D O V J A CO B S

Legal Assistant, Defense, International Criminal Court

Assistant Professor, Leiden University

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Academic Work Experience

Sept 2011 - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW, LEIDEN
Present UNIVERSITY
(part-time Tasks have included : teaching in the LLM (International Criminal Law), teaching at Leiden University College
since 2015) (Statehood and Sovereignty, Legal methodology, International Justice), Master Thesis supervision, internship
coordinator, LUC Course Coordinator, International Criminal Law Course Director.
2016– LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE II IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL
Present CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
2007- Regular GUEST LECTURER on international law and international criminal law at the Asser Institute, the Grotius
Present Centre for International Legal Studies, the International Centre for Counter Terrorism and the Université
Catholique of Lille.
Sept 2010 - POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER, AMSTERDAM CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, UNIVERSITY OF
August 2011 AMSTERDAM
Member of the research project on Shared Responsibility in International Law, Professor André Nollkaemper.

July 2009- RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE T.M.C. ASSER INSTITUUT, THE HAGUE
July 2010 Project on Amnesties in International Criminal Law.
2009-2010 LECTURER IN GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE ESG BUSINESS SCHOOL IN PARIS
Seminar on current issues of international law and regional dimensions of geopolitics.
2008-2009 LECTURER IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROMA TRE
Weekly seminar on the case-law of the International Court of Justice under the supervision of Profs. Benvenuti
and Di Blase.

2004-2005 SEMINAR LEADER AT THE UNIVERSITY PARIS I PANTHÉON-SORBONNE IN CONTRACT LAW

Professional Experience

2015-present LEGAL ASSISTANT ON THE GBAGBO DEFENSE TEAM ( INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT)
Tasks include: motion drafting, preparation for cross-examination, analysis of evidence, preparation of the
Defense case, case management.

2012-2015 LEGAL EXPERT ON THE LAURENT GBAGBO DEFENSE TEAM (INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT)

2001 ANDERSEN LEGAL, NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FRANCE

2 months summer in the corporate service.
2000-2001 INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Part-time Job. Organisation of seminars at a European level for the British Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
in collaboration with the European Union.

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 Research Projects and Coordination
2012 - 2014 JOINT COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT: « FROM FACT-FINDING TO EVIDENCE: HARMONIZING MULTIPLE
INVESTIGATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES » (WITH PROF. VAN DEN HERIK AND PROF. STAHN)
The goal of this several year project is to analyse empirical data on the conduct, methodology and procedures of
fact-finding bodies (UN Commissions, International Criminal Tribunals, Sanctions Committees) in order to
harmonize practices in the investigation of international crimes.
2015 - MEMBER OF DEFENSE WORKING GROUPS DURING THE YEARLY MEETINGS FOR THE DEFENSE
present ORGANISED BY THE STL.

2010 - FOUNDING MEMBER AND CURRENT EXPERT ASSOCIATE OF THE SHARES PROJECT
present Based at the University of Amsterdam, this 5-year ERC-funded project aims at addressing the conceptual and
practical dimensions of the phenomenon of Shared Responsibility in International Law, in areas such as refugee
law, environmental law, human rights and the use of force.

2010 –2013 MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERT FRAMEWORK TOWARDS CODIFICATION OF GENERAL RULES
AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Joint project of the Amsterdam Center for International Law and the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation
of law bringing together over 40 experts over a period of 4 years to establish general rules and principles of
International Criminal Procedure. Experts include Profs. Sluiter, Zahar, Schabas, Bass, Zappala and Weigend.

May 2008 FIGHTING IMPUNITY IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD: NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE ICC
Initiation and Organisation at the European University Institute of a 2-day conference, with the participation of
Profs. Dupuy, Cassese, Gaeta, Crawford, Pellet, Schabas, Condorelli, Francioni, and Prosecutor of the ICC, Mrs.
Bensouda.

