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The role of the ICJ and ICC with a focus on their activities in relation to Israel and Palestine
Speaker: Dr Simon McKenzie, Lecturer at Griffith Law School
Simon's research focusses on international criminal law and international humanitarian law, bringing doctrinal rigour together with an engagement with legal theory and more critical perspectives of international law. He is interested in exploring doctrinal dilemmas that reveal the underlying structures or values of the legal regime, and thinking about whether these can be supported or resisted. This has included considering the legal challenges connected with the defence and security applications of science and technology, as well as broader research and teaching interests in related domestic legal regimes.
Prior to joining Griffith University, Simon was a Research Fellow in the Law and the Future of War research group at the University of Queensland. This group investigates the diverse ways in which law constrains, enables or ignores technological change in the context of national and global security. The group focuses particularly on the legal challenges posed by autonomous functions of military platforms, systems and weapons. He continues his collaboration and research as an Honorary Fellow with this group.
He has been a policy officer in the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety working on family violence reform, and he has held roles at the Melbourne Law School, at the Supreme Court of Victoria and at the International Criminal Court. Simon graduated in 2011 from the University of Tasmania with a combined Arts and Law Degree with First Class Honours in Law and was admitted to practice in Victoria later that year. He received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2018.