Dr Christine Byron
Lecturer in Law
- byronc@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0)29 2087 4631
- 1.20, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Overview
Dr Christine Byron joined Cardiff Law School in September 2008 and teaches Human Rights Law at an undergraduate level and International Humanitarian Law at a postgraduate level. Prior to joining Cardiff she worked as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester. She is a graduate in Law from Newcastle University and recieved her LL.M and Ph.D from the University of Liverpool. After completing her master's degree she spent six months working as a Law Clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, before commencing her doctorate.
Her research interests include the Law of Armed Conflict (also known as International Humanitarian Law) and the interaction between this area of law and the European Convention on Human Rights. She is also interested in the limited International Criminal Law subjects of War Crimes and Genocide, including crimes of Sexual Violence as part of these crimes and as part of Crimes against Humanity. Her monograph on War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which is based on her doctoral thesis of the same name, was published by Manchester University Press. She has been involved in the training of humanitarian workers and military lawyers, both in this country and abroad, for several years.
Biography
Current and past involvement in training military and humanitarian professionals
- Guest Lecturer and Assessor, Vienna International Humanitarian Law Course for Military Legal Advisors (sponsored by the Austrian MoD) - from 2004
- Guest Lecturer at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy - from 2009-2015
- Guest Lecturer, Advanced Course on the Laws of War, School of Law, University of Nottingham - from 2012-2015
- Guest Lecturer, Advanced Course on the Laws of War, School of Law, University of Liverpool - 1999-2011
- Guest Lecturer, UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham - 2009-2014
- MSc in International Security, residential week of distance learning course - 2008-2012
- International Law for Royal Air Force Legal Advisors - 2010-2012
- Guest Lecturer, Diploma of Humanitarian Assistance, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - 2002-2008
Speaking engagements
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May 2017 |
IHL and Human Rights: Relationship | Conference 'Victims of Armed Conflicts at the Juncture of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law' at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Budapest, Hungary |
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April 2017 |
Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the ECHR: Lessons Learned from Iraq | Staff and Postgraduate Seminar, Oxford Brookes University |
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March 2016 |
A critical analysis of the response of international humanitarian law and international criminal law to conflict-related sexual violence | Brown Bag Staff and Postgraduate Seminar, Cardiff University |
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March 2015 |
Responding to sexual violence in armed conflicts: Is international law sexist? | Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Public Lecture Series, Lund University |
| March 2015 | A critical analysis of the response of international humanitarian law and international criminal law to conflict-related sexual violence | International Law and Justice Forum, University of Copenhagen |
| March 2015 | Human rights and sexual violence in armed conflict | Jus Humanis Postgraduate Organisation, Lund University |
| October 2013 | Protection from Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts - in International Humanitarian Law and in Human Rights Law | Panel on 'Global Response to Gender-Based Violence: The Good, the Bad, the Obnoxious!' at the American Bar Association 2013 Fall Meeting, London Hilton, Park Lane, London |
| September 2012 | Towards a future of legal parity between international and non-international armed conflicts: desirable and viable? | Are the laws of war fit for purpose? Roundtable in honour of Professor Peter Rowe, Lancaster House Hotel, Lancaster University |
| May 2012 | Problems in Investigating and Prosecuting Wartime Sexual Violence | Women in War and at War, Aberystwyth University |
| December 2011 | Extraterritorial Human Rights Jurisdiction over Military Operations: A Critical Review of the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights | UK Group of the International Society of Military Law and the Law of War Seminar, British Red Cross Headquarters, London |
| November 2010 | Shooting to Kill | Postgraduate Cafe Veteran's Symposium, Cardiff University |
| August 2010 | Legal Redress for Children on the Front Line: The Invisibility of the Female Child | The Creation of International Law: An Exploration of Normative Innovation, Contextual Application, and Interpretation in a Time of Flux, Hotel Bristol, Oslo, Norway |
| November 2008 | Choice and Use of Weapons in Non-International Armed Conflicts | International Law Group, Lancaster University |
| November 2008 | Extraordinary Rendition | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Academic Workshop in conjunction with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Chatham House, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Council Chamber, Russell Square, London |
| March 2007 | Legitimate Military Objectives in Aerial Bombing Campaigns | Staff and Postgraduate Seminar, McCoubrey Centre for International Law, Hull University |
| June 2006 | The Application of International Humanitarian Law by Regional Human Rights Bodies: An Analysis of the European and Inter-American Approaches | Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London |
| March 2006 | The Development of Legal Responsibility for War Crimes of Sexual Violence | Seminar on Legal and Moral Responsibility for War Crimes, Oslo University, Norway |
| December 2005 | Darfur: Genocide or Crimes against Humanity – What’s in a Name? | British International Studies Association, 30th Anniversary Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland |
| May 2003 | International Humanitarian Law and Bombing Campaigns: Legitimate Military Objectives and Excessive Collateral Damage | Conference on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law, Oslo University, Norway (co-sponsored with the Norwegian Red Cross) |
| March 2003 | Article 6 of the Rome Statute: Genocide | Society of Legal Scholars Public International Law Group 13th Conference on Theory and International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London |
Publications
2021
- Byron, C. 2021. Direct participation in hostilities. In: Sayapin, S., Kadam, U. and Atadjanov, R. eds. International Conflict and Security Law. T.M.C Asser Press/Springer
2018
- Byron, C. 2018. IHL and Human Rights law: relationship. In: Szabó, M., Láncos, P. L. and Varga, R. eds. The Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law., Vol. 5. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, pp. 411-424.
