Pembroke College

PhD MPhil LLM

University Lecturer in Law

Sarah’s research interests lie at the intersections of law & politics, war & peace and justice & the rule of law. Her forthcoming book, Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan (Cambridge University Press, 2012) explores whether, how and why the complementarity principle in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court has had a catalysing effect on the legal systems of Uganda and Sudan. She spent many months in both countries, interviewing officials, observing proceedings and searching documents to discover whether domestic legal reforms have taken place in response to the Court’s involvement. She also served as a Visiting Professional for an ICC judge.

 

 

 

Sarah lectures and supervises undergraduates in International Law and International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law on the LLM course and Transitional Justice for MStud students at POLIS. 

She has given guest lectures on international criminal law, transitional justice and the responsibility to protect for the British military and universities in the Netherlands, Uganda and Darfur.

Sarah has served as a consultant for various NGOs and Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Department for International Development (DfID) on rule-of-law building and transitional justice. In 2010-2011, she was seconded to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan.

Before starting her PhD, Sarah worked for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New York, The Hague and Sudan and for an NGO in Senegal.

Sarah holds an LLM (cum laude, Utrecht, with a specialisation in Cape Town), an MPhil in International Relations (Cantab) and a PhD in International Law (Cantab).