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Dr Onder Bakircioglu

Lecturer

Contact Details
Email address o.bakircioglu@qub.ac.uk 
Telephone Direct Line  (+44) 028 9097 3857                      
Room 29.106, 29 University Square

Degrees
LLB (University of Istanbul)
MA (University of Malta & Utrecht)
LLM (University of Essex)
PhD (University College Cork)

Biography
Onder Bakircioglu joined the lecturing staff at Queen’s in September 2008. He obtained his LLB Degree from the University of Istanbul. He also holds an MA degree in “Human Rights and Democratization” from the University of Malta/Utrecht and an LLM degree in “International Human Rights Law” from the University of Essex. He has finalised his PhD at the University College Cork. While doing his PhD he also taught at undergraduate level. He is currently working on a monograph entitled the Right to War in the Islamic Tradition: Jihad and its Compatibility with Modern International Law. Onder’s research focuses upon the use of private and international self-defence, war and terror, just war doctrine in Islamic and Christian traditions and human rights.

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • International Criminal Justice (module Coordinator 2008-2009)
  • International Organised Crime
  • Public International Law
  • Global Rights and Wrongs
  • Contemporary Issues in British and Irish Human Rights Law (module   Coordinator)
  • Research Project A and B (module coordinator)

 

Postgraduate

  • Human Rights

 

Research
The Right to Self-Defence, Just War Doctrine in Islamic and Christian tradition, War and Terrorism, Human Rights.

Publications

Germany v Italy: The Triumph of Sovereign Immunity over Human Rights Law,” International Human Rights Law Review 1 (2012) 93-109;

Self-Defence in International and Criminal Law: the Doctrine of Imminence (Routledge, London, 2011);

“A Socio-Legal Analysis of Jihad” (2010) 59 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 413-440;

“Future of Preventive Wars: The Case of Iraq” (2009) 30 Third World Quarterly 1297-1316;

“The Right to Self-Defence in National and International Law: The Role of the Imminence Requirement” (2009) 19 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 1-49;

“Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech” 2008 (16) Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law 1-50;

“The Contours of the Right to Self-Defence: Is the Requirement of Imminence Merely a Translator for the Concept of Necessity?” (2008) 72 The Journal of Criminal Law 131-170;

‘‘The Evolving Role of the UNCHR: Should the Conventional Role of UNHCR Be Expanded?” (2008) 5 Ankara Law Review 101-110;

"The Application of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in Freedom of Expression and Public Morality Cases,” (2007) 8  German Law Journal 711-734.

Administration

  • Module coordinator  for International Criminal Justice (2008-2009)
  • Module coordinator  for contemporary Issues in British and Irish Human  Rights Law (2010-2011)
  • Module coordinator  for Research Project A and B (2009-2010)
  • Adviser of Studies, 3rd year LLB (single honours) (2009-2010)
  • Advisor of Studies, 1st year LLB (single honours) (2010-2011)
  • Disability Officer (2011-)