2016
- Byron, C. 2016. The European Court of Human Rights: a living instrument as applied to homosexuality. The Judges' Journal 55(3), pp. 36-39.
2013
- Byron, C. 2013. Extraterritorial human rights jurisdiction over military operations: A critical review of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Iraq. Israel Law Review
2012
- Byron, C. 2012. Genocide. Oxford Bibliographies Online: International Law, pp. n/a.
- Byron, C. 2012. Legal redress for children on the front line: the invisibility of the female child. In: Bailliet, C. M. ed. Non-State Actors, Soft Law and Protective Regimes: From the Margins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 32-52.
2011
- Byron, C. 2011. International humanitarian law and bombing campaigns: legitimate military objectives and excessive collateral damage. Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 13, pp. 175-211. (10.1007/978-90-6704-811-8_5)
2010
- Byron, C. 2010. Sentencing judgement: Prosecutor v Obrenovic. Commentary. In: Sluiter, G. and Klip, A. eds. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2003-2004., Vol. 19. Antwerp: Intersentia, pp. 683-689.
- Byron, C. 2010. Sentencing judgement: Prosecutor v Nikolic. Commentary. In: Sluiter, G. and Klip, A. eds. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2003-2004., Vol. 19. Antwerp: Intersentia, pp. 750-754.
2009
- Byron, C. 2009. Concentration camps; British prosecutions arising out of the war in Iraq; Hinselmann and others; Kramer and others (Belsen Trial); von Lewinski and Zeuss and others (Natzweiller Trial). In: Cassese, A. ed. The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Byron, C. 2009. War crimes and crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Melland Schill Studies in International Law. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (10.7228/manchester/9780719073892.001.0001)
2008
- Byron, C. 2008. Collateral damage. In: Parrillo, V. N. ed. Encyclopedia of Social Problems. London: Sage, pp. 140-142.
2007
- Byron, C. 2007. A blurring of the boundaries: the application of international humanitarian law by human rights bodies. Virginia Journal of International Law 47, pp. 839-896.
2006
- Byron, C. 2006. Commentary: decision on preliminary motion based on lack of jurisdiction (child recruitment), Prosecutor v. Norman, case no. SCSL-2004-14-AR72(E), A. Ch., 31 May 2004. In: Klip, A. and Sluiter, G. eds. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone 2003-2004. Annotated Leading Cases Vol. 9. Antwerp: Intersentia, pp. 178-185.
- Byron, C. 2006. Commentary: decision on preliminary motion on lack of jurisdiction materiae: nature of the armed conflict, Prosecutor v. Fofana, Case No. SCSL-2004-14-AR72(E), A. Ch., 25 May 2004. In: Klip, A. and Sluiter, G. eds. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone 2003-2004. Annotated Leading Cases Vol. 9. Antwerp: Intersentia, pp. 142-143.
2005
- Byron, C. 2005. Comment on the report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General. Human Rights Law Review 5(2), pp. 351-360. (10.1093/hrlr/ngi020)
2004
- Byron, C. 2004. The crime of genocide. In: McGoldrick, D., Rowe, P. and Donnelly, E. eds. The Permanent International Criminal Court: Legal and Policy Issues. Studies in International Law Vol. 5. Oxford: Hart, pp. 143-178.
2001
- Byron, C. 2001. Armed conflicts: international or non-international?. Journal of Conflict and Security Law 6(1), pp. 63-90. (10.1093/jcsl/6.1.63)
- Warbrick, C.et al. 2001. The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 50(2), pp. 420-435. (10.1093/iclq/50.2.420)