Dr Erin Pobjie
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874899
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Location
4SB.6.18, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Thursdays from 4 - 5pm via Zoom during the Spring Term
Profile
Biography
Dr Erin Pobjie is Assistant Professor of International Law at Essex Law School, and is the Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre Clinic and co-lead of the Essex Digital Verification Unit. She is a Senior Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and a Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva. Dr Pobjie researches in the field of public international law, with a focus on the illegal use of force by States and new and emerging threats to international peace and security. Her recent monograph is Prohibited Force: The Meaning of 'Use of Force' in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2024). She is co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Use of Force: Military Assistance on Request, a Convener of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on Peace and Security and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law. Prior to joining the University of Essex in 2021, Dr Pobjie was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and a Research Fellow at the Institute for International Peace and Security Law of the University of Cologne, where she completed her PhD summa cum laude under the supervision of Professor Claus Kreß. She was a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, and appointed as a visiting professional at the International Criminal Court’s Victims Participation and Reparations Section. Dr Pobjie is admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. She speaks English, German and Spanish.
Qualifications
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PhD in International Law (summa cum laude) University of Cologne,
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LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Distinction) University of Essex,
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Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies), Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Melbourne,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), School of Law (1/10/2021 - present)
Other academic
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Senior Research Affiliate, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (1/10/2021 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
the use of force by States (jus ad bellum)
outer space security
victims of aggression
international human rights law
international peace and security law
UN collective security
new and emerging technologies and use of force
Current research
Space Security
The meaning of prohibited force in international law
international peace and security law
military uses of outer space
UN collective security framework
Conferences and presentations
Prohibited Force: the meaning of 'use of force' in international law
International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 14/9/2023
The meaning of prohibited 'use of force' in international law
Cornell Law School Inter-University Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States, 13/4/2023
Covid-19 as a threat to international peace and security: The role of the UN
Invited presentation, Seminar for senior officers on ‘International security: Military policy and decision making processes within NATO, UN and EU’, 25/2/2021
Victims of aggression
Invited presentation, Aggression and its victims: Exploring recent developments in international law’, NUI Galway, 15/2/2021
Climate change and the UN Security Council
Invited presentation, Joint workshop on climate change and international security, MPIL and German Federal Foreign Office, 3/12/2020
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Selected Issues in Human Rights (HU300)
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Career Development Learning Part 1 (LW111)
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Justice (LW234)
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Legal Research Skills (LW254)
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International Law of Armed Conflict (LW803)
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International Human Rights Law: Law and Practice (LW901)
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French Private Law II (LW208)
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Public Law (LW103)
Publications
Journal articles (1)
Pobjie, E., (2021). COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law. 81 (1), 117-146
Books (2)
Pobjie, E., (2024). Prohibited Force The Meaning of 'Use of Force' in International Law. Cambridge University Press. 100902289X. 9781009022897
King, E., Letschert, R., Garkawe, S. and Pobjie, E., (2022). Victim Advocacy before the International Criminal Court. Springer. 3030567311. 9783030567316
Book chapters (5)
Pobjie, E., (2024). Military Uses of Outer Space. In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Editors: Peters, A., . Oxford University Press
Pobjie, E., Declercq, F. and van Steenberghe, R., (2018). The Killing of Khalil al-Wazir by Israeli Commandos in Tunis – 1988. In: The Use of Force in International Law A Case-Based Approach. Oxford University Press. 019878435X. 9780198784357
Erin, P., Fanny, D. and Raphaël, VS., (2018). Part 1 The Cold War Era (1945–89), 34 The Killing of Khalil al-Wazir by Israeli Commandos in Tunis—1988. In: The Use of Force in International Law: A Case-Based Approach. Editors: Ruys, T., Corten, O. and Hofer, A., . Oxford University Press. 9780198784357
Pobjie, E., (2018). Moving Images: A Reflection on the Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti. In: The Irish Yearbook of International Law. Editors: de Londras, F. and Mullally, S., . Bloomsbury
Pobjie, E., (2017). Victims of the crime of aggression. In: The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary. Editors: Kreß, C. and Barriga, S., . Cambridge University Press. 816- 860. 9781107015265
Reports and Papers (1)
Pobjie, E., (2022). The Meaning of Prohibited 'Use of Force' in International Law
Other (3)
Pobjie, E., (2021).Intervention in Civil Wars Symposium: Beyond Humanitarian Intervention – Human Rights and Jus Ad Bellum,Opinio Juris
Pobjie, E., (2021).The Threat from Outer Space: Russia Tests Kinetic DA-ASAT Weapon,Just Security
Pobjie, E., (2020).Covid-19 as a threat to international peace and security: The role of the UN Security Council in addressing the pandemic,EJIL: Talk!
Contact
Academic support hours:
Thursdays from 4 - 5pm via Zoom during the Spring Term
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