Dr Hend Hanafy
- Assistant Professor in Criminal Law
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About
Hend Hanafy is an Assistant Professor in Criminal Law. Hend has been the Richard Fellingham Teaching and Research Fellow at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and previously Assistant Lecturer in Criminal Law at Cairo University. Her research focuses on criminal law and penal theory with an interdisciplinary lens that engages with political philosophy and legitimacy, particularly in contexts of social and political injustices.
10/2017 - 09/2021: PhD in Law, University of Cambridge02/2014 - 05/2016: LLM in International & Comparative Law, The American University in Cairo 02/2014 - 05/2016: Graduate Diploma in Public Policy, The American University in Cairo09/2012 - 06/2014: Master in Criminal Sciences and Private Law, Cairo University 09/2008 - 05/2012: LLB, Cairo University
Research
Philosophy of the Criminal Law, Punishment Theories, Criminal Justice, Political Philosophy
Supervisor(s): Dr Antje du Bois-Pedain
Research centres: Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice (CCCJ); Criminal Jurisprudence and Philosophy Group (CrimJur)
Publications
Selected publications
Sentence Mitigation as a Remedy for the State’s Legitimacy Deficit
Chapter
1 February 2025
In Responding to the Culpable State: Is Sentence Mitigation Appropriate? (eds Zaibert, L. Roberts, V. J., and Ryberg, J.), Hart Publishing
Hend Hanafy
Public Wrongs and Power Relations in Non-Democratic & Illiberal Polities
Journal article
1 September 2023
Hend Hanafy
Bentham: Punishment and the Utilitarian Use of Persons as Means
Journal article
1 June 2021
Hend Hanafy