2006-2009 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP (EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE)
Coordination and organisation of monthly meetings with participation both external and from the EUI on
various current issues of international criminal law and human rights.

education
2005-2014 PhD researcher at the European University Institute, Florence
Under the supervision of Prof. P-M. Dupuy
Title : Rethinking Hybridity: Studies in Hybrid Tribunals and International Justice
Masters of Research at the European University Institute, Florence
2004-2005 Masters of International Public Law at University Paris II-Assas, with Honours
Dissertation : The definition of the Crime of Aggression in the Statute of the International Criminal Court

2002-2004 Masters in International Relations at Sciences-Po, Paris

End of year Paper : The ICC : between the Rule of Law and State sovereignty
Masters in Comparative Law at the University Paris II-Assas, with Honours
Dissertation : The Enlargement of the EU and the challenges of legal integration : the Maltese example
Nov 2002 CRFPA de l’IEJ de Paris I (entrance exam to the French bar)
Maitrise en Droit Privé, Mention Droits Français et Anglais, mention assez bien (13,2/20)
July 2002
LLB in French and English Law with upper second class honours (65%, équivalent à 16,5/20)

1998-2002 4 year Franco-British exchange program between King’s College, London (1998-2000) and Paris-I
Panthéon-Sorbonne (2000-2002).

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 Editorial Activities
2011-present SENIOR EDITOR OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
2005–2012 Founder, editor-in-chief and Senior Editor of the International Law section the European Journal of Legal
Studies, a researcher run online academic journal (www.ejls.eu)

2003-2004 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the 27Bis , journal de Sciences Po.

1999-2000 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Tim Août, journal de l’AJPK, King’s College, London.

Expert Blogging
 Founder of Spreading the Jam, blog on issues of international law, international criminal law and human rights
(dovjacobs.com).
 Co-contributor of the Invisble College, School of Human Righs Research, Leiden University Blog
(invisiblecollege.weblog.leidenuniv.nl), Co-contributor to the Shares Project blog (sharesproject.nl), Regular invited guest-
blogger on recognized International Law Blogs Opinio Juris and EJIL Talk!

Mooting
2011-2013 Team Coach of the Leiden University team for the Kalshoven International Humanitarian Law Moot
Competition, organised by the Dutch and Belgian Red Cross. (winner in 2012, finalist in 2013).

2011– Guest Judge at the ICLN ICC Moot Competition.

Present
February Oral Judge at the Dutch National Round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
2010 2010, in the Hague, 6 February 2010.

Feb. 2006 Finalist at the regional finals of the European Law Moot Competition, in Boston, U.S.A.

Languages
English Mother tongue (Irish Father) German
French Mother tongue (French Mother) Italian Conversational

Interests
Sport Judo, squash, swimming, skiing
Other Cinéma, writing, reading, chess and poker

Translations

English to French
 J. Mendes, « Bonne administration en droit communautaire et le Code européen de bonne conduite administrative », Revue
Française d’Administration Publique, numéro 131, 2009.
 C. Joerges, « La Constitution Economique Européenne en Processus et en Procès », 20 Revue Internationale de Droit Econo-
mique (2006) 245-284.
French to English
 P.M Dupuy, “Return on the Legal Status of NGOs and on the Methodological Problems which arise for Legal Scholar-
ship : Conclusion” in P. M. Dupuy and L. Vierrucci (eds.) NGOs in International Law : Efficiency in Flexibility? (2008), 204-
215.
 P.M. Dupuy, “History, Conceptions and Models of the International Legal Order : Lessons for the Future?”, in A. Rei-
nisch and U. Kriebaum (eds.), The Law of International Relations : liber amicorum Hanspeter Neuhold (2007), 53-65.

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 Selected Conference And Workshop Papers
October “How to treat Withdrawal Syndrome: no easy fix for the ICC” Salzbourg, Law School, Twentieth Anniversary
2018 Symposium: The Sound of ICL, 17-19 October, 2018.
March 2018 “Beaten into Submission: The Submissibility of Evidence at Trial” Reasoning, Evidence and Proof in
International Criminal Trials, Cardiff University, 23 March 2018.
October Expert participant in “Academy Colloquium International Criminal Justice and the Enforcement Deficit”,
2017 Amsterdam, 26-27 October 2017.
June 2017 “The Role of the Defendant during Preliminary Examinations” (with Jennifer Naouri), Quality Control in
Preliminary Examination: Reviewing Impact, Policies and Practices, CILRAP, Peace Palace, the Hague, 13-14
June 2017.
November Roundtable Discussion “quitting the ICC”, Asser Institute, 11 November 2016.
2016
Février 2016 “Les premiers pas du Mécanisme et la fermeture des TPI : état des lieux”, Journées de la Justice Pénale
internationale, Paris II, 25-26 février 2016.
March 2015 Organsation and participant in a panel discussion on “The Lubanga reparations Judgment”, Grotius Centre, 23
March 2015.
March 2015 Participant in a panel discussion on Palestine and the ICC, LSE, 18 March 2015.

