces, D306/17.1, 7th February 2017.

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Biography

Dr Jones holds a first-class degree in Law (LLB) and an LLM in International Criminal Justice and Armed Conflict with distinction, both from the University of Nottingham. Her doctoral thesis, which examined the use of external case law in the early years of the ICC’s operation, was completed at the same institution. In 2012, she was awarded the University of Nottingham Endowed Postgraduate Prize for her doctoral research.

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