Dr Maria Varaki is a lecturer in international law at the Department of War Studies at 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. She was also an Assistant Professor in International Law at Kadir Has University in Istanbul. Currently she is a Research Associate in 3 Generations of Digital Human Rights, ERC project, 2023-2028, Hebrew University, Faculty of Law.

Research

• Public International Law
• International Criminal Law
• International Human Rights Law
• International Courts and Tribunals
• International Refugee Law
• Legal Theory, Moral Philosophy

Teaching

• International Law and War
• Law, Ethics and Human Rights
• Law and Conflict in International Society
• International Law, Human Rights and Intervention

Indicative Publications

• "International Law in Europe and Realism" co-authored with Prof. Shany in Oxford Handbook In International Law in Europe, 2023.
• "Revisiting the 'crisis' of International Law" in L. Gruszczynski, M. Menkes, V. Bilkova & P. Farah (eds.), The Crisis of Multilateral Legal Order: Causes, Dynamics and Implications, Routledge, London-New York: 2022. 
• 'Ethical Leadership in International Organizations: Concepts, Narratives, Judgment and Assessment, Varaki, M. & Vasconcelos Vilaca, (eds.) CUP, 2021. 
• Quest for Phronesis in Holy Land, in Towards Responsible Global Governance, Klabbers, J. (ed.), Varaki, M. (ed.) & Vasconcelos Vilaca, G. (ed.), 2018, Helsinki: University of Helsinki. 
• "Revisiting the 'Interests of Justice' Policy Paper" 15 Journal of International Criminal Justice 3 (2017). 
• "Introducing a fairness based theory of prosecutorial legitimacy before the International Criminal Court" 27 European Journal of International Law 3 (2016).

Dr Maria Varaki PURE Profile.