January 2015 Participant in a panel discussion on “ISIS, Supporting Revolution and the International Legal Context of Aiding
and Abetting”, IBA Annual Conference on International Criminal Law Peace Palace, The Hague, 31 January-
February 2015.
August 2014 “Decisional Legitimacy in International Criminal Law: Striking the Balance between Judicial Restraint and
Freedom of Expression” (with Joe Powderly), The Legitimacy and Effectiveness of International Criminal
Tribunals Conference, Oslo, 28-29 August 2014.
May 2014 “Narratives of Conflict and International Criminal Justice: Law, Politics and History in the Gbagbo Case”,
Africans and Hague Justice, Realities and Perceptions of the ICC in Africa, The Hague, 23-24 May 2014.
May 2014 “Human Rights and the defense in international Criminal Proceedings”, Asser Institute Research Day, The
Hague, 22 May 2014.
March 2014 Panel Discussion on “First Reflections on the ICC Katanga Judgement”, Asser institute, The Hague, 12 March
2014.
February “The Inquisition as a Root of International Criminal Law”, The Historical Origins of International Criminal Law,
2014 Hong Kong, 1-2 March 2014.
October “The Interaction Between Human rights fact-finding and International Criminal Proceedings: Towards a (new)
2013 typology” (with Carsten Stahn), Human Rights Fact Finding in the 21st Century, NYU, 31 October-1 November
2013.
October The failures of International Criminal Justice (and why they don’t matter), Guest Speaker, Bochum University, 22
2013 October 2013.
May 2013 “International Criminal Law Outside the Courtroom: The Impact of Focusing on International Crimes for the
Quality of Fact-Finding Missions”, Quality Control in International Fact-Finding Outside Criminal Justice for Core
International Crimes, 20 May 2013, Florence.
February ‘When Judges Violate the Rome Statute: Regulation 55 and the Legal Recharacterization of Facts at the ICC’,
2013 Supranational Criminal Law Lecture, T.M.C Asser Institute, The Hague, 6 February 2013.
December “International Criminal Law and the Bermuda Triangle of Nuremberg”, Critical Approaches to International
2012 Criminal Law, 6-8 December 2012, University of Liverpool.
September “Oblivion”, The Passions of International Law, 14-15 September 2012, Melbourne University.
2012
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 June 2012 “Targetting the State in Jus Post Bellum: Towards a Theory of Integrated Sovereignties”, “Jus - Post - Bellum”:
Mapping the normative foundations, Grotius Centre, May 31– June 1, 2012, The Peace Palace, The Hague,
Netherlands.
May 2012 “Power-sharing, jus post bellum and amnesties in the age of human rights accountability”, International Expert
Seminar on Law, Power-Sharing and Human Rights, University of Antwerp, 10-11 May 2012.

February “The International Criminal Court and the Armenian Genocide”, The Armenian Genocide, From Recognition to
2012 Reparation, Antelias – Lebanon, 23-25 February, 2012.

November “Judicial Creativity and Legal Positivism”, Judicial Creativity at the International Criminal Tribunals, Research
2011 Seminar, T.M.C. Asser Institute, 14 November 2011.

November “Snatching Defeat out of the Jaws of Defeat: The Crime of Aggression and the ICC”, International Criminal Law
2010 Working Group, European University Institute, Florence.

