Dr Jasmin Johurun Nessa
LLB Hons, LLM, PhD
Expertise
International Law on the Use of Force | International Criminal Law | International Humanitarian Law | International Human Rights Law | State Practice | United Nations Security Council | International Court of Justice |
Current positions
Research Associate in International Law
University of Bristol Law School
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Biography
Dr Jasmin Johurun Nessa is a Research Associate in International Law at the University of Bristol, working on a Leverhulme Trust-funded project examining the relationship between International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) in armed conflict.
She completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2024, titled The Evidentiary Standard of Self-Defence in International Law, which she successfully defended in her viva voce with no corrections.
Her expertise and research interests include the use of force, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law, as well as the practice of the United Nations Security Council and the International Court of Justice.
Dr Nessa has served as General Co-Editor of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law’s Digest of State Practice since 2020, documenting and analysing state practice on matters relating to the jus ad bellum. Prior to this, she was a Middle East and North Africa Regional Coordinator for the Journal.
Her professional work engages directly with international courts and tribunals. She has assisted and acted as counsel in landmark cases before the International Court of Justice and has contributed to proceedings before the International Criminal Court. Some of these cases at the ICJ include: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel); Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany); and Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
She completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2024, titled The Evidentiary Standard of Self-Defence in International Law, which she successfully defended in her viva voce with no corrections.
Her expertise and research interests include the use of force, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and international human rights law, as well as the practice of the United Nations Security Council and the International Court of Justice.
Dr Nessa has served as General Co-Editor of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law’s Digest of State Practice since 2020, documenting and analysing state practice on matters relating to the jus ad bellum. Prior to this, she was a Middle East and North Africa Regional Coordinator for the Journal.
Her professional work engages directly with international courts and tribunals. She has assisted and acted as counsel in landmark cases before the International Court of Justice and has contributed to proceedings before the International Criminal Court. Some of these cases at the ICJ include: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel); Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany); and Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.