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Dr Caleb Wheeler
(he/him)
Lecturer
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I joined Cardiff in January 2022 as a lecturer in law. My primary research interests are in the areas of international criminal law and international human rights law. In 2023 I published my second book, Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Trials: Finding a Balance with Routledge. My first book, The Right to be Present at Trial in International Criminal Law was published by Brill in 2018.
I am a qualified lawyer in the United States admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania.
Publication
2024
- Wheeler, C. H. 2024. Strange bedfellows: The relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United States. Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 14(1), pp. 35-84.
2023
- Wheeler, C. 2023. Trials. In: Caeiro, P. et al. eds. Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar
- Wheeler, C. 2023. Fairness and the goals of international criminal trials: finding a balance. Routledge.
2021
- Wheeler, C. H. 2021. Shifting priorities: are attitudes changing at the international criminal court about trials in absentia?. International Criminal Law Review 21(1), pp. 97-125. (10.1163/15718123-bja10036)
2020
- Wheeler, C. H. 2020. Unquestioned testimony: how the diminution of live testimony threatens the accused’s right to be present during international criminal trials. Cornell International Law Journal 52(3), pp. 546-590.
2019
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. Human rights enforcement at the borders: International Criminal Court Jurisdiction over The Rohingya situation. Journal of International Criminal Justice 17(3), pp. 609-631. (10.1093/jicj/mqz029)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. The scales of justice: balancing the goals of international criminal trials. Criminal Law Forum 30(2), pp. 145-180. (10.1007/s10609-019-09367-9)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. Justice in the absence of the accused: can the rights of victims be fully vindicated without the participation of the accused?. Journal of International Criminal Justice 17(2), pp. 413-430. (10.1093/jicj/mqz016)
2018
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. The right to be present at trial in international criminal law. International Criminal Law Series Vol. 13. Brill.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. Re-examining corporate liability at the International Criminal Court through the lens of the article 15 communication against Chiquita Brands International. Melbourne Journal of International Law 19(1), pp. 369-388.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. Rights in conflict: The clash between abolishing the death penalty and delivering justice to the victims. International Criminal Law Review 18(2), pp. 354-375. (10.1163/15718123-01801002)
2017
- Wheeler, C. H. 2017. Right or duty? Is presence at trial a right or a duty in international criminal law?. Criminal Law Forum 28(1), pp. 99-127. (10.1007/s10609-016-9298-z)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2017. Virtually there: Technology and the right to be present at trial in international criminal law. Queen Mary Law Journal 9(2), pp. 78-88.
2016
- Wheeler, C. H. 2016. No longer just a victim: the impact of victim participation on trial proceedings at the international criminal court. International Criminal Law Review 16(3), pp. 525-546. (10.1163/15718123-01603002)
Articles
- Wheeler, C. H. 2024. Strange bedfellows: The relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United States. Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 14(1), pp. 35-84.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2021. Shifting priorities: are attitudes changing at the international criminal court about trials in absentia?. International Criminal Law Review 21(1), pp. 97-125. (10.1163/15718123-bja10036)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2020. Unquestioned testimony: how the diminution of live testimony threatens the accused’s right to be present during international criminal trials. Cornell International Law Journal 52(3), pp. 546-590.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. Human rights enforcement at the borders: International Criminal Court Jurisdiction over The Rohingya situation. Journal of International Criminal Justice 17(3), pp. 609-631. (10.1093/jicj/mqz029)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. The scales of justice: balancing the goals of international criminal trials. Criminal Law Forum 30(2), pp. 145-180. (10.1007/s10609-019-09367-9)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2019. Justice in the absence of the accused: can the rights of victims be fully vindicated without the participation of the accused?. Journal of International Criminal Justice 17(2), pp. 413-430. (10.1093/jicj/mqz016)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. Re-examining corporate liability at the International Criminal Court through the lens of the article 15 communication against Chiquita Brands International. Melbourne Journal of International Law 19(1), pp. 369-388.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. Rights in conflict: The clash between abolishing the death penalty and delivering justice to the victims. International Criminal Law Review 18(2), pp. 354-375. (10.1163/15718123-01801002)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2017. Right or duty? Is presence at trial a right or a duty in international criminal law?. Criminal Law Forum 28(1), pp. 99-127. (10.1007/s10609-016-9298-z)
- Wheeler, C. H. 2017. Virtually there: Technology and the right to be present at trial in international criminal law. Queen Mary Law Journal 9(2), pp. 78-88.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2016. No longer just a victim: the impact of victim participation on trial proceedings at the international criminal court. International Criminal Law Review 16(3), pp. 525-546. (10.1163/15718123-01603002)
Book sections
- Wheeler, C. 2023. Trials. In: Caeiro, P. et al. eds. Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar
Books
- Wheeler, C. 2023. Fairness and the goals of international criminal trials: finding a balance. Routledge.
- Wheeler, C. H. 2018. The right to be present at trial in international criminal law. International Criminal Law Series Vol. 13. Brill.
Research
My research to date has been in the areas of international criminal law and international human rights law, with a particular focus on international criminal trials and their participants. On a macro level, my work is engaging with the connection between fairness and justice, and how they are intrinsically linked concepts. I tend not to associate my research with a single methodology so as to avoid limiting my work by viewing it through the lens of a particular ideology. This lends itself to a more comparative approach as it allows me to take in a wide-range of different perspectives. I generally try to centre my work on practical rather than theoretical problems because I believe that the law needs to be useable and comprehensible. I also think it is important to offer solutions to difficult legal issues rather than just offer a critique.
Teaching
- LL.M. - International Criminal Law
- LL.M. - International Humanitarian Law
- LL.B. - International Law and Transnational Challenges
- LL.B. - Criminal Law
I also have experience teaching international human rights law, contract law, tort law and legal research skills.
Biography
I was awarded a PhD in law from Middlesex University London in 2018 for my thesis, The Right to be Present at Trial in International Criminal Law. Prior to that, I received an LLM in public international law in 2011 from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a JD from Villanova University in the United States. I also hold a BA from Kenyon College in the United States.
Previous Academic Positions
2018-2021 - Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University London
2015-2018 - Hourly Paid Lecturer, Middlesex University London
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- International Criminal Law
- International Human Rights Law
- Public International Law
- Transitional Justice
Research themes
Specialisms
- International criminal law
- Public international law
- International humanitarian and human rights law
- Criminal law
