Maria Varaki

Maria

Varaki

Maria’s research addresses from a theoretical perspective the question if the state remains the beginning and the end point of reference for the protection of human rights.

while traditional human rights theories attributed. The central role to the state, the emergence of powerful non state actors that exercise elements of public power, invites a reassessment of the foundational conceptualization about the potential duty

holder(s). In this endeavor, several angles will be explored such as the concept of publicness and of governing space, the existence of HRs blackholes, the evolution of extraterritoriality (topos), the “risks” of self-regulation and the role of ethical

considerations within the broader context of what we call law of global governance.

Dr. Maria Varaki is a lecturer in international law at the War Studies department, King's College London. Before moving to London she held research positions with the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights in Helsinki and the Law Faculty of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Immediate before she was an Assistant Professor in International Law at Kadir Has University, Faculty of Law in Istanbul.

She holds a PhD in International Criminal Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway, Ireland and two LLM degrees in International and Comparative Law, one from Tulane University, School of Law and one from New York University, School of Law. Additionally, she has worked for the OHCHR in Geneva, the UNHCR in New York and for the Legal Advisory section of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

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