Posted by The Law School
29 October 2024Come along to this talk which is open to all students and staff.
Michelle Jarvis has worked in the international criminal justice field for 24 years and took up the role of Deputy Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (Syria) (IIIM) in December 2017. Prior to that she was the Deputy to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT).
Michelle’s work has focused on bringing accountability to victims/survivors of crimes in the Balkans, Rwanda and Syria, as well as building capacity for accountability processes in many other conflict and post conflict areas. Michelle has worked extensively to promote innovative and agile approaches to accountability for core international crimes, including bringing visibility to the experiences of marginalized groups during accountability processes and strengthening legal responses. She has co-authored two books and numerous articles on the subject of gender and armed conflict and is a member of the Expert Group on the Establishment of an International Gender Justice Practitioner Hub.
Prior to her work in international criminal law, Michelle was a litigator in Australia, where her roles included improving women’s access to justice. Michelle holds a Master’s degree in law from the University of Toronto as well as degrees in law and economics from the University of Adelaide.