October “Reinventing the Square Wheel – Defining Aggression in the Rome Statute”, From Peace to Justice: Understanding
2010 Insecurity, 6th Annual Peace and Justice Conference of the Hague Academic Coalition (HAC), 28 ‐ 29 October
2010.
March
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Tribunal for Lebanon?”, 24 March 2010, Supranational Criminal Law Lectures, Grotius Center, Asser Institute Law, Oslo,
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CICC. March 2007
September
February “A Transitional
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Beyond the "Genocide Debate”, Theory vs. Policy?
2006
2010 European Center for Migrations/EUROFOR Marie Curie Conference, Global Politics
Connecting Scholars and Practitioners, ISA Annual Convention 2010, New Orleans: 2/17/2010 in Return and
- 2/20/2010.
Resettlement Mallorca, Spain 14 - 17 September 06
December “Reconciling International Law and Politics: The International Judge and Kosovo”
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Le modèle de l'enquête judiciaire face aux crises extrêmes : processus, contenu et usages, 3 mars 2006, Université
October Paris
“Hybrid Courts and
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Sorbonne.
2008 Seminar on Transitional Justice, organized by Profs. Sadurki and Rubio-Marin, European University Institute,
Florence.

May 2008 “Things better left unsaid: The relationship of the ICC and the Security Council” Fighting Impunity in a
Fragmented World: New Challenges for the ICC, European University Institute, 23-24 May 2008.

April 2008 “The Sheep in the Box: Aggression as an International Crime” The Review Conference and the Future of the ICC,
Symposium in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists, University of Tuebingen, 1-4 April 2008.

March 2008 “The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: Victim’s rights and the International Criminal Court” Socio-
Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester, 18-20 March 2008.

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 Publications

Forthcoming “Hybrid tribunals and the Rights of the Defense”, in Weil, Carlson and Seelinger (eds.), The Hissen Habré trial -
New Model for prosecuting International Crimes? (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2019).
“Neither here nor there: the position of the Defence in international criminal tribunals”, in Kevin Jon Heller,
Frédéric Mégret, Sarah Nouwen, Jens David Ohlin and Darryl Robinson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of
International Criminal Law (OUP).
Chapter for the “The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court” Volume edited by the
International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
“The UN Commission of Experts and International Crimes in the former Yugoslavia, 1992-1994”, in Jens
Meierhenrich, The Law and Practice of International Commissions of Inquiry (OUP), (with Claire Henderson).
“Admission of evidence”, in Ambos, Heinze and Ambach, Evidence in International Criminal Procedure, Nomos.
2018 “Making Sense of the Invisible: The Role of the ‘Accused’ during Preliminary Examinations”, in Bergsmo and
Stahn (eds.), Quality Control in Preliminary Examination: Volume 2, page 469. (with Jennifer Naouri)
2017 Co-Editor (with Luke Moffet and Cheryl Lawther) of the Research Handbook of Transitional Justice, E. Elgar
Publishers.
“A Tale of Four Illusions: The Rights of the Defence before International Criminal Tribunals”, in Rohan and
Zyberi (eds.), Defence Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, CUP.
2016 Commentary to Articles 52 and 55 of the Rome Statute, Otto Triffterer and Kai Ambos (Eds.), Commentary The
Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court - A Commentary, Third Edition, C.H.Beck/Hart/Nomos,
München/Oxford/Baden-Baden, 2016.
2015 The distribution of Shared Responsibility (with André Nollkaemper), CUP, 2015.

“The Frog that Wanted to Be an Ox: The ICCs Approach to Immunities”, in Stahn (ed), The Law and Practice of the
ICC: A Critical Account of Challenges and Achievements, OUP, 2015.

“Is there a future for the “specific direction” requirement in aiding and abetting liability in International Criminal
Law?”, Strafblad, December 2015.

2014 “International Criminal Law”, in D’Aspremont and Kammerhofer (eds.), International Legal Positivism in a Post-
Modern World , Cambridge University Press, 2014, 451-474.

“Jumping Hurdles Backwards: The Armenian Genocide and the International Criminal Court”, 14 International
Criminal Law Review (2014) 274-290.

