Hosting description

The University of Navarra (UNAV) is a non-profit private university founded in 1952 based in Pamplona, Spain. It confers 56 official degrees and administers more than 90 postgraduate programs (including 20 doctoral programs and 42 master’s programs) through 10 schools, two superior colleges, the IESE Business School and its 5 comprehensive Research Centres: CCUN (Cancer Centre Clínica Universidad de Navarra), BIOMA (Biodiversity and Environment Institute) and DATAI (Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence), ICS (INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE AND SOCIETY and CIN (Centre for Nutrition Research).

UNAV has more than 14.000 students in 5 campuses: Pamplona, San Sebastian, Madrid, Barcelona and New York with a wide network of international universities and research centres.

UNAV has a sound track record in participating in European Research Programs. The university has participated in 126 European projects from FP4 to Horizon Europe, including LIFE, ERASMUS+ and INTERREG Programs; of which 22 projects were coordinated by the university. The University also counts with a thorough experience in MSCA and ERC grants with over 26 signed grants.

UNAV been awarded with the HR Excellence in Research quality seal (HRS4R) that guarantees the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

Offer description

Our expert in international criminal law is willing to supervise a candidate devoting her-his research to the criminal liability of the Russian Federation’s civil and military authorities for atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine (since 2014, and especially since February 2022). The research shall focus specifically on genocide, the theft of Ukrainian children, which gives merit to the international arrest warrant against V. Putin by the International Criminal Court, crimes against humanity (including ecological crimes), war crimes, and the crime of international aggression. The analysis will be done based on the repressive and deterrent effects of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law and the specific criteria for attributing individual and collective liability and responsibility. A survey of the judicial cases opened against Russian soldiers and authorities by the Ukrainian Judiciary, as well as the multi-level strategy that the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office is using under the direction of Kostin, will be carried out. The relevance of the trials as a tool for raising social awareness of the atrocities suffered by the Ukrainian people (at national, regional and universal levels), as well as a determinant of a (new) universal ethics shall complete the scope of the analysis.

Key words:

War of aggression / Ukraine /criminal liability.

Research field

International Criminal Law.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANDIDATE

Main research field

International Criminal Law

Specific requirements

Eligibility: 

• No more than 8 years since the date of PhD defense at date 2024 September 11.
• The candidate must not have lived or worked in Spain for more than 12 months in the last 36 months calculating from 2024 September 11

Language

Working languages are Spanish and English; Ukrainian and Russian are very valued.

Required research Experience

Criminal Law

Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

Please send a brief CV, a brief letter of motivation explaining academic and research trajectory, and a one-page research proposal.