“The mythical unities of International Criminal Law: some thoughts on Perisic, Taylor and Sainovic”, QIL,
Zoom-in 3 (2014), 23-39.
“Targetting the State in Jus post Bellum: Towards a theory of Integrated Sovereignties ”, in C. Stahn, J. Iverson
and J. Easterday, ‘Jus Post Bellum’: Mapping the Normative Foundations (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2014), pp. 416-427.
2013 “International Criminal Law Outside The Courtroom: The Impact of Focusing on International Crimes for the
Quality of Fact-Finding by International Commissions of Inquiry”, in Bergsmo (eds.), Quality Control in
International Fact-Finding Outside Criminal Justice for Core International Crimes, FICHL Publication Series, Torkel
Opsahl Academic EPublisher (2013) pp. 325-357(with Catherine Harwood).
Shared Responsibility in International Law : A Conceptual Framework, 34 Michigan Journal of International Law
(2013) 359 (with André Nollkaemper).

‘The Burden and Standard of Proof’, in Goran Sluiter, Håkan Friman, Suzannah Linton, Sergey Vasiliev and
Salvatore Zappalà, eds., International Criminal Procedure, Principles and Rules (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013),
pp. 1128-1150
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 “A Narrative Of Justice And The (Re)Writing Of History : French Trials After World War II”, Heller and
Simpson (eds.), Untold Stories: Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials , Oxford University Press, 2013.

Dov Jacobs, ‘A Shifting Scale of Power: Who is in Charge of the Charges at the International Criminal Court?’ in
William Schabas, Yvonne McDermott and Niamh Hayes, eds., Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal
Law: Critical Perspectives, (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2013), 205-222.
2012 “Commentaire de l’Article 60: Procédure initiale devant la Cour”, Fernandez and Pacreau (eds.), Commentaire du
Statut de la Cour Pénale Internationale, Pedone, 1363-1385.

Commentary on “Judgement on allegations of contempt, Prosecutor v. Blaskic (Contempt), Case No. IT-95-14-
R77.6, 7 February 2007”, Klip, Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol 33.

“Puzzling Over Amnesties: Defragmenting the Debate for International Criminal Tribunals”, in Herik and Stahn
(eds.), The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law, Brill, 305-345.

2011 “Analytical Casenote on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo”, 60 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 799-
810.

“Waiting for Godot: An Analysis of the Advisory Opinion on Kosovo”, 24 Leiden Journal of International Law
(2011), Issue 2, 331-353 (with Yannick Radi).

2010 Commentary on “ICC Arrest warrants in DRC and Uganda situations”, Klip, Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases
of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol 23, 113-122.

“The Importance of Being Earnest: The Timeliness of the Challenge to Admissibility in Katanga”, 23 Leiden
Journal of International Law (2010) Issue 2, 331-342.

The Kosovo Advisory Opinion: A Voyage by the ICJ into the Twilight Zone of International Law, Hague Justice
Portal, published on 12 october 2010.

“The Al Bashir Appeals Chamber Judgment on Genocide: A Critical Appraisal in Law and in Context”, Hague
Justice Portal, published on 8 March 2010 (http://www.haguejusticeportal.net).

2009 “The Sheep in the Box: Aggression as an International Crime”, in Burchard, Triffterer, Vogel (eds.), The Review
Conference & the Future of the ICC Proceedings of the First AIDP Symposium for Young Penalists, Kluwer Law
International, 131-151.
Commentary on “ICTR, Judgment, Prosecutor v. Ntagerura, Bagambiki and Imanishimwe, Case N° ICTR-99-46-T, A.
Ch, 7 July 2006”, Klip, Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol 24, at 703.

Commentary on “Registrar’s decision Pursuant to Article 8 (3) (C) on the Request for Marriage and other reliefs,
Ngeze v. Prosecutor, Case No. ICTR-99-52A, Registrar, 12 January 2005”, in Klip, Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading
Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol 22, at 331-354, at 346.
2008 “The International Criminal Court”, in Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 7 n°1, 2008, at 115
(with Noora Arajarvi).
2007 “A Samson at the International Criminal Court: the powers of the Prosecutor in the Pre-trial phase”, in Law and
Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol 6, n°2, 2007 at 317.

2006 “ICTR Basic Documents and Case Law 2003-2004, United Nations Publications, 3rd edition 2006, Laïty Kama
Law Library Collection” in Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 5, n°3, 2006, at 547

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